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UuderGyardin Street
When Attacked.
two OTHERS KILLED
Were in an Automobile When
Shooting Began
HUERTA OEPLORES TRAGEDY
He Declares the Prisoners Tried
to Escape.
HUERTA DEPLORES TRAGEDY

| Mexico City, Feb. 24.-Francisco
Madero and Pine Suarez, the depose
president and vice president, wer
shot to death while guard OF rurale
was taking them from the nationa
| palace to the peniten ,iary.
General Huerta, the provisional pres
ident, and Francisco De La Barra, th
| premier, have disavowed the killing
| and have informed the United State
government that Madero and Suare
were killed by the bullets of their owl
| friends in an attempt to rescue them
They say that the government pro
| foundly deplores the occurrence ant
| will track down and punish the muir
derers.
United States Ambassador Wilson
| told your correspondent that he thor
| oughly believed there was real at
tempt at rescue by some armed fol
lowers of Medero. He did not believe
for a moment, he said, that the affail
was framed up by the new govern
ment, as some intimated. He said thai
Senor De La Barra talked with hin
two days ago about plan to remove
| ex-President Madero and ex-Vice Pres
ident Suarez to the penitentiary fol
better security and comfort. Mr.. Will
son said he considered this as proof
of good faith on the part of the pres
ent regime.
1t seems that Madero and Suarez
were advised of the project to trans
fer them to the penitentiary. They
arose, dressed and entered an automo
bile in waiting in the courtyard of the
palace. The auto had already been
occupied by Major Carnedas and q
force of armed rurales.
The automobile Immediately left for
the penitentiary, followed by another
automobile full of rurales. The ma
chimes had gone about two-thirds OF
the way to the penitentiary and were
in the Colonia De La Bolso, Mexico s
"WhitechapeP' district, when, at the
corner of Gale lie Cumber1i, five arm
ed men, crying viva Madero,' firod
upon the guards.
These meA were followed by some
thirty others from side street, who
also fired volleys at the two au.omo-
biles, riddling them. From what can
be learned, the prisoners took advan-
tage of this attack to attempt their
escape, and they were riddled with
bullets, whether or not by the rurales
or accidentally by their would-be res
cuers, is not known.
Two of the reScuers were killed and
several others arrested.
After the news of the killing OF Ma
dero and Suarez became known, Pro-
visional President Huerta Immediately
sent for the newspaper men, making
full and frank statement of the facts
and promised to give the fullest de-
tails obtainable later, as he consid-
cred it most important to justify the
government in the matter and avoid
any suspicion that might arise that it
was a put-up job. The widow of Ma
dero obtained possession of his body
only after Ambassador Wilson had in
terceded for her. Nearly pros,rated
from the frightful news that had come
to her, she pleaded pitifully for per
mission to see the body. The govern.
ment refused. Mr.. Wilson called upon
De La Barra and persuaded him to
grant Sonora Madero's request Cen
eral Banquet delivered the body to
Alberto Perez, Sonora Madero's broth
er.
Major Cardenas and two other Off.
GERS who were in charge of the guard
of rurales escorting the automobiles
have been imprisoned pending an in
vestigation by the attorney general.
The following official statement of
President Huerta was given out at the
aalace:
81 called together the cabinet to re-
port that Madero and Pine Suarez,
who had been detained at the palace
at the disposition of the war depart
nent, were taken to the penitentiary
III accordance with a previous dec.s-
ion, as the result of which that estab-
lishment was placed under the charge
of army officers for its better secur-
ity.
when the automobile had traversed
about two-thirds of the way to the
penitentiary, however, they were at
tackled by an armed group, and the es-
cort descended from the machines to
offer resistance. Suddenly the group
grew larger and the prisoners tried to
escape.
"An exchange of shots then took
place, in which two of the attacking
party were killed and two others were
wounded. Both prisoners were killed.
The automobiles were both badly DAM
nged.
"The president and his cabinet have
resolved that the affair shall be con
signed to the military judicial authors
ties having to do with the attempts
against military prisoners, such as
were Madero and Suarez, so that they
may make a strict investigation with
the direct Intervention of the military
prosecutor general
THE minister of justice has askea
that when these investigations are
over-the case being of SO exceptiona
q character-that the prosecutor gsn
eral of the republic make further In
vestigation.
"The government deplores the event
and, wishing to attend to the necess.
<iao ~ tho puhlic wolfara has asked