Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-02-24

! City Of Mexico. Feb. PA reign or
terror has been ~inaugurated. Francisco
/. Madero and jesse Pine Suarez, de
posed president and vice president Of
the republic, have failen-shot down In
cold blood during a midnight ride from
the National palace to the peniten-
tiary.
They were being conducted under the
escort OF a force of rurHles 10 the pent-
Tertiary, ostensibiy to be held in safety
until the government of General VIC
toriano uuerta could give them the
fair aud open trial which had been de-
manded by Ambassador Wilson In the
nnme of the Washington government.
General Huerta and the members Of
his cabinet. Including Frnncisco l.. de
la Barra, unite In asserting hat none
OF those IN authority were responsible
for the murders. The official version
OF the affair is that the escort Of the
prisoners was attacked by a force OF
Maderistas and that In the fighting
Madero and Sunrez attempted to es-
cape and were q down.
Victims Of Fugitive Law.
A similar account was given OF the
death of tiustavo Madero when he was
killed while being taken from the ar
senal to the National palace the day
after General Hueru had seized the
government. In ench case there was
the application of ley fuSa.'' the law
which the killing Of prisoners
who attempt to escape. under which
many Ncxicans who were troublesome
TO the government have teen put to
death from time to time.
Practically nil accounts of the as
~sassinntion come from government
sources. The men who were In com-
mand of the escort are under arrest
md cannot be interviewed, the ex-
PLANTATION being made that a strict in-
| quiry Is being conducted by the mill
tary and executive authorities. The
men of the escort are under confine
ment In barracks, where they caua8
be reached.
1911 me N.rfr r@siats who are SLlpn0aed
to have made the attack NJ tuFRily one
can be found. for they would not wish
to reveal their identity. Such spec
tators as there may have been OF the
occurrence are Keeping silent.
The first news the correspondents
had of the tragedy came frcm Fresh
dent Huerta himself. They were sum
moned to the painCe in the early morn
ing hours and there told the govern
uIent's version,
1t was said that n plan had been
arranged to move the prisoners with
the utmost secrecy and that the hour
near midnight had been chosen for
this purpose. for then the streets
would be quiet. Two automobiles
were used. one N scout car II the
other containing the prisoners. three
officers and one soldier. Other rnrales
were with the machines.
Auto Party Attacked.
Apparently the plan OF The govern
ment had been learned by Madero
sympathihers. for when the party was
Etwo-thirds OF b way to the peniten-
siary they were attacked by mel who
shot from u side street. The autcmo-
= tbilts HbbttEi Dus iut AtAt SlOlDtt ny
II larger number of a~ssallants and a
sharp engagement cusued. In the
midst of this. the government report
lays. Madero and Suarez attempted to
escape and were shot.
IL was pointed out that the govern
ment had endea v0red to assure the
ga fety OF the prisoners by the elab-
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moving them. II had also appointed
II military man TO tHke charge OF the
peniteutiary, SO that nothing should be
done to them while they were con-
fined there. AS an evidence that a
light had occurred the automobiles
we're shown. with many bullet marks
SQUIRTING them.
General Huerta, after receiving the
report Of the commander OF the escort,
called his cabinet In session. That
body officially Geplored the event. but
it was snid that h assassiuations
were comprehensive. Ia view OF the
disturbed state of the city.
General Huerta nfterward issued d
formal settlement IN which he repeat
"a tilH N'Npul VI lht uthtitI SlNeh
| hove md promised tina. n full ex-
animation into the unhappy er1cuu-
stances would he made 10y II military
court and the department Of Justice.
A feature of the affair that Is attract-
Ing comment among observers IL the
fact that the government hfd full warn
ing Of plots for The rescue of the pris-
onera by the MaderislaS, AZ early as
Friday Il had been announced that the
government intended TO have them re-
moved from the palace to the peniten-
tiary. When that was not done 1t was
explained thai MaderiStas were plan
ming TO take them from the guards. In
this General Znpata yvas believed to
have a hand. as he had received n large
sum of money from Madero n few days
before the president was overthrown-
From Friday night ~ the most elab-
crate military precautions had been
taken In the capital by the administra-
ton. The troops OF Generals Huerta.
Banquet and DInz had been distrib-
uted through the streets crowds hac
been prevented from gathering, and tbs
population WIN thoroughly III hand II
was said. however. That the govern
ment feared that all the troops in ths
city could not be trusted
A special man was brought I'm by the
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