The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-11-25
PRODUCED A Confession
IN THE TRIAL OF MEX
leo CITY POLICE OFFICIALS
FOR THE ARROYO LYNCHING.
STATEMENT BY THE LATE INSPECTOR
He States That a Mob of Common
People Was Organized by Him.
self-ThOught He Was Doing
the Republic n Service.

Mexico City, Nov. 1S.-A profound SEN
sation was made in the course of the
trial of the police officials charged with
the murder of Arroyo, the man who at
tempted to assassinate President Diaz.
by the production of the confession of
the late inspector gencraI of police, Va
lesquez 1t is most remarkable at
tempt at self justification and it states
that mob OF common people lynched
Arroyo.
Valesquez said in part:
Il entertain the most enthusiastic ad-
miration for Gen. Diaz. l have known
him since infancy. My parents taught
me to love and respect him. l saw him
at Guadalupe during the siege of Mex
leo and since then 1 have entertained
absolute idolatry for the man who rules
our country. Only two families remained
at Guadaloupe during the siege. One
was that of Don Susano Montante and
the other was ourselves. When | reached
my majority l resolved to serve Gen.
Diaz with loyalty, though in inferior po-
sitions. While | was still young and
with only a salary of $50 month, l
had charge of the private correspondence
of Don Manuel Dublan. Afterwards |
was selected u deputy and still later the
president sent me to occupy the chief
position of authority in my native village
at the time of religious movement
without parallel in the history of our
country, movement involving serious
embarrassment to the government and to
all its representatives, and every one
knows with what skill l acquitted my
| self in that difficult position, as q friend,
as a partisan and as Mexican"
Valesquez then went on to say that
no direct orders for Arroyo's killing were
| given, but that the populace, already
| strongly wrought up by the assault upon
to commit the deed. He said:
| 81 maintain that / have done service
to my country in proving that an attack
on the president will be followed by swift
and terrible vengeance of the populace,
for nothing but the smallest hint is needed
to arm the hands of popular indignation
and let loose their fury on criminals. II
/ have committed fault. it is the result
of my admiration and love for the pres.
ident of the republic, and am not able
to measure the magnitude of that fault
for with fourteen to sixteen hours day
devoted to efforts to create sufficient pO
lice protection of the life of him with
whom the peace of Mexico is bound up
it may well have happened that the
functions of the heart have acquired q
preponderance over the brain and that in
reality I may have committed grave
error. thought was doing right in or
ganizing popular manifestation tC
avenge an attack on the president and
thus give birth in the people to pro
found conviction that punishment fol-
such an act would come swiftly in the
form Of lynching or whatever it may bt
STYLED"
He then went on to show that Others
| besides himself thought summary justice
should be dealt out to Arroyo. This con
fession. in the light of evidence, is seer
to be full of misstatements and in nc
case would it have prevented Valesquez's
prosecution. for the government was de
termined to punish the crime.
The prosecuting attorney this afternoon
| in strong argument. pleaded for the
imposition of the death sentence on al
the prisoners except Assistant Chief Of
Detectives CABRERA and one other minol
prisoner. who were not directly impl
Gated in the tragedy.
The case is likely to be concluded Sun
day or Monday.