New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-24
sriritualist Adviser Tells
How He Warned Leader
gainst Huerta.
SOMNAMBULIST GAVE
CLEW TO TWO DEATHS
DrLLeroy Declares That Dictator,
While Drunk, Gave Him Auto
graphed Photograph.
fRr cable 20 The Tribune. ]

london. May ?S.-Dr. Leon Leroy. for
,-.sr professor OF psychology in the Uni
,.srsitv Of Mexico and the murdered Fran
o,sco Madero's chief spiritualistic adviser.
a. nov, in London. Dr. Leroy. who was a
personal friend Of Madero and high in
NE favor during his administration, was
s~y,ed from Mexico by Huerta last Sep
TENDER
Dr. LEROY talked Interestingly to the
tribune correspondent about Madero's
.r,ritualistc beliefs. lie said he told the
president seven months before his death
oxsctlv how the murder would occur. He
&c q Swiss of high education. and speaks
french. German, English and Spanish
fCently.
81 described exactly 10 Madero." ne
said. what was going TO happen. even
down TO such a detail as the automobile
which carried his dead body from Cha
nultepec. He said. We'll, what's to be
Will be- You know. Madero was typi-
cal fatalist One OF the strangest things
connected with the assassination was the
murder Of the chauffeur and his me-
chanic near Mexico City in August. 1912.
The bodies Of the two men were found
IN the forest. None had committed the
crime. but young somnambulist re-
yealed TO me two men who had been
offered 5000 pesos by Pascual Orozco 10
kin Nadero and who took n drive with
this chauffeur and mechanic. In the
heart OF the woods they discussed the
offer. but. on finding that the chauffeur
and mechanic had overheard them, they
drew revolvers and shot these two boys
in the back
''The somnambulist. who was a beauti-
mi Young woman, told Madero and me
NJ the Palace Of Cbapultepec every de-
tail Of this murder while in trance.
She repeated It without change four
times. one month later l was walking
with her in the street in Mexico City when
suddenly she screamed. There they are
Seize themr Then she fell back fainting
into my arms
Il looked down the street and saw two
figures approaching. one proved TO be
Trevino. a notorious character. l in
formed the chief of police, but he did
nothing.
'"The day Madero was imprisoned in
Chapultepec by Huerta l did not know
the circumstances until suddenly it
flashed into my brain that he was in great
trouble l wrote him an unsigned note,
knowing that he was familiar with my
handwriting. telling him to escape from
Mexico at any cost TO the United States;
but the note was never delivered. 1t fell
into the hands of General Banquet.
Il remained n Mexico City after Ma
deros murder until last September. In
July ! was invited by Huerta to his
daughters wedding reception.
After / escorted the wife Of Francis
Strong. the predecessor Of Sir Lionel Car
Gen. into the reception room, Huerta met
me and gave me this photograph of him
self and his daughter and signed it, as you
see. You can see how drunk he was from
the handwriting scrawled on the back
That great blot is where he broke my
fountain pen in his half drunken condition.
In September. after attending recep-
ton at the Brazilian Minister'S home, 1
received a message TO leave Mexico City
Immediately, and went to Vera Cruz"