Evening star., 1913-02-24
Shot Shortly After Midnight.


an automobile, which was accompanied
by another car and escorted by 1Ot
rurales. under the orders OF Commandant
Francisco Cardenas and Col. Rafae
Pimiento
With instructions not to outdistanct
the escort. the cars moved slowly. Nc
incident occurred until they had reached
an open place, the guards attention was
attracted, according to the official ver-
sion, to group of persons following
Shots We're fired at the escort out OF the
darkness. The rurales closed in and or
dered the prisoners out Of the car.
Thirty Of the guards surrounded the
prisoners. while the remainder disposed
themselves to resist an attack. About
fifty men, some afoot and some mounted
threw themselves upon the detachment
shots lasted twenty minutes. when the
attacking party fled. The dead bodies OF
Aladero and Suarez were then found.
Madero Wounded But Once.
The body OF Madero shows only one
wound. a bullet entered. the back Of the
head and emerged at the forehead.
The body Of Pine Suarez shows many
wounds entering from in front.
Of the male members Of the MaderC
family only two are now in the capital
One is Francisco Madero the father, who
bitterly opposed his sons conducting a
revolution in 1910 and rode across north
ern Mexico In an effort to overtake and
dissuade him: the other is Ernesto Ma
dero. the former minister Of finance, an
uncle. though only year older than the
late president.
Gustavo Madero, a brother, was obliged
to submit to the fugitive law the day
after the deposition Of the president and
was shot down In the arsenal.
Sonora Madero and the two sisters of
the eX-president, Mercedes and Angela,
spent last night at the Japanese legation.
Stones Show Where They Fell.
Not far from the penitentiary there are
two small piles of stones, some twenty
feet apart. They mark the spots where
the men who a few days ago ruled
Mexico had fallen.
Holes in the wall Of the penitentiary
show where some Of the bullets lodged.
The stones were piled by groups Of SYM
patnetlc persons OF the lower class, whose
curiosity early drew them to the scene.
from the top of each pitiful monument
tonight f1ickered candles. placed there
and Eghted by those who thus thought to
ofYer the last rites Of the church to the
souls Of the dead. From the ground had
been scraped away blood-saturated earth,
which was carried of by the morbid,
seeking souvenirs.
After the engagement on the road to
the pen1tentiary Commandant Cardenas
reported to the military commander. who
conducted him to Gen. Heureta. The presi-
dent summoned his cabinet and after ap-
prising his ministers Of the occurrence,
issued an official announcement.
Officials Deplore Affair.
Both president and ministers deeply de-
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investigation to fix the responsibility and
to punish the guilty. Already formal ac-
ton has been taken by the authorities,
as the members of the escort are under
arrest pending the inquiry.
Heavy patrols were sent out last night
to guard the streets. At 8 o'clock the
bodies of Madero and Suarez were still
lying in the mortuary at the peniten-
tiary.
Notwithstanding the apparent air Of
calm. tenseness prevailed as though the
people Of the capital were on the watch
for further grave happenings.
AS an indication of conditions a rumor
spread quickly throughout the city last
evening that Sonora Madero had COM
rumor that Gen. Felix Diaz had been
shot.
Investigation showed that there was no
foundation for either report.
Early yesterday small groups congre-
gated about the penitentiary. They were
composed for the most part of men and
women of the lower class There was a
decided feeling of sympathy for the Ma
deros. Many women We're crying. Some
of the men attempted to make speeches
but such attempts at public display were
firmly but quietly repressed by the guards
In the downtown district the people
went about their pursuits quietly. Wha:
had been intended as a day of jollifica
ton for the new administration was one
of soiemnity not usual on Sunday in the
capital.
Plans for Feting Abandoned.
A group of independent coneressme en-
had announced huge manifestation In
which all classes Of society, from high
government officials to the wearers OF
sandals. had been asked to participate
but the plan was promptly abandoned
upon news Of the affair at the peniten.
tiaIv.
The Maderistas have been discreet ir
their utterances, and the pro-government
men almost equally So Apparently the
popuiace remember the cannonading OF
the past weeks and patrols of soldiers
as we'll mounted police have served
to remind them that the country is now
ruled by a government whose admins
| trative program is Of the sternest charac.
| ter
| No attempt is made at the Nationa
| Palace to disguise this fact, and Presi
| dent Huerta himself has said that dras
| tic measures Will be adopted to restor,
| order.
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