New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-06-11
Carranza Was
Not Defended.
Indians Declare
Residents of Town Where
Tragedy Occurred Scout
Theory of Suicide i'm
Death of the President
Slept Far From Soldiers
Thirty Bullet Holes Are
Shown in Walls of Hut
Where He Was CHARTERED

TLAXCALANTONGO, State of Puebla,
Mexico, June 10 (By The Associ-
ated Press).=Indian residents Of Tlax-
calantongo, where President Carranza
met his death on the morning of May
2l, scout the theory that he committed
suicide, and declare that no real de-
Tense was made of the President.
No official investigation has been
made here into the death of Carranza.
Indians interviewed by the Associated
Press correspondent. who was the first
newspaper man to visit the scene,
pointed out the hut which they said
had been assigned to the President by
General Rodolfo Herrera, who has
been charged with responsibility for
the death OF the late chief executive.
1t is built of fragile material and is
far from the quarters of the soldiers
whose duty it vas to protect him.
The Indians said there were stone
houses available, to which the Presi-
dent might have been assigned.
investigation by the correspondent
showed five bullet holes through the
thin wooden wall Of the hut in a cor
ner where Carranza slept. One bullet
is reported to have struck him in the
leg. and according to belief here, when
he sat up he was hit by the other four.
Thirty bullet holes we're counted in
various parts of the hut. Near the
door is one which is said to mark the
spot where Carranza's guard was
killed. Although the hut had been used
as the mayors office before CarranZa's
arrival, it was furnished only with a
table, and the bare ground was its floor.
On the ground is a cross mark, indicat-
ing the spot where he lay when killed.
A candle has been placed beside this
cross and it is kept lighted by Sonora
Virginia Vargas de Luna, whose fiji
teen year old son was killed by a stray
bullet during the attack.
Among the papers picked up in Car
ranza's jacal by visitors from Necaxa,
where Carranza's body was taken, was
a post card bearing the photograph of
Abraham Lincoln and his rude cabin.
President Carranza reached Tlax-
calantongo at about $3.50 o'clock on the
afternoon of May 20, according to al.
Indian couple, at whose home ten of
his escort were CHARTERED. The presi-
dent was heavily cloaked. but was
recognized by his white beard. About
1880 o'clock next morning, the couple
neard firing in the village and fed.
They returned seven hours later.
a ~ OK Jo4O0 11Oii WISIC
Carranza slept is a hut pointed to by
the Indians as one occupied by Ignacio
Bonillas, former Mexican Ambassador
at Washington, who was one of the
presidents companions in his fight
from Mexico City. The natives say
Boniilas remained in his hut through
out the night and in the morning cut a
hole in the wall to see how the land
lay and then escaped.
flaxcalantongo is difficult to reach.
i train uns from Mexico City to
EerIstain and from there the traveller
must 60 by automobile or railway line
to Necaxa. 1t is then a fifteen mile
horseback ride over rough roads to
this town.
Rumors have been heard that bandits
are operating in the region, but no
evidence of THINE was encountered by
the correspondent.