New-York tribune., 1920-07-09

stsss -'OssSrs 3ss4ck9d the hut from All
oNa, osusa, resulting IN tho woundine 81
TsmoS ~ Clrranzs BY tbs first shots.
e { ne 1tsackeTa OF the hut numbered be-
~ - ssn twenty and twenty Ave. Senior
I 49, - Ianza SAID that he could not get up
to be handed his carabina "a defend
himself. On ccncludfnr thsse wnrds
. second discharge caused nm immedi-
ate DEATH - "A ''-- s
Ine report gives no hint as to where
this second discharge came from. nor
@ wn1 nred It. Il gave As Point 10: aAll
rushed out Of the hut. Those who
were IN other huts did the same. There
relgnsd frightful confusion. This
people OF Herrero, with Herrero him
sen AZ their head, made many prison
srs ana took them to . place four
leagues away. They made four or six
q tnese prisoners sign paper saying
Snar SeIior Carranza had committed
suicide, menacing them with guns in
hand. Then they ware all let free.
Ihe paper was dictated by Senior
I5erianga and written by Senior
The report ended with the Judgment
OF the committee that "a trial in all
form should be opened to make clear
the exact responsibility Of all the
people of both sides; that is to say,
the people of Herrero and the defend
ers Of Mr.. Carranza."
Message by Obregon
The following day General obregon
sent communication to the Camara
(Congress) that said:
"A case SO extraordinary and un.
usual as the death Of the Citizen We
nustiano Carranza has not been ex-
pressly foreseen by our laws; further
more, its Importance demands the
highest grade of scrupulousness and
impartiality in it's investigation. All
OF which induces me to suggest very
respectfully to this high Federal Con-
gress the necessity of naming mag
istrate Of the Supreme Court of JUS
tice Of the Nation, who, with such per-
sonnet as he judges convenient, shall
proceed to the investigation Of the
factA"
And so was appointed another COM
mission to render another report.
On this day also arrived in Mexico
City the doctor who had performed
the autopsy. He came to present to
the daughters Of the dead President
the intestines Of their father, which
ne brought in glass jar, and bill
for 10000 pesos. He explained that
the reason his certificate of autopsy
was deficient" was "due to the fact
that the generals appeared at the time
to fear second attack and made him
work with unusual rapidity."
On Friday General Gales had long
distance telephone conversation with
Herrero in the mountains of Pa
pantla, and Herrero's story was made
public in detail. He said that his
forces attacked the town of Tlaxcalan-
tongo and met with but weak resist
ance; that picket of soldiers fired
into the hut where Carranza was sleep
ing and wounded him in the leg, 80
that he could not escape. All those
who were in the hut with the Presi-
dent fled, and he, seeing himself aban-
doned, took his revolver and shot him
self three times in the chest, from
which he died almost instantly.
! Interview With Doctor
On this same day the autopsy doctor
gave an interview to the one of the
papers that was evidently not con-
sidered important, as it was buried
IN corner of an inner page. But here
the doctor said that from his study
OF the wounds he concluded that the
first shot was fred from window in
the hut and struck Carranza in the left
thigh from the back, as he lay on his
right side with his face toward the
wall. That in trying to get up he
changed his position, trying to sit up
Then it was that the three other shots
were fired into him, from directly in
front and at very short distance
From which he inferred that the as
sassins entered the hut to finish their
repugnant crime.
On Saturday it was made public
of Mexico to testify freely to his
story of suicide. No mention of any
thing like his arrest was ever made
from the first day that General Con
zales gave the order to capture him.
1t was also made public that the
Carranzista prisoners had been moved
from the penitentiary to the Military
Prison of Santiago and that they were
being held without bail.
On Sunday the papers had another
absorbing item. The plague had
broken out in Vera Cruz. The whole
republic was menaced. A deadly fear
clutched the people of Mexico. Car
rama was forgotten. On this day ap-
peared but one story concerning his
death. But that story was significant,
It's heading was "Tiene Partidarios la
Version del Suicide del Sr. Carranza. u
A DR.. MILAN announced he was writ
ing thesis on this hypothesis. 1t was
to be Scientific work. explaining
that it was very probable Carranza
committed suicide.
Plague Reports Continue
On Monday there was more of the
plague, nothing of Carranza; much
about the new President. De la Huerta
had arrived.
On Wednesday came the great par
ade Of all the revolutionary elementos
through the city. On this day Bonillas,
Farias and some other of the Carran-
zista prisoners were set free.
On Sunday, after daily reports of
his advance from one city to another,
Herrero arrived in the capital. He
gave his same story. of the deserted
Carranza shooting himself three times
in the chest. He announced that he
had not only a signed paper to prove
it, but Carranza's revolver as we'll.
On Monday Farias was interviewed
by the press. He was asked, "What
ment Of Herrero that Senior Carranza
committed suicide 2" and he answered: {:
81 can't answer that question. 10y
ally and honorably declare to you
that not one Of US who were in the
hut took account Of the form in which
TIL, death of the jefe occurred. The
obscurity Of the night and the rapidity
of the attack made it so that we took
account of nothinpn