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nvered the body to Alberto Fercz Sonora

II was false. She is in seclusion at the
Japancsc Legation. Rumors earlier In
the day that the American Ambassador
and Gen. Felix Diaz had bcen assas.
sinatcd were bascless.
Senor Cologan y Cologan. the Spanish
Minister. had broke the news TO Sonora
Nadcro and Mercedes Madero. sister
# the cN-Presidcnt. They had heard
alarming reports. hut had refused to
believe them.
Tho ladies' drove at once TO the peni-
'cntiary and demanded permission 10
see the body. The request was refused.
,icnora Madero was in fainting con-
Iition from grief and exhaustion, but
Mercedes Madero famed at the officers
who barred the way into the penitcn-
tiary.
You are towards and murdcrers.' .
she cried. You plotted to shoot down
q helpless man.
Sonora Madero and her sister-in-la law
went to the Japanese Legation and sent
q messenger to Ambassador Wilson.
Later Mr. Wilson persuaded the Gov
crnmcnt To give the body of Madero to
his widow
A medical report says that only one
bullet struck Madero. 1t entered the
oaCk of his head and passed out at the
front There were many wounds in
Suarezs body.
The place Of assassination has been
marked with a heap of stones. and the
earth has been scraped Ivy souvenir
hunters from The roadway where the
bodies lay for a time
The Government had planned to ac-
"ord the body of the ex-President full
former high rank A brigade of troops
commanded by Gen. Gaus was drawn
up at the penitentiary. The plan was
finally abandoned as inexpedient.
The city is quiet tonight under the
ron rule of Hucrta. The people have
dared not express openly what thou
sands are Whispering The soldiers OF
Huerta and Dia2 crowd the streets and
he Government has announced that II
will brook no opposition. Some accept
as truthful tho Governments cXpana-
tion. Many insist, however. that the
killing was ordered by the authorities.
Both Riddlcd with Bullets.
The cx-President and ex-vice- Presi-
utIA "tit
they we're being driven in an automo-
hilc through the Gale Lecumberri In
The Colonia de la Bclsa not far from the
pententiary. their destination. The
Colonia de Ia Bolsa is the Whitechapcl
district of the capital. Late at night II
IS poorly lighted and lonely. save for
The presence of policemen and unfor-
tunates.
According to the official statement
made by the Government. Major Car
denas and force OF two officers. an
orderly and seven rurales were at
tackled in the calle Lecumberri at two
thirds Of the distance from the National
Palace to the penitentiary by five
armed men, who shouted viva Ma
dero," and instantly discharged their
rifles and pistols at the automobile,
simultaneously about thirty men ran
from side streets and fired volleys, kill
ing NTadero and Suarez instantly. One
II the attacking party wa killed sew
-ral were wounded and few were
arrested by Major Cardenas and his
rurales. The bodies of Madero, Suarez
and the would-be rescuer were taken
10 the penitentiary and Major Cardenas
Immediately communicated with Pres-
dent Huerta.
The other version of the asSa ssinl
ions, one that is fearfully whispered
about the capital tonight. is that the
execution OF Madero and Of Suarez had
been determined upon by the Huerta
Government because of the belief that
he country could never be paCifled
with Madero alive. Many people eN-
pect that the Government will punish
Major cardenas and his men in order
iD express official disapprovaI and 10
appease public dissatisfaction. 1t is in
S!stently rumOred that Madero's guards
Had orders TO shoot him and Suare2
before arriving az the penitentiary
For two days Francisco l. Madero
and Pine Suarez had been closely con-
fined at the National Palace. Visits
from members Of their families and
from personal friends We're refused.
They were treated kindly. but the Gov
ernment imprisoned them under the
strictest Of orders. Madero had ragged
and stormcd against what he termed
the treachery of his most trusted
"fficers-Huerta and Banquet. For a
time he had declined to eat. Later, he
became more cheerful, though ne never
ceased TO eXecratr Huerta and Blan-
Quet,
Nadero Expected Death.
The cN-President was a spirituallst J..
Is Sonora Madcru. lie formed the be-
lief that he was to be killed and that
the promises OF the Government were
polite deccptions. Sonora Madero, a
firm believer in spiritualism, was con-
ylnCed that the designs of the Huerta
government We're sinister and 80 in
formed the American Ambassador. She
became frantic from worry and grief
Sonora SuareZ, in refuge at the Cuba n
Legation. had no hope that her husband
would escape death.
Ambassador Wilson, after failing Ia
obtcin permission for Sonora Madero 10
visit the eX-President, had a talk with
President Huerta and with DE la Barra
IN which he was assured that the Gov
ernment's intentions were humane, that
Madero's life was in no immediate dan
ger and that he would be tried under
the forms of law. The American Am
hassador attempted to tighten Sonora
Madero's anxiety and to assuage her
grief by emphasizing his belief in the
Governments good intentions He was
unsuccessful The ex-President's wife
said that she did not trust the Govern
nent.
AT o'clock last night 1t became
known that President Huerta and For
cign Minister de la Barra after a
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