The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-11-19
MS DUTY TO KILL ARROYO
vsIa-auero Believed IN the Divine Right of
ASS tsslnstfou.

IA estimation.
City OF Mexico. Nov. ia profound
sensation wss made in the course Of the
trial o. the police officials charged with
.he murder % Arroyo. by me production
OF the confession OF re late Inspector
General az Police Veissquez 7; is
most remarkable attempt 81 SELF jastifs-
cstion and falsely states thai a mob ot
the common people lynened Arroyo.
VelSsquez Ssid in part:
II entertain most enthusiastic sdnirs-
ton FOR General Disz. | have known
him since infancy. when my pzrerss
taught me 90 love and respect him I
saw him a Gus3sloupe during the siege
OF Mexico and since then l have enter
tanned absolute idolatry for Tire snsu who
rule. our country Only two families re-
manned q; Guadalupe during the siege
one MAS that OF Don Susano Montsute.
Snf the other WIS cussives. When I
reached my majority. resolved 20 serve
General Di8z with loyalty. though in in
fe-ior posts While I was stin young and
with ~alary OF only $50 month. had
charge 81 the private correspondence os
Don Manuel Dublan. Afterwards wss
made deputy and stu the president
sent me 10 Ccuppy the chief position Of
authority in my native village 90 time
OF religious movement without parallel
i'm the history OF our country. a move
ment involving serious embarrassment
10 the government and 70 all ks repre-
sentatives. and every one knows with
wat skill I acquitted myself IN that
difficult position. az a friend. a. par
tisln and as 2 Mexican"
Velasquez then went on 10 say that
NJ direct orders fo- Arroyos killing were
given. but mat the populscs. already
strongly wrought up by the assault ~
on the president. vera urged by sus-
gesttons to commit the deed. Said he:
Il maintain that I have done service
10 my country in proving tnst an at
tick on the president will be followed
by swift and terrible vengeance Of ms
populsce. for nothing but the smallest
hint is needed 70 arm the hands Of the
pOpulsce and let loose the fury OF GRIM
inals. II 1 have committed fault II 10
the result OF my enthusiastic sdniration
and love for the president Of tsle republic,
and / am not able 20 measure me mag
nitude OF thst fault for with fourteen
to sixteen hour day devoted 10 efforts
to create sufficient police and protect
the life OF nm with whom tire pescs II
Mexico IL bound VI. II may well have
happened that the functions ~ the hear
have acquired prepondsrsuce % ne
brain and that In reality have commit
ted a grave error. 7 thought ! vzs do
ing right TN organizing popular mani
fesrstson 20 aveuge an attack upon the
president and tsnis give birth in ,ss
pscpie 10 profound convicstcn that pun
i,tnnerlt For such an at world come
swiftly in the form % lynching or whs:-
ever IL may be styled"
He then went on to show thst otners
besides himself thouse5t summary JUS
tice should De dealt 20 ArTayo.
This confession. in tie light Of evil
dence. r. seen t. be full ~ Enisetats-
rneirts ana IN no cs$e would 10 nave pre-
ventef vela-qUez', prosecution. for tho
government vas determined 20 punish
the crime.
The prosecuting attorney this after
noon. in strong argument. piesfed for
the execution % death sentences on all
the prisoners except ex-Assistsnt Chief
q Detective. Cabrera ana one o-nsr
mino- prisoner. wslo we're no; directly
implicated in the tragedy. TIE csse Is
ukey % be concluded sunday OF goaiay.