New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-02-25

This version y contained IN the olI-
! cjal statement which was given out 10y
! Uuerta AT :, o'clock in the morning. II
/ vas reafirmed in another statement
officially communicating the intci'-
e.ncc 10 The members of the diplomatic
,orps which Senior de In Barra. the
| Foreign Minister. issued later in the
| forenoon.
Madero Held In Palace.
Everything had been arranged lol
the transfer Of Madero and Suar'"
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 boon made either Friday night OF
carly the next morning. Various mat
tcrs came ND. il was said. which rem
dcrcd il necessary that representatives.
Of the government should consult Ma
dcro. who. therefore, was retained III
tho Palace for mutual convenience.
Mrs. Nadero. who had been allowed
TO visit her husband on Friday, was
kept in the dark as TO what DISPOSE
tion was 10 be made Of him. She be-
came alarmed when refused admis-
SION 10 him on Saturday and fastened
to the American embassy and re-
qlcsted Ambassador Wilson 10 rcas-
sure himself as TO the intentions OF the
.nu.ar1 NHICT0
The ambassador told her he was IN
formed that Madero was 10 be taken to
the penitentiary and believed that this
already had been done.
Huerta and his counsellors 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 cXtin-
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
/ acc. which covers an entire square.
/ one door opens on Gale Moneda, when
affords access TO the War Department
! Gale Moneda bounds the Palace OF the
north. The penitentiary is five min
utes ride by automobile from the Pal
. ace in a nOrtheasterly direction. 1ht
most direct route is eastward by Gale
/ Moneda. four or five squares. thence
! lv the left TO the north and three
SQUARES into Gale Lccumbarra. which
parallels Gale Moneda. Gale Lecum-
barra bisects the poorer section Of the
CITY for q quarter of mile 10 the
cast and debouches on a broad thor
| oughfare in front of the penitenctiary
The head of Gale Lccumbarra is d.
rec,ly opposite the main entrance OF
/ the nenitentiary which is entirely sur
rounoed by open spaces and covers
| about as much ground as is comprised
+ IN New. York's city Hall Park south OF
the City Hall. Is is modern structure
/ At nig.t many electric lights on Tho
walls o "a lights placed in a high steel
tower il, the centre illuminate the Vi
cinirv Z, that no one can approach
/ the walls without being observed by
( the guards.
Z Victims Leave the Palace.
It.was abou, 1l:l5 o'clock when The
! War DEPARTMENTS portals in the Na'
] tional Palace opened long enough Il
allow two automobiles TO slip into the
street from the patio. Then they banged
shut.
In the first car sat Major Cardenas
of the eth corps Of rurales. with Maderd
occupying seat on his right In tie
tonneau. Another officer shared ,he
front seat with the chauffeur.
SuareZ WAS in the rear car with a
third officer Of rurales. and q private
on the front seat The three Offices
and the private carried rifles. besides
brace of revovers each.
One man who was keeping watch ~
the Palace in anticipation of some such
move recognized both Madero ana
, SuareZ. despite the speed with which
/ the cars moved. Recognition was easy
az big electric light over the doorway
was shining brightly.
This observer. who was Il new spapel
man. saw the cars whisk up Gale Mo-
media in a cloud OF dust. veer into a
cross street toward Gale Lecumbair.i
and disappear. Ii took the man twenty
minutes or more 10 cover the ground
! the automobiles had iraversed in de
minutes. and by the time he neared iha
end of Gale Lecumbarra everything
was over. Madero and Suarcz were
dead.
The observer saw nothing OF the cir
cumstanccs attending the killing. Al
he heard was several shots; how man
he does not krow. except that after n,
| first cracklc Of guns three sbotssrarg