The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1913-02-24

with the law, were performing an
autopsS.
Madero's Sister Upbraided Them
In contrast to the widow. whose
grief was of a pitiful silent character
expressed in sobs, Mercedes Madero,
a beautiful young woman, educated in
Paris, who has been a brilliant leader
of society since the revolution in 1910,
was dry eyed and tigerish in her emo
tons. BY the side of the two women,
whose husbands had been killed, the
girl hurled accusations at the officers
who barred the entrance.
"Cowardsi Assassins!" she screamed.
The officers started impassively.
You the men who. fired on de-
fenseless man! You and your super
iors are traitors!''
No effort was made to remove the
women, nor did the officers attempt
to silence them. Sonora Madero con-
tinued weeping and the girl did not
cease her historical TRADE until the
arrival of the Spanish minister and
the Japanese charge who offered their
services.
The minister spoke with the Off
GERS in charge, but was told that on
account of the autopsy it would be i'm
possible for any one to see the bodies.
Later, they said the request would be
complied with. The diplomats then
conducted the women from the pen
itentiary.
nandez, former minister of the in
terror, and other friends. made efforts
to recover the bodies, and it was stat
ed that American Ambassador Henry
Lane Wilson had interested himself
and secured the promise of Minister
De La Barra that the bodies should be
delivered to their families for burial.
The Governments Story.
The tragedy occurred shortly after
midnight. Madero and Suarez. who
had been prisoners in the national
palace since their arrest on Tuesday
last, were placed IN an automobile,
which was accompanied by another car
and escorted by 100 rurales, under the
orders of Commandant Francisco Card
enas and Colonel Rafael Pimiento.
With instructions not to outdistance
the escort, the cars moved slowly No
incident occurred until they had reach
ed a point near the penitentiary, where
in an open place, the guards attention
was attracted, according to the official
version to a group of persons follow
ing. Shots were fired at the escort
in the darkness.
The rurals closed in and ordered
the prisoners out of the car.
Thirty of the guards surrounded the
prisoners, while the remainder dis
posed themselves to resist an attack
About so men, some afoot and some
mounted threw themselves upon the
change of shots lasted 20 minutes.
when the attacking party fled The
dead bodies of Madero and Suarez
were then found The body of Madero
shows only one wound. A bullet en-
tered the back of the head and emery
ed at the forehead.
The body of Suarez shows MANY
wounds, the bullets entering from the
front.
OF the male members of the Madero
family, only two are now in the cap
ital. One is Francisco hAadero, the
father. who bitterly opposed his sons
conducting a revolution in 1910 and
rode across northern Mexico in an eff
fort to overtake and dissuade him: the
other is Ernesto Madero, former min
lister of finance, an uncle, though only
a year older than the late president
Gustavo Ma6ero, a brother was OBJ
liged to submit to the fugitive law the
day after the deposition of the presi-
dent and was shot down in the arse
nal.
Sonora Madero and the two sisters
of the ex-president, Mercedes and An
gela, are at the Japanese legation.
Huerta Also Explains.
Mexico City, Feb. 24.1The following
official statement of President Huerta
was given out at the palace.
Il 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 department We're
taken to the penitentiary in accordance
with previous decision as a. result of
which that establishment was placed