The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1913-03-06
Madero Held In Palace.

Everything had been arranged for
the transfer OF Madero and Suarez
from their temporary jail in the en-
tresol OF the national palace to the
district prison on Saturday. In fact,
word had gone out that the removal
had been made either Friday night or
early the next morning. Various mat
tiers came up, II was said, which rem
dered II necessary that representatives
OF the government should consult Ma
dero, who. therefore. was retained In
the palace for mutual convenience.
Mrs. Madero. who had been allowed
to visit her husband on Friday. was
kept in the dark as to what disposition
was to be made Of him. She became
alarmed when refused admission to
him on Saturday and FASTENED to the
American embassy and requested Am
bassador Wilson to reassure herself as
to the intentions of the government to-
ward Madero.
The ambassador told her he was in
formed that Madero was to be taken
to the penitentiary and believed that
tntS uilNduJ ndu DtEh iOnCs
Huerta and his counselors remained
in the national palace until well after
10 o'clock In the evening. When they
parted the doors of the huge rambling
building were closed, the lights extin-
guished, and everything was in dark
ness except for the dim illumination
that shone through the windows Of the
~comandancia.
There are numberless doorways
pierced through the walls OF the pal
ace, which oyers an entire square
One door opens on Gale Moneda, which
affords access to the war department.
Gale Moneda bounds the palace on the
north. The penitentiary is FIVE min
utes' ride by automobile from the pal
ace In a northeasterly direction. The
most direct route Is eastward by Gale
Moneda. four or FIVE squares, thence
by the left to the north and three
squares into Gale Lecumbarra. which
parallels Gale Moneda. Gale Lecum.
barra bisects the poorer section of the
city for a quarter of a mile to the east
and debouches on a broad thorough
fare in front Of the penitentiary.
Victims Leave the Palace.
It was about 11:i5 O'Clock when the
war departments portals In the "a
tional palace opened long enough to
allow two automobiles to slip into the
street from the patio. Then they
banged shut
Suarez was In the rear car with a
third officer Of rurales and a private
on the front seat. The three officers
and the private carried rides besides a
brace Of revolvers each.
One man who was keeping watch at
the palace in anticipation of some such
move recognized both Madero and
Huarez despite the speed with which
the cars moved. Recognition was
easy. as a big electric light over the
doorway was shining brightly.
This observer, who was a newspaper
man. saw the cars whisk up Gale Mo
media in a cloud Of dust. yeer into a
cross street toward Gale Lecumbarra
and disappear. 1t took the man TWEEN
~ minutes or more to the ground
the automobiles had traversed In FIVE
minutes, and by the time he neared
the end Of Gale Lecumbarra every
thing was over Madero and Suarez
wera dead
The observer saw nothing Of the cir
substances attending the killing. All
he heard was several shots. how many
he does not know, except that after
the 1rst crackle of guns three shots
rang out separately and distinctly, one
BY one.
Pursuing q normal course the cars
would have halted at the entrance Of