The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-09

her independence. The president was
walking in parade from the palace 10
the Alameda, as is his custom. Beside
him. on either side, walked General Don
Felipe B. Berriosahtl, Secretary of war
OF Mexico, and on the other General Don
Francisco Mena. Secrtary of CommunI-
cations and Public Works Both side,
Of the street along which the parade
passed We're lined with soldiers to keep
back the crowd.
ATTACKED IN THE STREET.
AS the head OF the parade neared the
Alameda a man broke through the line
Of soldiers and ran roward the president
There Was shout from the crowd, but
before the soldiers could act or any %
the presidents escort interviews tee man
struck the president with a thick stick.
knocking off mis- nat. Before he could
strike the second time, General Mena
knocked him down by a blow in the face
and General Berriosahal AMI Admiral
Ortiz y Monasterio. who were just be-
hind the president. seized the man and
held him until the soldiers gathered
their wits and took him in charge.
President DiaZ was not seriously in
jurei. and contineud the exercises %
the day. after ordering that MS assaii-
ant be sent to the central police station.
In the police station the man was first
examined. Besides the stick with which
he struck the president he carried
dagger. He stated that his name was
Arnulfo Arroyo, and expressed regret
that ne did not succeed in killing Presi-
dent DiaZ. lie calmly said that had been
his object, though ne refused absolutely
20 give any reason for his deed.
Investigation showed tha Arroyo had
been tailor, though, so far as known.
he had not been al work for some time.
He had only recently returned 10 Mexi-
CO. from where no one knows, though
subsequent investigation lead 10 the sup
position that he had been in Guatemala,
where it is believed ne received the in
structions which caused rhe attack upon
the president. Arroyo had a bad record.
A few years before ne had shot butch
er and nearly killed him, though ne es-
capped punishment, and he had ruined
his father by his vices.
From the first President Diaz SEEM
ed to suspect plot, and after the result
Of the preliminary police investigation
had been reported TO him he ordered
that Arroyo ne turned over to the care
OF Captain Lacroix, OF the Military
Guard, and a strict watch be kept over
him in the barracks. Instead OF being
kept under heavy military guard. how
ever, Arroyo was taken before Military
Ju1pa CoIopaI caparNSo Cuarrara uha
ordered that ne be given over to the po-
lice for safe keepin.
ARROYO'S MYSTERIOUS DEATH.
Acting under this order, Arroyo was
delivered to Inspector General Of Police
Eduardo ValaZqueZ, and was confined
in the room adjoining the office OF the
Inspector General. in the Municipal Pal
ace. That was the last seen OF him
alive by any one save the Inspector
General and his guards.
This was on the night following the
attack on President Disz. Between one
and two o'clock a pistol shot from the
window of the palace attracted the at
tention of the police and a crowd OF
citizens 10 the palace. A squadron OF
police from the Second Ward Police sta
ton was called 70 the Municipal Pal
ace Their commander held a hurried
consultation with the Inspector General
and then charged the crowd in front OF
the Palace. Twenty-one persons were
made prisoners of war and dragged off
TO cells:
Then came the Inspector Generals
statement. He related in detail how a
mob OF about one hundred of the COM
mon people gathered at the Municipal
Palace, forced an entrance, smashing
several doors and windows, rushed 10
the room where Arroyo was confined
and hacked him TO death with knives
and daggers. In proof OF his statement
the Inspector General showed ArrOyO's
body, which was frightfully mutilated
and was lying in the room next - his
office. The floor was Uttered with frag-
ments OF glass from a broken window
and plinters from the door. which bore
every evidence OF having been battered
down.
In his official explanation on the fol-