Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-27
'7HRONG CRIES
VIVA MACON
sYmPATHIzERs CHEER ACCUSED
REvoLuTIoNIsTs
MopEsTA DlAZ Is GIVEN HIS
LIBERTY
No Charge Against Editor-Flaw In
Habeas Corpus Proceedings
Gives Other Gases
Setback

Hundreds of sympathizing Mexicans
crowded the courtroom of department
of the superior court yesterday afternoon
while the four revolutionists, who have
startled Mexico and America with their
plots against the Porfirio Diaz admins
tration of the Mexican republic, awaited
the hearing of their petitions OF habeas
corpus. Modesto Diaz was given his
liberty.
Hardly an hour had passed before the
proceedings were dismissed by Judge
Wilson because the papers of the habeas
corpus proceedings were not filed at least
twenty-four hours before hearing with
the district attorneys office, as the law
REQUIRES. The case will be resumed We'd
nesday afternoon at o'clock.
Although it was feared the prisoners
sympathizers might create disturbance,
the many officers present were not
needed. With cries of hope and peace
able demonstrations of sympathy, they
filed past the accused. One beautiful
senorita stopped to kiss the lips of VII
lariaL
When Diaz stepped from the courthouse,
the crowd that awaited him cried: viva
la reyolucioni'' AS, handcuffed, the three
prisoners followed moment later, the
shout was taken up, and for minutes
the street rang with it. 1t was with diff
ficulty that the passageway was cleared
to the patrol.
Weep to See One Another
when Ricardo Flores Magon, Antonio
villareal Librado Rivera and Modesto
Diaz appeared before the court it was
the first time they had seen each other
since their arrest. They wept as they
shook each others hands.
Deputy District Attorney Frank Blair
told the court that it would be inn
possible even to hear the petition, as
the papers had not been in the district
attorneys office the required time.
There is no case against Modesto
Diaz, and his associations with the rev.
olutionists were not of such a nature
as to entitle the authorities to hold him.
He is discharged" said the bench.
1t is expected that Don Enrique Creel,
the Mexican ambassador, will be present
when the case is again called.
Attorney Job Hartman is acting for
the defense.
In order to hold on to the prisoners
until further proof can be secured against
them, complaints have been filed against
each one, charging them with resisting
an officer.
These complaints were sworn out by
Detective Talamantes, who was the first
to enter the Pico-street house where the
fight with the alleged conspirators oc-
Cured An additional charge has been
issued against Villarial charging him
with being an escaped criminal 1t is
said that he was convicted Of murder
and escaped near the border.
VillariaI Without Bail
No bail was fixed yesterday by Viii
larial. For Magon and Rivera bail was
fixed at $4,000 each. There is considerable
speculation among lawyers around police
headquarters yesterday as to the possi-
bility of getting the prisoners across the
border. Conspiracy against the govern
ment is not a sufficient cause to war
rant the issuance of extradition from
the United States. Some other charge
will have to, be found in the case of
Magon and Rivera.
1t is understood that representatives Of
the Mexican government are preparing
charges against the prisoners with a
View to duplicating them in the instiga-
tion of the labor riots at El Cananea,
Mexico, last year.