Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-09-16
ASSASSINATION OF
.T|NOCO:ST|LL AN
UNS0LVED MYSTERY
He Had More Enemies Than
Mary Pickford Has
Admirers.

San Jose, Costa Rica, Aug. 28.--
(By maiD-Assassination of Joaquin
Tinoco, late minister of war and
brother of former President Federico
Tinoco, on August 9 last, is still an
unsolved mystery with indication that
the slayer may never be brought to
answer for his crime. The fortnight
which has elapsed since the tragedy
has brought out number of interest
ing facts in connection with it which
never before have been told.
Joaquin was 80 years old, one Of
the handsomest men in Costa Rica,
a quick shooter and courageous as
lion. He was tall and of athletic
build, fond of horses, and member
of one of the most distinguished
families. He rarely went unarmed
and had fought number of duels.
The widow of one Of his adversaries,
. a lawyer he killed in revolver fight,
a few years ago sought to avenge
her husband and fired five shots at
close range at Tinco but the latter
survived his wounds.
War Secretary.
When on January 81, 1917, his
brother FREDERICK, who was minister
of war in the cabinet of President AL
fredo Gonzalez, deposed the latter and
became head of the government,
Joaquin was given the war portfolio
and thereupon, it is said, became the
real president of Costa RIGA. For
two years previously Joaquin had
been fighting revolutionists and per-
sonal enemies and when he became
minister of war he became still more
energetic and aggressive. 1t has
been said that Joaquin on the day of
his death had more enemies than a
popular motion picture actress in the
United States had admirers.
On the day before the assassination
Joaquin went before the Costa Rican
congress and asked to be relieved as
virtue Of his cabinet post. At the
same time his brother, the president,
asked official permission to leave the
country because of "ill-health." Both
requests were granted and the two
Tinocos were preparing to depart
when Joaquin was shot down.
A few months before he met his
death Joaquin began to take a
strange interest in spiritualism. FIRE.
quently he went to small village
CdIleu AudOelupe where ne consulted
woman medium, and after his last
visit seemed disturbed by what she
had told him. That same afternoon
he returned home and telephoned for
his car but it was out of order and
he decided to 60 for a walk. A block
from his residence man stepped
from behind a tree and fired at Tino-
co point blank. The shot pierced his
eye, causing almost instant death.
Notwithstanding the suddenness of
the attack. in the fraction of the Sec
ond he remained alive, Joaquin had
drawn his own revolver. The weapon
was found in his clenched had, every
cartridge chamber full
Family in Flight.
On the day after the tragedy Joa-
quin was buried with military honors
and 48 hours later the remaining
members of the Tinoco family, in
GLIDING the former president, left
here for Port Limon in special trains
where they sailed for Kingston, ia
maica, and thence intend to go to
England.
The new president, General Juan
Bautista Quiros, formerly manager
of the Banco International de Costa
RIGA, government institution, and
generally regarded as conservative
Costa Rican, is pledged to "restore
order after two years of tyranny,
end the leakage of public funds and,
after a few months of reconstruction,
bring about free relations"