New-York tribune., 1907-06-05
TALE OF CABRERA MINE
HOW 1T VAS Exploded.
Guatemala Gires ont Details to Re
futc AttaCkS on President.

| The Guatemalan Legation in Washington has
ceiVed from its government a long cable dispatch
! giving officially the details OF the serious Of
| several recent attempts 10 assasslnate President
| Estrada Cabrera. This message a
refutaton of the stories discreditinR the reports
Of the attempts the llfe OF the chief executive
! and the charges that President Cabrera had him
self ordered the laying of the mines which nearly
caused HIS death In last desperate effort to
| Gle his enemies TO his in the present con
J troversy with Mexico. The cable dispatch to the
! legation contained the report OF Enrique Inver-
| nzzio. an engineer who ordered to investigate
! following the setting OF the mines. He says. In
| part:
| 1t must have beea around 7:3O O'clock on the
| morning Of April % when the President OF -he Re
seated in his carriage which was to convey them
b9t 10 inc southern section OF the city. Charity and
| resident to the Estrada Cabrera and Maternity
, , The mine exploded bu' the strong fearless and
qrlh % man Jumped out OF mis- carriage. gazed around
Inn as II waiting to challenge his infamous enc
wounded chief Of stan. and amonE stitched mus MS
titude that had assembled at the deronaton he re-
turned Ilumphantiy TO his house where his mother
Reach the S' " Of hS Ss1t er6e disaster
th e0oh as learned about IT, found myself In Sev-
ehtn avenue South, in front of the house situated
| at NO. o. before a mass Of ruins of very recent
plosion, from which / quickly assumed that this
eHptoSlqn mac nGen len IN great part II not in its en-
| the smell which emanated from the ruins for hours
all the rooms contained in two contiguous houses
one in nth street East and The other in 9TH avenue
material which had beer gathered for tire dastardiy
! purpose | have through mathematical and scru-
| ductions given below with view to bringing for
tIons.
| The front of the house situated at No IS Sew
aspect suggestive OF abandcnment that of a
any gap ndoatns rGne i's Too caves
able for house that Is supposed to be Inhabited.
side had sua6e Ss hs
bi hm9 ae.d 1 Dgsdes store doing retail grocery
SIC side is IN a bad condition. 1T has sign reading
occupied by family The work performed in
putting 1 througgh the deadly operation has lasted
all the elements which the performance Of the
even hed at his disposal ne peffo6 to nofhng king and
watch over all the material and tho ground OF
| 1t can be safely asserted that everything was
DodnP PS peso9 S66 n experienced In
as AZ VIII be seen from the description given here
! the previous arrangements made to Insure success
They started with making an excavation in fropt
6ous ne ne9F a sSe M Of the exterior wall Of the
near window which was shut up with old WOODEN
| boards. They also closed the other windows as
We'll as the door of said house. being sIlIDosrd
that they had access to the field OF operation
| through the two doors OF the house at No. I0n
@ The wiz wires passed through two walls that is.
! The ne two gfoundsIby means OF q breach which
arriving at the centre OF the they connected
| these wires with the electric apparatus which We
have already mentioned, and which served close,
/ the circuit and to the mine explode This
! apparatus was in fact found in gallery n
bore small metal label with instructions as 10 IL =
! use thereon and with the name Of the nanufnrt- =
urers The use OF this apparatus is indicated by
/ TWO words Blasting machine, that is, machine
| used TO break rocks other strong material An
other machine OF the same appearance which was
! found in neighboring house, and which was CON
hscated by the police. bears the of 'fgniting
| dynamo
The engineer then says that II necessary to
| be aware OF the exact moment Of the passage o.
| the Presidents carriage. and describes the means
| taken to obtain this knowledge. He continues:
| Being SO well placed. the operator could see the
carriage NJ the President arrive. after having