The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-05-24
Killing of Pres. Carranza and
General Molina Confirmed
TRAITOROUS ACT BY
HERRERO ALLEGED
Fusilade on Hut Occupied By
the Deposed President and
His Followers Fatal

MENICO CITY. May BY the As
%o"iated Press. l--PrCStd"nt tarran":I
aud General Morales y Molina were IN"
only persons Killed at Tlaxcala tongo.
according To newspaper dispatches re-
cCived here today. General Rodolt"
tl"rrrro Is quoted by the dispatches "a
saying that h" only desired to XIII Car
rama and fHnHCio RonillaS. Genera!
Molina conducted the military trial
uf General Robert" e Judo. former COM
mapder-iu-chief Of tho forces of Emil
iano Hapata in HidalEo. who was aCcus-
cd of dealing with the rebels. H" -
said to have been mistaken for BonillaS
The dispatches add that the three gen
erals and two members of the Carran%a
ca binct who at urSt were reported t.
have been killed hay" disappeared and
probably are in hiding.
Details Of Killings.
MEXICO CITY. May @3.-Ry the As
Soriated rr-ssD "A dispatch received
from Juan BarraSun. chief Of staff -
President CarranZa says Carranza mot
his death at IN" hands Of General iio-
dolof Hcrrero's forces al TlaNcalatons".
The dispatch did not give the exact
date. The dispatch follows:
"Silla JuareZ. state of Puehla. May 2S.
TO General .Alvaro Ohrcgun:
referring TO your telegram or this
date. Hcrrero Joined the column a:
Patla. protesting loyalty. Arriving at
TlaNCalatongu. HCrr"ro offered hospital
ity TO Carrauza. placing sentineis who
knew the terrain. At o'clock IN the
morning his men, abusing the confidence
imposed in them surrounded the shelter
where Carran2a WAS sleeping. hrinS
their rifles furiously into the hut,
Everyone offered resistance. althouGh
with tho natura! decentralization caused
BY the unexpected attack.
Fought vanantly.
m
valiantly in the obscurity (scmi-dark~
nesS) rcpulsing the traitors. who sur
prised the defenders when they were
leaving their shelter to attack the
enemy.
"Thr unexpectedncss Of the attack
enables us to clear our military honor.
The defense was general to such an eN-
tent that the attackers were forced TO
take sixty prisoners. among them mario
Mendez. Pauline Fontes. senior Garias'
General Pcliodoro Perez. Colonel che
Gomez. General Eillela and CarranZa
military aide.
CMendez formerly was director Of the
national telegraph lines. tontcS was
and Senior Garas was Carranza's pri-
yate secretary.
Conscience Clear.
Our conscience is clear; our Sr'et
for the death OF the president lS lhVCn,
solahlC. We are satisfied that we did
not abandon him for one moment.
The few men wounded and dead Is
cxplained BY the fact that the attackers
planned their crime. knowing IN" place
where the president. who had placed
his confidence in H"rrern. was sleeping.
srhe Iovalty and courage Of the prcsi-
dents followers were useless against
the treason Of those criminals
Tho message was signed by BarraGan
and Marciano Gonzales. Federico Mon
tes, Francisco De u. Maria and others.
p. The fiays on the American embassy
and all the other embassies and lcGa'
tions were placed IT half mast when the
news OF the assassination OF president
Carranza arrived.
Makes tho Task Easier.
WASHINGTON. May 23.--ProSpectiNe