The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1897-09-25
THE SUICIDE OF VELlsQUEz
Feeling in Mexico That Ii Was
Prompted by RemOFse.
EXCITEMENT In THE CITY
The Warden of the Jail at BeIem,
In Whose Private Apa the
Former Police Chief Killed Him
self, Placed Under Arrest-Trags
edy to- BE Investigated.

City o, Mexico. Sept. 25 Further de
tails about the suicide Of Col. Eduardo We
Jasquez, former Inspector general Of police
who shot himself dead yesterday morning
at Belen. say y that since his arrival at that
place last saturday velasquez had been
confined in the private apartments of Ward
en- Campusano. The warden placed him
there because he feared some personal vi
olence toward the prisoner from the Other
inmates, VINO have grudges, more or less
pronounced, against all the higher pOlict
officials.
on last Tuesday VeIasquez confessed
that he had directed the murder OF ArrUyu.
President DiaZ's aSsaiiant and since ther
Judge Flores, of the fifth criminal court
has neen pressing the Investigation yery
diligently. Whether the prisoner realizes.
that the penalty for his crime could be cap
it:.l punishment or he was moved by penn
tence and despair cannot be known
The suicide was oOmmiited with no wit
nesses when tne Jail attendant went 5s
Velasquez's room al about 10 O'cIock yes
terday forenoon, he was dead, lying upon
the bed CIOse by him lay a small dcrrin-
ger, Gith one cartrIdge exploded and the
other still in TIE c. aruber. From the posi-
ton IN which VeIasquez was found it was
evident that he had placed the muzzle to
his right temple aEsd fired. The second shOG
was not necessary. In view OF the EXPIRES
sion n the face and the rigishty Of the
body. q, afh appeared o. have been inStan-
taneJ1s.
When the body was first found the ex-
tTemifies were cold. but there was sun
some teat about tEe stomach. TIE shoot
ing must have occurred about six or eight
hours before. at any rate. between midnight
AMI dawa- II sny message = as left BY the
suicide it T. In the custody OF the court.
In fart. the police regulations i'm the o.
flee az Belem we're mOFc than usuallJ Figid
this morning. and no one was allowed be-
hind The gates. not even the attorneys foe
velasqueZ. How she suicide got the wea-
pom is a question that L. being closely in
vestIgate by Judge Manuel DE- Ia Hoz, %;
the ss-ronC criminal court, to whOse iuris-
dicsIOn the case W as transferred today from
the firth criminal court. The weapon
itself is Of the kind that is carried by the
leanIng police authorities, so the report
says Col. Yelasquez was known TO have
one Warden CampuSenO and Gov. Rebel
lar and other high officials carry them.
Ii is believed az Bslem that VelasqIez sent
foT his own pistol day before yesterday.
but nothing is known positively on this
point. About 1880 O'Clock Judge dc la
HoZ ana the clerk OF the second criminal
court went over 10 the Alcaida, in Belem,
to take declarations, and the clerks OF
the court could not give any particulars,
beyond the fact that Yelasquek W as found
dead, as above stated
An examination is in progress to estab-
lish how, why and when the Self-murdcr
was accomplished and by what means a
closely guarded prisoner Ike VelasqueZ.
for whom special care was presumed to
have been ordered, could have obtained a
weapon and killed himself ia the very
bedroom of the warden, within che deep
walls of Belem, and not hint of the
suicide have reacheti the jail authorities
until hours IateT.
Col. CampUsanO, the governor of the
prison. has been placed incomunicado.
and VIII be examined by the courts No
one presmnas that he is in any way respon-
sibIe for this last act in the Arroyo tragedy
but il seems incomprehensfble that such
sulCltt CSulu Lave tdAeH plite III Hfs Own
apartments without being discovered at
once.
The taking CT his own life by the ex-
chief OF poi!ce has caused tremendous
in the city. The general Opin-
ior is thar, under the circumstances, it
was the best thing ne could DO. lie judged
himself and determined his own punish
ment. The question now is: What Pun-
lshmert Will be meted out to his equally
guilty subOrdiEat tes?