Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-04-10

dero and Pine Suarez. I saw them
plainly, for it was a moonlight night
Staying in Rear Of Pen.
The officer l have mentioned was
in charge of the party of soldiers
who surrounded the automobile. The
car went past the penitentiary and
stopped. President Madero and Pine
Suarez were then taken out, and,
with their hands tied, were walked
behind the penitentiary, and that is
where ! saw them shot. There were
few houses around. but several piles
OF dirt and l dropped behind one OF
these
Pine Suarez was shot first by
twelve men | know that there were
twelve men because. though il was
too dark to count them, the step
father of the servant in whose house
/ way hiding. was one of the soldiers,
and he was shot afterward with all
the others on orders from Huerta, so
that there would be no witnesses left.
after Pine Suarez had been shot.
the commanding officer gave orders
to shoot Madero. But the soldiers re-
fused. There was a moments pause,
and then the officer, leapIne forward,
first struck the President over the eye
with his revolver. and then, placing
it behind his left ear, pulled the trie-
ger. The bullet went through the
Presidents head and came out OF his
forehead between the two eyes. He
fell dead,
"A little later two men bearing
stretcher came out Of the penitentiary
and carried President Madero and
Pine Su3rez inside Then the crowd
came and wet their handkerchiefs in
the blood of President Madero for
relics and built an altar on the spot
where he was killed
Sonora Madero Saw Wound.
Substantiating Senior QueVedo'
story. Sonora MadeTO. widow of the
murdered President, declared that
when she saw her husbands body at
the cemetery there was a wound over
his eve where the officer named had
struck him with the butt end of his
revolver. and powder marks back Of
his ear, showing how close the re-
volver had been held.
Detailing the events preceding the
coup detat, Senior Quevedo said that
during all the ten days of fighting,
Huerta was constantly at the side of
Madero. protesting his loyalty.
"On the 14th OF February said
QuevedO. the President Gustavo, mis-
brother: Huerta and / were in the
| Presidents room at the palace. Lift
ing his Rnd sOlemnly. Huerta said
"'To show you that I am faithful
to you will die before any one or
anything can touch you. As long as
| live the rebels will not take you from
! the Presidency
American Flag Used.
v,-ae LupQVp that HHcTf4 desired
| to he Minister of War in the Presi-
dents Cabinet. But he was not want
| ed. because he is a heavy drinker. He
| frequently said that he could finish
with Diaz in one day, hut he was
constantly furnishing preteXts for not
completing the job He would claim
that there was not enough ammuni
! ton.
During this time / was constantly
on the firing line during the day. and
when these truces were declared |
often saw automobiles covered with
| the American flag carrying supplies
| into the arsenal where DiaZ was
| Frequently Amba ssador Wilson would
go in to have conferences with DiaZ
and a short time before the troops Of
BANQUET were moved into the palace
Ambassador Wilson went to the out
skirts of the city. where they were
] cam Ftl. anu NaN a ''lll'A nv wan
Banquet
"A day or so after Huerta had
taken the oath 10 die for the Presi
dent" continued Senior QueyedO. we
| had an appointment to dine one night
/ i'm the palace Huerta did not ar
/ rive. and I went To- the Commandant
TO ask where be was. He told me
that Ambassador Wilson had sent for
/ Hueria.
Conferences With Wilson.
/ when Huer1a got back that night
/ ne was entirely changed. He ar once
retired all the troops which had been
/ in the palace. including tile Rurales.
and substituted for them the Twenty
/ ff,h Battalion. under command of
1 General ElanQuet. who was one Of the
officers that later took the Presiieu;
and Pine Suarez prisoners and is now
military COmmanGant Of the City Of
/ Mexico He seemed 20 be very dis
tant and preoccuPiad. And then. two
Z davs later ca me the coJD d'etat-'
[ Following the Coun d'et7t, Senior
/ Oue-edo saws Huerta and the Am
I bssssdor rad frequent conferences
During the whole ten dI-S the
/ Ambas sador and De Ia B8rra who had
! been provisional president before Ma
. fern'S ele-tIor- acre rn~S-arf-r to-
| ---re- auS The An1r4ssadrr was r0r-
=tsntly asking for cessauons OF rr-
ing"