The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-25
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tops.
Federal soldiers, with fixed bayo
nets, dispersed the poems, and tn,
body of Madero, in plain woodeI
casket. was borne on the shoulder
of soldiers to the French Cemetery
where 1t was placed in its temporar,
resting place in mausoleum
Shortly afterward the body o
Suarez was removed to the Spanisl
Cemetery and temporarily entombed
Permission has been granted fo
the removal OF Maderos body to san
Pedro de Los Pinos. the family cstat,
IN Coahuila. The decision of the Hu
erta government to intrust the rcpain
of AIadero to his widow came rcIuct
antly and not until Ambassador Wilson
mad sent sharp reminder to Hucrti
that he should at least accord the fall
en- idol the decencies of civilized pro
| cedure.
! How the government is finally tc
explain the deaths of Madcro and Sua
rez and the immediate secretion of tho
/ bodies is problematical in view of the
! developments of to-day.
/ New Version Given.
! The bodies of the two murdered
statesmen were found lying III the
rear of the penitentiary. Red stains
marked tile spot. This fact being in
compatible with the first version OF
the AFFAIR, the government to-day pro
inulgated new version. This version
mad stated that the bodies lay at :,
point two-thirds of the way between
the palace and the prison.
Now it is explained that the auto
mobiles ran along a side road and that
Madero and Suarcz jumped out and
were running when they were caught
between the fire OF the rural guards
cscortlnE the prisoners and their as
!
accounts for wounds being inflicted on
| the victims from front and back
Contradicting both Of these versions.
| however. is that of an eyewitness of
| the tragedy.
/ The announcement had gone forth
/ Suarez already had been conveyed to
| the penitcntiary. Two hours before
the shooting, the. populnce, or those
/ of the people who remained in the
streets, believed that Madero was al
last assured Of fair trial. He had
been taken to the prison for safer
keeping.
Before IL o'clock the lights in the
palace went out, and il was believed
that the day and its events had been
} officially ended.
There is one man, however. who
fingered near the palace, leisurely
viewing the magnificent building and
its .ilc sears and watching the
scntiIrs.
Suddcuiy. few minutes after u
o'clock, the doors OF the War Depart
mcnt swung open, and two automo
hilcs sped into the Gale Moneda.
In one machine was the short
bearded Madcro, sitting erect, in thu
rear seat. Beside him sat Major Jual
Cartcnas. OF the Seventh Ruralcs. An
other officer sat beside the chauffeur
In the other car was Jose Pine Sua
req, with two officers and a chauffeur
Course Easily Followed.
The course of the lying autos coult
he easily followed. The plaza was dc
serted and there wcrc no vehicles II
the adjacent streets. The moon mad
the plaza and its cnvirons brigh
cXpansc of white tagging.
The autos followed tho Call
NIoncda about ten blocks and thcl
whirlcd down Il side street, comm,
out on the Gallo Lccumbarra At tn
end of the Gallo Lecumharra Is tn
front entrance OF tho penitcntinry
The automobiles did not enter til
prison at the front entrance, and Il
less than one minute after the ma
chincs reached the end Of the stree
shots were heard. There were prob
ably twenty shots.
Tho man who heard the shots. rush
: ing afoot to tho doors of the prison
asked Il guard the cause OF the firing
lie was told he did not know. II
knew no more than what he had hear
shot from the rear of tho prison.
minute later an officer came fror
behind the building and announce
that Madcro and Suarcz were dead.
Examination Of the autom obil
tracks showed that the machines ha
been turned abruptly to tho loft afto
reaching tho entrance TO the prise
aud gone directly to the north end q
the penitontiary.
In view of this version OF tho shoot
ing, given by a man who ran aftc
the automobiles and saw the bodie
carried out from the rear of the prise,
an official explanation il made to tn
effect that the automobiles were III
past the entrance To avoid Madcristu
The man who followed tho autos dc
clarcs lie SAW mono but guards in fror
OF the penltcntiary.
ono charge which the authoriti,
have not sought TO explain away
tina, Madcro and Suarcz were shot
close range. \ formal autopsy W,
held over tho bodies it is alleged. f,
the purpose Of covering powder mari
and other indications that the tp
men were shot at close range.
IIis IInir burned.
Madero's hair. according to the r
port was actually burned by the fan
from the weapon that Killed nil
subsequent examination Of the body.
Is said. showed that the hair had be,
cut away from the wounds. Clot
ing OF the body OF Suarez W
changed II IS charged because II
garments bore powder stains arou,
tho bullet holes.
There liz no faith In the Cover
ments revised explanations Ever
where Is the secret conviction. e
rressed to-day by I'll Nnticiono Me,
cana. an Independent paper. In =
bold statement that 'IIadero a.
SuareZ were executed with not ev
sham attack TO support the offic
report"
The goverpment has taken prom
action 10 got under way what pv
! nnrta he