Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1913-03-01
'MADERO Is TAKEN PRISONER
Downfall of the Mexican President Due to Plots Among
His Own Officers.

and his ministers became known,
crowds gathered in the streets
through which they paraded shouting
..Vivas" for Huerta and Diaz A con-
ference was held between representa-
1ives of these generals, and an agree
mcnt was reached whereby the ap-
pointment of General Huerta to the
provisional presidency was proclaimed
The forces numbering one thousand
men, which arrived late in the day,
were sent Immediately to the palace,
ostensibly to relieve the reserves
there. Then the reserves We're sent
into the field
The Last Battle Fierce One.
The fire from the rebel rifles and
machine guns was long sustained Il
was by no means certain at that time
the coup which had been carried out
meant the end of hostilities At $3.50
O'Clock in the afternoon the cannonad-
ing was on still heavier than before.
and the rattle of machine guns was
heard in various quarters
At that time San Francisco street
was being cleared by Huerta as if he
were expecting an attack.
A half hour later the order to cease
firing was sounded and the battle was
over
A few loyal members of Maderos
staff rushed into the room when Ma
dero was struggling with the soldiers
and went. to his rescue, but ineffec-
tually.
The Fight in the Palace.
Captain Garmendia, who had just
been appointed chief of police, adj
vanced upon Colonel Riverell, shoot
ing and wounding him severely.
Immediately there was an exchange
of shots and three or four members
of the presidents staff are said 10
have been wounded.
Just to make the records clear Ma
dero had been given reasonable time
in which to write his resignation.
General Delgado, who acted as the
emissary of Madero in the negotia-
lions for an armistice Sunday, has
been arrested. Huerta and his sup
porters did not trust Delgado to come
into their plan.
Twenty men of the Twenty-ninth in
fantry, of Blanquet's forces, were en-
trusted with the duty of guarding the
private rooms of the president at the
beginning Of the revolt in the palace.
The Capture of Madero.
The arrest of Madero took place in
the president entered the room he
found all TIE entrances guarded.
One soldier, over-excited by the
words of Banquet, pointed his gun
at the breast of Madero, who leaped
upon him.
In the struggle the gun was dis
charged, without injuring anyone. The
soldier was disarmed and placed uil-
der arrest by order of Huerta on the
charge of firing without orders
Capitals Day of Horror.
All the horrors of a bonn bardment
have been experienced by the resi-
dents of this city for many days and
to those that might be expected have
been added the effects of vicious ma
chine guns and rife fire in the streets
at a range some times of less than
ore hundred yards.
Scarcely district of the capital
has escaped injury. Over and through
every quarter at some time shells
nave torn and screeched and exploded
Little round shells from the automa-
tic pompoms have added to the ter
ror and destruction.
Hundreds of buildings attest by their
hole-marked sides and wrecked in G.
riors to the destructive qualities of
modern artillery
Thousands Killed and Wounded.
How many have been killed or
wounded is a question which none can
answer with any exactitude. 1t IS
doubtful whether even the govern
ment records will ever reveal the cor
rect number.
From a source usually considered
careful and conservative il has been
stated that the number of dead is
not less than two thousand, while the
total of the wounded amounts to from
eight to zen thousand.
The great majority of these are not
soldiers, but men, women and chill
dren unable to escape the lines of
fire. This estimate was made after
hearing the reports of scores of Of
icers Of the White and Red Cross
1ocieties and Of the hospitals.
Detachments of fifty and one hum
dred men have been slaughtered here
and there at various times when
caught in the narrow streets AMI
moved down by machine guns.
Carts piled high with bodies have
been seen to be driven past a certain
point to a spot in the outskirts of the
city where the bodies have been
burned.
Every morning could be seen what
appeared in the zone of the actual fight
tn he niles of burning rubbish TneSa