The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1913-02-27
MADERO AND SUAREz
MYSTERIOUSLY SHOT
HUERTA IN POWER
Authorities Declare Rescue
Party Led Attack-story
Decentralization States
Are in Line.

Mexico City, Feb. 2J.-Quiet prevails
In Mexico City today. following the
killing early Sunday morning Of Fran
cisco I. Madero and Jose Pine Suarez,
deposed president and vice president
respectively of the Mexican republic.
The circumstances surrounding the
death of the deposed president and vice
president OF the republic are unknown
except as given in official accounts,
which do not conform in all cases. The
only witnesses were those actually con
cerned in the killing.
The provisional president, Gen. Vic
toriano Huerta, says the killing of the
two men was incidental to a fight be-
tween their guard and a party attempt
ing to liberate them. The minister of
foreign relations, Francisco De La
Barra, dds that the prisoners at
tempted to escape. Neither makes a
definite statement as to which side
fired the fatal shots. It is not impos-
sible that neither knows.
Begin Probe at Once.
The official investigation into the
deaths Of Madero and Suarez is to be
begun at once, but the general belief
prevails that it will s~ubstantiate the
official version of the occurrence. The
fact that the bodies Of the two states
men were recovered in the rear Of the
penitentiary was explained by the
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Cured close to the building. 1t is said
the automobiles ran along a side road
and that Madero and Suarez jumped
out and were running when they We're
caught between the fires Of the at
lacking party, this accounting for
wounds being inflicted on them in diff
ferent directions.
Provisional President Huerta n the
other authorities are earnest in their
declarations that h government was
acting in good faith and that the death
Of the prisoners was u solely to I'M
foreseen circumstances.
Story Is Doubted.
Not ~unnaturally a great part of the
republic regards the official version
with doubt, having in mind the use for
centuries of the notorious ley fuga,"
the unwritten law, which is invoked
when the death of a prisoner is de-
sired. After its application there is
written or the records: Prisoner shot
trying to escape
With the passing of Francisco Ma
dero the general opinion prevails that
the tenseness of the situation has been
relieved. There is a marked tendency
on the part of all classes to accept the
new order of things. From various
parts of the country reports have been
received telling of further adhesions
to the new administration.
The morning newspapers also herald
the new era and prophecy immediate
peace and the early resumption of
prosperous conditions.
General Huerta's government IN
doubtedly for the present at least has
the upper hand in the country.
A committee of followers of Iapata
arrived today to discuss arrangements
to bring about peace in the south.
Reports from the state OF 0aXaca
indicate that the disaffected Indians
there have been placated.
Juan Asconia. che private secretary
of Francisco Madero was released from
prison today.
Soon after the shooting. accompanied
by her brother. Jose Perez. and Mer-
cedes Madero, sister of Francisco, Sc
nora Madero drove to the, penitentiarN.
but was refused permission to see the
body of her husband. Sonora Suarez
also was denied admittance to the
mortuary, where physicians, in accord
ance with the law, We're performing an
autopsy.
Sister Turns Tisrcss.
In contrast to the widow. whose grief
was of a pitiably silent character, Mer-
cedes Madero. a beautiful young wo-
man, educated in Paris, who had been
a brilliant leader of society since the
revolution of 1910. was dry eyed and
tigerish in her emotions. By the side
of the two women whose husbands had
been killed, the girl hurled accusations
at the officers who barred the en-
trance. "Cowards. Assassins!" she
called them, her voice pitched high.
The officers stared impassively. You!
The men who fired on a defenseless
man. You n your superior officers
| are traitors!'
No effort was. made to remove the
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