The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1930-02-06
Six Shots Fired at
Mexican President
After Inauguration

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the house In all directions. None ex-
cept those with credentials we're per-
mitted to walk along the street In
which the entrance to the home Is
located.
1t was learned today that q few
hours before his attempt to kill the
president, Flores asked his hotel
proprietor who would succeed the
president If he should die.
Well hammered Youth
Ramon Alvarez, a Spaniard, who is
proprietor Of the hotel where Flores
registered last Sunday from Leon,
said that the az year old youth arose
early yesterday morning and left his
hotel about half past eight.
Alvarez said that Flores appeared
quiet and well hammered and he little
thought the casual remark concern
ing the succession had any meaning. |
(There is no vice president In Mex
leo. In the event Of the presidents
death the chief Of the cabinet, the
minister of the interior. who In this
case is Portes Gil, would become pro-
visional president pending a new elec-
tion.)
The man himself was held in the
Mexico city military headquarters,
the subject Of almost continuous
questioning since 2:30 p. M. yester.
day when he fired six shots at the
automobile Of the president as he left
his first cabinet meeting ut the ma
tional palace. Seven others, their
names undivulged. we're held by the
police.
Political, Not Religious
Police finally settled his identity
as Daniel Flores, az. from the little
town Of CHARGES, San Luis Potosi.
Although he carried . small picture
Of the Virgin Of Guadalupe In his
pocket they did not believe his crime
had a religious motive, but laid It
rather to a plot Of ''Vasconcelista,s"
as adherents of the defeated presi-
dental candidate Jose Vasconcelos
are known.
None of six others wounded by the
shots fired from Flores gun was in
jured seriously. One Of the six shots
fired grazed the a and scalp Of Sc
nora De Ortiz Rubio: another grazed
the ear of the presidents young niece,
Senorita Maria Rosch, while the
chauffeur Of the presidential car las
a bullet wound in his shoulder.
Three bystanders were wounded.
One of them. j. Carmen Jimenz, still
is in q hospital with q wound on his
forehead. Two others whose names
were not made public received slight
wounds.
Five In. Rubio's Car
Precise information as to just
what had happened was lacking for
hours after the shooting. First re-
ports that the presidents sister and
daughter were in the a were recti-
fled with liter information that the
automobile was occupied by only five
persons, the president, his wife, niece
chauffeur and secretary, Senior Cha
faro, of whom only Chazaro escaped
unhurt.
The president had Just concluded
his first meeting with his new cab.-
net in the national palace when the
attempt Wa; made. As his automo-
bile departed from the palace from
the gate of honor a well : dressed
young man, standing behind the
presidential guards. was seen to lift
his arm and fire at the occupants.
A motorcycle policeman jumped
from his machine and with others
overpowered the gunnan who offered
virtually no resistance and allowed
himself to be taken into the palace.
The presidents chauffeur. meanwhile.
despite his injury, speeded the car
through the crowd. which hardly
knew what had happened. to a Red
Cross hospital where the injured
were treated.
Announcement that the pre:ident
had been injured was not made until
some time later. A censorship was
placed on outgoing press matter and
it was several hours later before the
presidents injury was known outside
Of Mexico.
vasconcelos Blamed
At the Red Cross hospital the
bullet, which penetrated the prest-
dents cheek and lodged in his left
Jaw. was extracted easily under
anaesthetic. The president was re-
moved to his home. His wife. niece
and chauffeur also were treated al
the hospital and left later for the
presidential residence.
Portes Gil, in q statement issued
after the shooting, said the attack
was the outcome of q plot by follow
ers Of Jose vasconcelos. He told
newspapermen Sonora De Ortiz Rubie
had received an unsigned letter . few
days ago which said her husband
would not live to be inaugurated.
He followed this announcement
with q signed statement in which HI
said the attempt was proof there
were elements In the country which
sought to cast the nation into chaol
and ruin regardless Of the methot
lemployed.
During the last sixteen years o.
Mexico,s history three presidents o.
presidents-elect have met death b,
violence.
On February %. 1913. President
Francisco Madero was killed while
being taken to prison during TIL
Huerta revolution.
On May Il, 1920, President Venu'
stiano Carranza was murdered q
Tlaxcalaltonga during the revolutios
Of 1920.
On July II. 1923. President-e elect Al
varo obregon was assasstnated at