The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-24
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PRISON
.Commandant Planned Act H. II 4
Follow Downfall Of Mad
Faction. 5SsEa
ALL INMATES GET L LIB I 4 |! 1
New President Issues Proclal
ton Asking Support Of !
People. I


word telling OF the passing into
tory OF the Madriz government
Managua, was received at the So
Department to-day An an official
patch from American Consul DIVA s!se l
stationed at Managua. SsSEsE
The message was dated IL =. NJ sIsSfa
lurday. It told OF the disorder
preceded the downfall of Madriz
Managua, the escape Of the defea41H
President from the city. as shots WeSsAA
fired at his train. and tho assumptis4
OF the presidency and the commanSeaJ
OF the local troops by brothers 9ss sl
the revolutionary leader, General Jua@sl
Estrada. sSsI
da promised for Nicaragua to mak4l
PREPARATION for the shooting OF Cannond
and Groce, the Americans executed q ~
Zelaya as military prisoners. n
officials Of the penitentiary at Mana 81
qua, where 700 prisoners were conhnedsI
called at tho American consulate ON
Friday night. and voluntarily madeN
affidnvits to the effect that the com II
| lnandant OF the prison had Matched al
| plot to blow up the institution and It's
| inmates. In the event Of the downfal11ll
/ of tho Madriz factions. It was In this
renitentiary that William Pittman. the
American engineer. was confined.
\ Prisoners from other foreign nations
1 were among those behind the bars. The
i American and foreign consuls at Man
j aqua promptly laid the matter before
tlDr. Madriz. who undertook to look into
A tho charges,
The President said TINT he would
4 guarantee that the plot would be
4 nipped Not satisfied with the guaran-
I, tee. Consul Olivares asked for and OBJ
!. tatned the removal of Pittman to the
I consulate, where he Wns being shell
tered at the time the dispatch was
sent. '35 Den
On Saturday morning Madriz dis
missed the commandment OF the prison.
\ Before SNladriz had abandoned his office
y that afternoon, the prison, left WITHOUT
i guard, had emptied its inmates into
1.-The streets. About 600 of the 700
( nrisoncrs had been arrested for polit1-
cal reasons.
= Fired ON Troops.
), Many Of them obtained rifles and
]. roamcd the streets, In some cases hrins
: upon troops Of the Madriz faction. AS
Q soon as Madriz left Genera! A =.
3 Estrada, brother oftthe revolutionary
J, lleader. General Juan Estrada took COM
= mand Of the local troops to police the
= city. His forces consisted of q mix
/, ture Of troops OF the Liberal party
Il and volunteers of the Conservative
e 1arty, whose rivalry. the consul said,
& caused some embarrassment.
= After AIadriz left the city for Corinto
& en- a train, in u fusillade of shots
= crowds gathered around the Amer
= Iican consulate. and during Saturday
:. lnieht chaered for tho government ane
81 the people OF the United States.
Consul Olivares cabled to the. State
n Department this proclamation. which
- Jose D. Estrada issued upon succeed
{. ing NIadriz: 8
s 30 the sNicaraguans, Fellow Country
men:
u "Called to the exercise Of the pres
-.EAdency. In accordance with the pro
svisions Of our Constitution, hay
taken charg Of the provisional com \,
n mand OF the republic in times Of dill
& Guilty and sorrow for the mother coun
@ try. In so doing have had nothin;
4 in mind but to assist, as far as II Ia,
lin my power, In restoring peace. 50 a
: to bring at once to an end the shed
ding OF blood. and thus open an err
Of reconciliation which may stop tn
misfortunes that are now rending tn
national honor. 5sii 95z3ti u.
"My object, then, is exclusively :
). guarantee order to society,", while
Y turn over the command to the revolu
|5tiona No which end 1 have alread!
y taken appropriate steps = therefor
- hope. in my disinterested and loyal ef
Htforts. that may rely on the GO
81 operation Of the good sons OF 5Nicara
a IEua, and I entreat them to lend N
W. their support, as the only sure mean
OF satisfactorily diseharging the sncre
duties which, to my mind, atriotist
t'Np oses lose ESTRADA.
.N1anagua. August a21 e1o. 5 s@s
Understanding Exists. &
+, Estrada followers In the city So
- that a complete understanding SeSis,
between G General Juan Estrada and n
y two leading generals, Generals Cha
MORO and Mena, In regard TO the pe
|litical phase4of the situation, ~
8 They state that Chamorro and 8Men
IA have agreed not to- interfere with q
a Mans OF ESTRADA In this particula
- Should such be the case, II would SAY
rs many emharrassments. It is p elievt
s here, as ESTRADA Is Q Liberal and =
n associates Conservatives
Tale was heard to- ght among q
Estrada followers In, Washing tonSS
r. 1.-The possibility Of the lection So ,Eg.
iA tuntas to a govern the co untr stetnpo
ariIy.S Such q pla y u waa spoinateas os
nv, - ~ IIIsI|