Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-02-27
rpo AND SUAREZ SHOT;
ADDlTSTERY SURROUNDS AFFAIR

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-npr President and Associate We're
tOrm Taken to Penitentiary-At-
PEN nnf at Rescue Followed by Trage-
MEMBERS Of Guard Having Pris-
in Charge are Arrested and
WeJd Pending Inquiry to be Made BY
Toxican Government.
,,oxico City, Feb. 23.-Francisco /.
Nc ond Jose Pine Suarez are dead.
@&a0 midnight ride under guard from
IL ra+ionaI palace to the penitentiary
LIZ " circumstances surrounding the
,.atb of the deposed president and
He"' president of the republic are IN
we VIZ. except as given in official ac-
nonnts. which do not in all cases con-
C C~, The only witnesses were those
finally concerned in the killing.
The provisional president, General
,sdtoriano Huerto, says the killing of
WV Two was incidental to a fight be-
L their guard and a party attempt
w." wv n Iiberate them. The minister of
i 2oion relations, Francisco de La
norra. adds that the prisoners attempt
~ ~ escape. Neither makes a definite
cement as to which side fired the
sotsI shots. 1t is not impossible hat
either knows.
An official Investigation has been or
dornd to determine the responsibility
ond promises have been made that the
auilty will be punished.
Not unnaturally a great part of the
,hIic regards the official version with
gonbt. having in mind the use for CEN
+nries of the notorious "ley fuga," the
mwritten law which is invoked when
tho death of a prisoner is desired.
After it's application there is written
NJ, the records, prisoner shot trying
to escape.
The widow of the ~ex-president re-
cniyed the first definite information of
his death from the Spanish minister,
Senior Cologan y Cologan. She al
ready had heard reports that some
thing unusual and serious had hap
pened, but friends had endeavored up
IN that time to prevent her from learn
ing the whole truth.
Soon afterward, accompanied by her
brother, Jose Perez, and Mercedes Ma
dero, a sister of Francisco, Sonora
Madero drove to the penitentiary, but
was refused permission to see the
hcdv of her husband. Sonora Suarez
vas also denied admittance to the NOR
trary, where, in accordance with the
law, physicians were performing an
autopsy.
In contrast TO the widow whose grief
was of a pitably silent character, ex-
pressed in sobs, Mercedes Madero, a
beautiful young woman, educated in
Paris, who has been a brilliant leader
of society since the revolution of 1910,
was dry-eyed and tigerish in her emo
tons. By the side of the two women
whose husbands had been killed, the
girl hurled accusations at the officers
who barrel the entrance.
towards! Assassians!" she called
them, her voice pitched high while the
officers stared impassively.
"You. The men who fired On a de-
fenseless man! You and your superior
officers are traitorsi"
No effort was made to remove the
women nor did the officers attempt to
silence them. Sonora Madero contin-
ued weeping and the girl did not cease
her historical TRADE until the arrival
of the Spanish minister and the Japa-
nese charge d. affaires, who came to
offer their services.
The minister spoke with the officers
in charge but was told that on account
of the autopsy it would be impossible
for anyone to see the bodies Later in
the day, they said, the request would
be complied with. The diplomats then
. conducted the women away from the
~penitentiary.
Madero's father and Rafael Hern-
adez, former minister of the interior
and other friends made efforts early
in the day to recover the bodies and 1t
vas said this afternoon that the Amer
lean ambassador had interested him
self and secured the promise of Minis
ter de la Barra that the bodies would
be delivered to their families for
burial.
The tragedy occurred shortly after
midnight. Madero and Suarez, Who
had been prisoners in the National
palace since their arrest on Tuesday
last, were placed in an automobile,
which was accompanied by another car
and escorted by 100 rurales under the
orders of Commandant Francisco Car
denas and Col. Rafael Pimneto.
With instructions not to outd1stance
the escort. the cars moved slowly. NO
incident occurred until they a
reached a point near TN penitentiary'
where in an open place the guards at
tention was attracted, according to the
Official version, to a group OF persons
following. Shots were fired at the es-
cOrt out of the darkness. The rurales
closed in and ordered the prisoners out
O. the a r
Thirty of the guards surrounded me
prisoners, while the remainder dls-
peTsed themselves to resist an attack.
About so men some afoot and some
mounted, threw themselves upon the
detachment guarding the cars and the
exchange of shots lasted 20 minutes
when the attacking party fed. d
dead bodies of Madero and Suarez were
then found.
The body of Madero shows only n
wound. A bullet entered the back OF
the head and emerged at the forehead.
The body of Pine Suarez shows many
wounds or4or;pr Rr0po in front