New Britain herald., 1928-07-20
MEXICAN CONGRESS-
 ID MEET JULY 30
Will Hold Special Session to De- termine 0breSon's Successor

Mexico City, July 20.-tR-A congress. made up mainly of sup porters of President Elect Alvaro Obregon. will meet in special session on July 30 presumably to settle the question of presidential succession raised by his assassination. It is generally expected that way will be found to continue President Gales in office. Meantime nine day period of mourning is to be observed throughout Mexico for the slain war rior president elect.
 Flames Catholic Clergy
 General Antonio Rios Zertuche. installed as chief of police to handle the investigation into the killing, an- nounced that responsibility for the crime lies with the Catholic clergy"
 Police were continuing their in- vestigation in an effort to find those Intellectually responsible"
 Twenty Catholic nuns from the town of Villa Guadalupe. where the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patron saint of Mexico. is situated. were arrested and their convent clos ed. Police charged they were opee- ating secretly in violation of the religious laws. They were held at po- lice headquarters where the slayer. Jose De Leon Toral. is incarcerated in & dungeon.
 "You Are Avenged"
 A placard bearing the words you are avenged" was found on the tomb of the Priest Miguel Pro Jaurez, executed last November in connec- ton with the attempt to assassinate General Obregon with bombs. Po- lice said a picture of the dead priest was found on the assassin.
 The newspaper Fl Universal Gra- hco said police were Investigating reports. the source of which was not revealed. that some of the former leaders of the league for the defense of religious liberty recently were involved in a plot against Obregon. The league had been most active in expression of opposition to the Mexi- can religious laws. It was sup pressed by police about two years ago and its subsequent activities, if any. have been clandestine.
 A number of relatives of the four men. including Pro Juarez, who were executed for the bombing attempt. were summoned to police headquar- ters for interrogation.
 Gales Closely Guarded
 President Gales today was under a heavy military guard. The pre- cautions were taken at the behest of friends, although Gales has rcjcct- ed any idea that his personal safety think that the president has rashlJ exposed himself to the danger of assassination. especially by mareh- ing In the Obregon funeral proees. sion. He has almost gone without sleep since the crime. participating in the investigation as we'll as talk ing part in the funeral and its pre- liminaries.
 Special police guards were placed around the residences of all promi- nent supporters of General Obregon. The guards were stationed after a suspicious character found loitering near the home of Senator Thomas A. Robinson. Obregonista leader, had been arrested and questioned. A slip of paper found on the as- sass'n bore among other words Robinson" at that time it was as- stunned that these words were the names of men singled out for death.
 Reporters Sec Prisoner
 Police Chief Zertuche exhibited De Leon Toral to q group of Mexican and foreign newspaper men in police headquarters to put an end to re- ports that he had been executed or had been mutilated by torture. The slayer was paraded up and down the chiefs office. He sat down in a chair and arose again as instructed. Then the chief asked Can you talk?"
 The prisoner replied in Spanish, T think so."
 He was then taken out without the reporters being allowed to ask him any questions.
 The slayers left eye was black and swollen, there were d few bruises on his face but all traces of blood had been washed away. It was intimated that the bruises had been sustained in the scuffle which followed the assassination.
 The youths face had an expression or extreme weariness and betrayed lack Of sleep. He was colla rless but clean shaven. He wore a wrinkled light brown suit. His eyes wore evasve and his expression was sto.id and rather sullcn.
 Gales May Continue
 Indications were that supporters Of Oregon would attempt 10 con tinue President Gales as the head Of the state. if it could be done with any shadow of legal sanction The plan was said to be to propose Gales Tor the presidency pro tenn. not as president, thus eliminating violation o, the constitution which forbids the chief executive from succeeding him self. Political leaders felt that this course of action would be entirely within the law and would at the same time avoid precipitating the country into political situation
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