Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-03-22
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@AND THESPIANS 81

, today to the authorities at Washington
by the University Film Manufacturing
company.
"I was only short distance from
the penitentiary when Madero was
shot, " said Dart, "I hurried to the
scene and when ! arrived there only
few minutes after the deposed presi.
dent had breathed his last, I found a
number of jubilant poems digging a
grave. This grave, as my photographs
will show, is within ten feet of the
spot where Madero fell.
"There seemed to be no attempt at
secrecy as to the manner in which Ma
dero met his death. Indeed, from the
little Spanish | speak, | was able to
CLEAN enough to convince me that the
deposed president was the victim of a
most cowardly plot. Some of the close.
up photographs took of the twelve.
foot wall encircling the penitentiary
will show the bullet marks distinctly.
These seemed to have been fired from
diverse positions, showing that any at.
tempt of Madero to escape would have
been futile.
"The scene Of the shooting was di.
reetly back of the penitentiary, outside
the main wall. There was no automo.
bile about the premises, as afterwards
given out by the Huerta officials, and
from all the information I was able to
get, was convinced Madero had been
taken there and shot down in cold blood
as the climax of a prearranged pro.
gram"
Dart reached the city of Mexico on
Feb. l3, just three days after the Diaz
revolt. Besides the photographs of Ma.
dero 3 grave and the penitentiary wall,
he obtained innumerable pictures Of rev.
olutionary scenes. These were deemed
of such importance that Hal Reid, man.
ager of the Animated Weekly, a Uni.
versal Film Manufacturing company s
enterprise, at once communicated with
President Wilson, offering the photo.
graphs to the u S. government. Mr..
Reid will accompany Dart to Washing.
ton this afternoon, taking the photo.
graphs with him.
"The stories given out by the Huerta
regime to the effect that there was an
attempted rescue of Madero was a
fake, " declared Dart. "The Maderos
were cordially hated in Mexico City,
and I doubt if any one there cared
enough about the deposed president to
try to save him. Gustavo Madero, the
president s brother, was not killed when
imprisoned, as was reported, but was
called out Of a restaurant and shot
down like dog on sidewalk. OF that
also have ample proof.
"Altogether, conditions in Mexico are
much worse in every respect than the
American people have any idea of. The
news coming out Of the country is cen.
sored right up to the limit, and it is
next to impossible to get at the truth
unless one happens to be on the scene.
"I experienced no end of difficulty
in leaving Mexico. As soon as the of.
ficials heard I was photographer they
tried to stop me. Fortunately I man.
aged to keep the fact from them that
had the pictures Of Madero's grave and
prison walls, showing the bullets i'm.
bedded there, Goodness only knows
what they would have done to me If
they had got hold of those pictures" :"
Dart found his wife prostrated when
he returned to his home at Lynbroow,
no news from him since he left this city
for Mexico, and report had reached heI
ears he had been killed. Dart himself is
practically nervous wreck, having ex.
perienced untold hardships and suf.
fered greatly from loss Of sleep during
his absence