The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1913-02-28

the escort out of the darkness. The
rurales closed in an dordered the
prisoners out of the car.
Thirty of the guards surrounded
the prisoners, while the remainder
dispersed themselves to resist an at
tack. About so men, some afoot and
some mounted, threw themselves
upon the detachment guarding the
cars and the exchange of shots last
ed 20 minutes when the attacking
party fled. The dead bodies of Made
ro and Suarez were then found.
Madero Wounded 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 Saurez
shows many wounds, entering from
in front.
OF the male members Of the Ma
dero family only two now are in the
capital. One is Francisco Madero, the
father, who bitterly opposed his sons
conducting a revolution in 1910 and
rode across northern Mexico in an
effort to overtake and dissuade him.
The other is Ernesto Madero, the for
mer minister of finance, an uncle,
though only one 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 sis
ters of the ex-president, Mercedez
and Angela, are tonight at the Jap
anese legation.
Not far from the penitentiary there
are two small piles fstones, some 20
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
sympathetic persons of the lower
class, whose curiosity early drew
them to the scene. From the to of
each pitiful monument tonight flick
cred candles, placed there and lighted
by those who thus thought to offer
the last rites of the church to the
souls Of the dead. From the ground
has been scraped away blood-satura-
ted earth, which was carried off by
the morbid seeking. After the en-
gagement on the road to the peniten-
tiary Commandant Cardenas report
ed to the military commander, who
conducted him to Gen. Huerta. The
president summoned his cabinet, and
after apprising his cabinet of the oc-
currence, issued an official announce
ment.
Both the president and members
deeply deplored the affair, and de-
cided upon full investigation to fix
the responsibility and to punish the
guilty. Already formal action has
been taken by the authorities, as the
members of the escart are under ar
rest, pending the inquiry.
In his capacity of minister of for
eign relations, Senor de la Barra ao
dressed note to the diplomatic rep
resentativeS giving an account of the
killing and assurances of a thorough
investigation.
There were no signs of a demon
stration in the central part of the
city during the day. The news was
received quietly and apparently phi
losophically. This was due perhaps
not only to the fact, that the major
ity seem to be in favor of the present
government, but because the people
are still overawed by the develop
ments of the past two weeks.
One hundred representative men,
bers of the British colony have sent
memorial to the American ambas-
sador expressing depreciation for
the able manner in which the am
bassador has handled the delicate sit
uation caused by the recent disturb
ance."
The memorial extends sincere
thanks 'for the help afforded all
foreigners by the American embassy,
without distinction of nationality and
more especially all British residents"
Francisco de la Barra, the foreign
minister, sent an official statement to
the foreign diplomatic representa-
tives in which he said:
"The department of foreign rela-
tions desires to make known, as al
ready announced to the ambassador
of the United States, the British min
lister and other members of the diplo-
matte corps on various occasions, that