The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-02-24

day tho two prisoners were placed I'm
MED by another car and escorted by
100 ruralcs. under tho orders OF Com
mandant Francisco Cardcnas and
Colonel Rafael pimlcnto.
1t was u beautiful moonlight night.
and not the kind of a night IL may be
pointed out. that would be selected for
n rescue expedition which would re-
quire darkncsB for It's successful ac-
complishmcnt. Orders were given to
the mon in charge OF tho automobiles
TO move slowly so as not to outdis-
lance tho escort.
Tho party moved along slowly and
cautiously. No incident occurred. 1t
Is explained, until the party reached I,
point near tho pcnitcntiary. Here
there is an open space, and according
10 the official version, tho attention OF
tho guard was there attracted to n
group OF persons who were following
the party
What then happened In known only
10 the men who were acting under In
strnctions from the Diaz- IIuerta junta
IT Is declared that shots were Tired
upon the escort from The cover of the
darkness. The ruralcs closed in. and
strangely enough. instead of ordering
tho cars to make full speed to the pen
ltcntiary, which was n9w but n short
distance away. they ordered the pris-
Oncrs out OF the ear
Ut liz probable that II was at this
stage that the doctrine OF Icy fuga"
was put Into operation. The prisoners
were ordered from the car TO give them
the opportunity to take flight and be
shot down.
Thirty of the guards, it is declared.
surrounded tho prisoners while the
REMINDER disposed themselves 10 re-
sist an attack. About nifty men still
quotin:. the Official version. some ufoot
and some mounted, threw themselves
upon the detachment guarding the cars
and tho exchange OF shots lasted TWEEN
t. minutes when the attacking party
fed
Then the bodies Of Madero and Sua-
rez were found, stretched out upon tho
ground. dead. Madero. with :, single
bullet hole through his brain. Suarcz
riddlcd with the shots of his country
men. There is statement that two
OF tho attacking mob wcrc killed. But
no one has seen their bodies, if this be
true.
Covered In silence.
The rest OF the story is covered up
in silence. 40 far as the official YER
sion goes. But within a few minutes
after the report of the killing of tho
two men became public. representatives
of foreign governments at once began
bcsieging the cable office to flash the
news to their governments. The It'd
ings Of the tragedy swept over the
city like fire on Il prairie
Huerta at once took steps to put
down any uprising that might follow
public knowledge of tho deed. Troops
of soldiers were spread out over the
city, patrollinE every street in the bust
ness section and extending their lines
even into the residential quarter.
iIutrta sent for the newspaper cor
respondents ut once and, through
Lieutenant Colonel Mas, and in the
presence Of General Banquet and
other officials. made public tho official
version OF the killing. This ceremony
was gone through with I'm the green
room, Hucrta pacing up and down, en-
veloped in great military cloak, his
eyes covered by green glasses. Now
and then he gave curt order TO an
aide, or exchanged Il word with Gen
cral Banquet. who sat- stolid, with
folded arms, while the official report
was read.
Intense silence pcrvaded the palace,
but through the windows there came
a suppressed murmur of voices down
in the street.
So promptly did the IIucrta admin
istration act. that there WAS little
movement on the part OF the peo-
pie following the double assassination.
| Thoroughly cowcd by the display OF
armed force which Hucrta flung into
| the streets as soon word reached
him that tho murders had been accom-
plished, the people settled back into
condition OF lcthargy from which
they apparently are unable TO be
shaken.
| If there was no uprising, however.
the people have found other means of
expressing the general sorrow which
| is felt over the killing of the two men,
who but short time ago were the
regularly chosen heads of the rcpub-
lie. Following the shooting. guard
was put around the spot not far from
the penitentiary wall, where the bodies
OF Madcro and Suarez fell. Later in
the day this guard was removed
Thereupon came friends OF the two
dead men who rcverently took ND clods
OF earth which had been soaked with
the life blood of the two martyrs
PitifuI Monuments.
Tonight. not far from the spot two
small piles of stones. some twenty feet
apart mark the spot where the two
men fell. Holes in the penitcntiary
wall also show where some of the bull
let's lodged. But Of the two hcaps OF
stones, they arc pitiful little monu-
mcnts which have been reared TO the
memory OF the dead by sympathizcrs.
and from the tip of each there flickcrs
to- night candles. placed there and
lighted by the same sympathi.ers, who
| IN this way are paying the last rites
OF the church to the souls of the slain.
After the shooting on the road. Com
mandant Cardcnas reported 10 the mil
itary commander. who conducted him
10 fiuerta, where he told in person the
story OF the affair. Huertn at once
| summoned the Cabinet and after ap-
prisinS his ministers of tho shooting.
| issued his formal announcement
Both President and ministers declare
they deeply deDlore the shooting and
VIII have full invcstiga ton 10 fix the
responsibility and punish the guilty.
All the members of the riot are under
arrest pending the result Of the inquiry.
! In his capacity of Minister of For
eign Affairs, Senior de In Barra has ad-
dressed note to the diplomatic repre-
scntativcs giving the Official version
OF the shooting and promising Il fun
investigation.
All day long and tonight. by reason
! of rcprcssive measures which have
been adopted. the city has been quiet
Matinccs were given at all the the
atrcs. the ags are dying. and one finds
! ii difficult TO realize that Il tragedy
which will thrill tho world has so re