The evening world., 1913-02-20

francisco I. Madcro. to-day . 90
graded President and q prisoner IN tnO
hands Of his worst enemy. sat IN the
darkened room Of ''materializing
mediums" establishment In San An
tonic. Tex. . little more than two years
ago and heard the spirit Of Benito
Juarss. the Mexican patriot. calling him
to arm himself and free Mexico OF the
tyrant Porfrio Diss.
This strange hgurs who now passes
from the cloudsd page Of Mexican his
tory-mystic. dreamer and theorist-does
not yet know that on the day when
Bsnito Jparss's shade babe him rise and
sweep the old Iron Man" Of Mexico
from his seat he was being tricked and
that an agent Of Porhrio Dias himself
was the one responsible for the gentle
deception.
told by q Mexican secret service man to
An agent Of the United States Secret
Service In San Antonio. runs this way;
MERELY JAIL, NOT DEATH
FOR MApGR0.
Madero, when he had the tsmsrity TO
run against Pornrio Dias for the Prssi-
doncy OF Mexico on q platform which
he called "ths San Louis Potosi plan"
knew that he was doing y dangerous
thing. Most men that contested the
| reelection OF Old Don Porfirio we're
found dead somewhere q few days be-
fore the election. Francisco Madero
only went to jail.
He was locked up In San Louis
Potosi. In the north. on some trumpeJ
up charge Of conspiracy. lie escaped
| rrobably through tho use OF liberal
tr,be money-in October. 1910. ana. dis.
Ru,sed az y peon. started to make his
vay 70 the Rio 0rande and across into
Texas. Here was . strange spectacle
n man who was heir to millions and
whose family estates covered an area
equal to three New England Stats.
skuiking through the country barsfootsd
and with . tsttered "ssrsps' thrown
over his shoulders.
He evaded the rurales and crossed ths
river to American soil. Then he wen
TO San Antonio and began his active
campaign to ovsrturn the old sstab
lishsd government Of Pornrlo Diaz
There his brother 0ustavo. murdered
yesterday before Franchises eyes. hi
father and several other brothers sub
seauentiy Joined him. Jointly the!
worked out their plan Of causing tn
diraffection OF the northern states 0
the republic to tho south.
II was not long before the secre
channels OF old Don Pornrio's informa
ton brought word TO his ears o
the plotting OF this political theoris
and strange dreamer. who believed h
could snfranchlss tho millions OF half
breed Indians In Mexico. He sent tw
OF his secrat agents to San Antoni
Quietly. with instructions to get Fran
: cisco across tho border They coul
then seiss him and Mexico would kno,
: 70 more Of this daring upsSsrt
+ MApERo RisEs TO THE sAi'
AND 10 HOOKED.
Ono Of the secret service men ha
cleaned Information OF Madero's lean
l. Ing toward spiritualism: no heard this
the young millionaire rsnehsro had rea
books on spIrltualism. As well ~ vss
. etsYisnism and economics. Crafty Gel
n ting tho Acquaintance OF Msdsro Ia III
defensive Mexican colony OF san Al
tonic. ths secret agent laid his plans.
;. An itinersnt spook doctor and ''trsns
= medium" who was touring the bord,
10 cities Of Texas with his daughter. III
y original child wonder and spirit msdlu
o beyond compare" readily consented, {,
, q fat consideration. TO play the gslr
n with the pIax agent and induce Nader
T. TO voluntarily return 10 Mexico. 81
10 came 10 San Antonio and began TO q,
"sIttings' In u tumbiedown house In Il
"a Mexican quarter. The agent saw TO
" that Msdsro heard OF Madame Rosie,
presence.
Madero snapped at the bait BY sp
cial arrangement. the price |bsinE
out OF Madero's pocket. no received
A. private sitting"
,v Then II was that after the fat NJ
=, dunn retired behind the eurta!ns Of Il
cabinet a shadowy ghost. dressed In q
"a coat and hat OF u general In the Me,
w. can army. appeared Tor u second befo
the curtains and a sspulchral vol
a q | sounded:
ma Rise. my son Francisco. Go In
yn ! Mexico; gather an army and mar
IN upon the yrant Dlax You will be su