The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1913-02-24
CONFIRMATION AT THE CATHEDRAL
LAST EVENING WAS IMPRESSIVE
CRISIS REACHED
tcoStinusd from, FIRST Pase.)

mem Inc oHlcerS starred mpa
sively.
You. the men who fred on a de-
tenseless a You and your super
Tor officers are traitors"
No effort was made TO remove the
"omen nor did the officers attempt
To silence them.
Sonora Madero continued weeping
and the girl did not cease her hyster-
ical tirade until the arrival Of the
Spanish minister and the Japanese
charge. who came to- Offer their ser
vices.
The minister spoke with the officers
in charge. but was told tina on account
OF the autopsy IL would be impossible
for anyone to see the bodies. Later
in the day. they said the request
would be complied with The di-
plomats then conducted the women
away from the pen.
Madero's father and Raphel. former
minister of the interior and other
friends MADE efforts early In the day
to recove the bodies and II was stat
ed this afternoon that American Am
bassador Henry Lane Wilson had in
terested himself and secured the
promise OF Minister DE La Rarra that
the bodies should he delivered TO
their families for burial.
Tragedy at Midnight.
The tragedy occurred shortly after
midnight. Na1ero and Suarez. who
had been imprisoned in the National
palace since their arrest on Tuesday
last. were placed i'm an automobile.
which was ACCOMPANIED by another
car, and escorted by loo rurales I'M
der the orders OF Commandsnt Fran
cisco Gardenas and Colonel Rafael Pi-
mienfo.
With instructions 20 outdistance
the escort. the cars moved slowly. No
incident occurred until they had
reached a point where in an open
place the guards attention was at
tracted. according to the officials. 70 a
group OF persons following. Shots
were fred at the escort out Of the
darkness. The Turales closed in and
ordered the prisoners ont Of the car.
Thirty OF the guards surrounded the
prisoners. while the remainder dis
persed the mob 10 resist an attack.
About 90 men. some afoot and some
mounted. threw themselves upon the
detachment guarding the cars and the
exchange Of shots lasted twenty min.
utes. when the attacking party fed.
The dead bodies OF Madero and Sua.
rez were then found.
The body OF Madero shows only
one wound \ bullet entered tho
back Of the head and emerged al the
J forehead
The body OF Pine Suarez shows
many wounds. entering from i'm front.
or the male members Of the Madero
family only VI are now in the capi
tai One is Francisco Nadero. m.
father. who bitterly opposed his sons
conduct during the revolution OF 1910
aud rode acro~ northern Mexico In
an effort 10 oyertake and dissauda
him the other is E.rnesto Madero. tho
former minister OF finance. an uncle.
though Gustavo MaGero. n brother
vas Obliged 70 submit 10 thefugitive
law the day after tho deposition nj
the President and was shot down In
the arsenal.
Women Cared For.
Sonora Iadero and the two sisters
Angola. arc tonight a. the Iapaneye
legation
not FAR from the pen there are tue
small piles OF stones some fWenty
feet apart They mark the spots
where the men WIo a few DAYS arc
ruled Mexico had fallen.
Holeg in the walk 10 the pen show
where some 81 the bullets lodged
Th" stones we're piled hy groups nj
tFmp1fh"tIc persons ~ the lower
class. who curiosity early drew them
o. tho scene From tho top NJ oncIl
bitlful monument tonight fyri~krl
candles. placed and lighted by those
rao thus thought % onar rho last
rites ~ me church f0 the souls ~ M
dead
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aWat IIn.i aflIlfed .arff Vhi.h
ra. carried o. Do. fhe morbid After
fn' 'rztg'Wnr' or th. r.aI fY tho pen
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itiIf. and goo punish Tho quilt, Al.
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