New-York tribune., 1920-07-09


persons that could give light III the
matter (como personas que puedsn
aportAr luces In este asunto) were
General Jacinto Trevino, the 0bre-
gonista general who WAS sent out after
Carranxa from Mexico City; General
Guadalupe Sanchez, the Carranxista
general who turned at the last minute
and drove his former leader from the
Train into the mountains at San AN
ores; three lawyers Clos licenciados
koque) Estrada, Aguilar, and Elorduy;
alberto NJ. Gonzales, and Senator Jose
Lugo.
These last two were on the first
commission named by Obregon and
,s,s Gonzales to investigate the death.
lney went from the capital to the
Ia,liroad town town Of Bernistain,
where the body Of the President was
Drought down from the sierra, and
rendered = report to be enclosed here
,;;; ,ater: None Of these "bringers of
ngnt was within eighty miles Of the
s ssaseuy. And the only ones who
actually appeared at the Diligencias
were Estrada and Elorduy.
Doctor Not Called
!, Nor was the doctor who performed
.ne autopsy called to testify, although
tne "a secretary of War and Marine sent
ehe Th, cerg1ncats I'm OF the autopsy"
!. ms 1: Or: Sanchez Perez was the
medico. Of the Light and Power Com
wnere the President was killed. He
later went to Mexico City to collect his
phi, and bring the intestines Of the
oead PRESIDENT, which he had preserved
IN alcohol. His arrival way noted IN
the local press with the following com
Ament: Ss''-
THE arrival in Mexico Of the doctor
from Nexaca is very opportune s;ncs
without doubt he will be questioned
py the authorities concerning his work.
since IT is understood, and the doctor
himsef agrees, that the certificate in
which are described the wounds which
the =, body of the President presented, is
What of this document 50 naivelv
acknowledged to be "defcient"?
- It describes four wounds only. The
nrst IN the left thigh, the bullet pass
ing from the back to the front; and
from below, up. The second in the
left side, by the fifth rib, the bullet
passing directly from the front to the
back. The third in the left side. below
the sixth rib, the bullet taking an
oblique direction from above, down
ward, and from the left to the right,
penetrating the diaphragm and intes-
tines The fourth in the stomach. to
5ne m left, the bullet taking an oblique
direction from the front backward and
from above downward, cutting through
the lntestlnes, and coming out in the
right lumbar region. But Carranza is
known to have received six wsunds.
Suicide Held Disproved,
On the day that this statement was
made public a prominent doctor gave
to the press in all seriousness the
medical legal conclusion" that "the
hypothesis of suicide is inadmissible,
except only In the case that Senior Car
rama shot himself with a machine
gun"
How is it possible, considering all
OF this that the government has per-
mitted Herrero's story that the former
resident killed himself to go uninves-
tigated? How is it possible that a
sense of humor-if not a sense of de-
cency-a pitiful sense of humor has
not prevented?
That, of course, is the question.
A brief history of the case from the
time the death was first known until
the responsibility for it was so extraor-
dinarily placed, may hold a little
light; not the secret, the true. un-
known history, but just the simple de-
velopment of events in which all the
public shared. There may be little
very little light. aeo
The first information was mearer.
On the morning Of Saturday. Nav %.
were published two kilograms sent to
the two generals then in control of
Mexico, Obregon and Gonzales. These
kilograms gave the first news of the
death of Carranza, and were from
revolucionario officers in the vicinity.
Nothing had been known of the fleeing
President for week, from May Is,
when it was learned that he had fed
into the sierra the day before, with a
small escort of mounted men.
Text of Telegram
One telegram read:
"De Hauachinango, Puebla to Mexico,
D. F., the 21st of May. 1920, p. m.
General of Division, P. Gonzales. Very
urgent With pain I inform you from
creditable sources that to-day at in
the morning, the President of the
Republic, V. Carranza, was assasinated
by forces of the ex-Federal Rodolfo
Herrero at point called Tlaxcalan-
tongo. General Francisco de P. Mariel
is bringing the body here. Respect
fully, Colonel Lindoro Hernandez"
Ou LIllS Qdy dGuGCdl OUIeROn gave
out bulletin:
"Very late at night a special mes
senger of General Rodolfo Herrero ar
rived in Mexico. his mission being to
inform General Obregon that last night
General Herrero left point called La
Union for Tlaxcalantongo, where Car
rama was spending the night. The
information sent by General Herrero
comedies in all it's points with that of
the kilograms received from Huachi-
Mango"
Public opinion ran very high on re-
ceipt of the news that the president
had been assassinated The blackest
rumors were afoot. Everybody in gen
eral were being called traidores and
assassinadoes. A local reporter sought
out General Obregon.
"1t is said" explained the reporter,
''that Senor Carranza was going almost
alone; that many had abandoned him,
almost all the cadets of the military
college, as we'll as some civilians and
not few soldiers. Is this true?'
-Obregon answered.:
What you tell me does not surprise
me, boy. Since I knew that Senior
Carranza had lost with his trains all
the treasure he was taking with him,
l considered that those who accom-
panied him would abandon him shortly.
Who was there to follow Carranza, now
without treasure 2"
Seven Reported Dead
Extras appeared then, saying six
companions of the President had died