Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-11-07
Charged With Shooting of Pc
drO Guerrero Last Night in
Sensational Encounter on
Promenade.
DOES NOT KNOW HOW
THE BATTLE STARTED
Hero Of the Battle Of City of
Mexico Appears to Have
Broken Into a Difficult Sit
alton.
[By Leased Wire to IisouIng Herald. ]

lBy Leased Wire to Eyonlng IIerRld.l
Havana. Nov. General Felix
Diaz was arrested here today and ac-
cused OF shooting Pedro Guerrero,
the young Mexican wounded by q
bullet during last nights alteration,
In the course OF which Diaz was
wounded slightly.
General Diaz Is said 20 have hand
ed the revolver 10 one OF his compan-
ions after he had shot and seriously
wounded Guerrero.
Guerrero stabbed Diaz with a knife.
fiia condition N critical
All thdt Diua touid tcn about the
incident was that he and MS com
paniOns were list aning 10 the music
played by band in the Malecou
promenade when the electric lights
were suddenly oxtingulshed and he
was attacked
lie said nc was unable 10 account
Tor what auerward happened iiis
wounds are not serious.
GcnCral Dlaz Detected.
General Diaz looked downhoartod
when interviewed IN prison today lie
showed two slight stab wounds Ia his
neck just behind tho car aa the re-
suit of his encounter last night. He
said he suffered 30 pain. The court
viii not decide until next week as
TO whether he shall bc placed on trial
or released
Descrbing tho attack on him, Diaz
raid;
~ was sitting ln Malecon park lia-
'ening to tho concert with friends.
suddenly I was struck by an unidon-
ltined man. / defended myself with
an umbrella During the scrimmage
one shot was fired ] don't know by
whom man who later was idon-
titled as Pedro Guerrero fell 20 the
ground and policeman took him 90
a hospital
20 was taken before Judge and at
$3.50 O'Clock this morning was placed
under provisional arrest know
nothing further of the incident bat !
believe the attack on me was pre-
meditated
81 have NOTHING 10 say with ro-
gardd 90 my future plans Wal
waiting here for Mexican develop.
meuts and now VIII be compelled "a
stay until this cnsc has been cleared
up Several friends called no th,
prison this morning and offered q,
testify thnt 7 ann innocent of tn,
shooting ~ Guerrero"
Many contradictory versions Of last
nights incident are current ~ q
not known exactly how the affrai
started Some say General niaz pro
vokcd Carranza's followers while 9th
ers declare that niaz was suddenly
attacked hy his enemies.
Julio Oriez Casanova, q Cuban iaw
yer. said today he would petition th'
court for the indictment of Genera
Diaz for mnnslauehJor ln ease ol
Cucrrcro's death. adeina tnat severn
Mexican and four Cuban witnessed
would testify that they saw ninz an,
his friends attack Guerrero. Guerrer'
accuses Diaz Of bcing the aasailaut
ilo is "a Young newspaper man and
strong adhorent az General Carranzn
He WAS shot IN tho hack. the hulle
penetrating the abdomen. He wa
operated on this afternoon Scfora
Havana newspapers recently publish
cd statement that tho MeXicai
charge d'affairrs Domingo Naltra
had accused the Cuhnn police OF Ga
voring friends OF General Carranza
seror Nuicra this morning called "a
the Cuban state department and de-
nied having made such statement
Luis Angel Malda. q friend of Gen
oral niay, who was with him nt th
time of the affray also was arrested