Show I 0 DEATH THREATS HURLED AT AI TORAl JURi Troops Ready to Guard Court Following Uproar U JURORS MAY RESIGN Direct Action by Obregon Obregon Obre- Obre Obregon gon Deputies Feared MEXICO CITY Nov 6 AP AP- AP Threats made at the trial of Jose Josede de do Leon Leo Toral and Mother Concepcion Concep Concep- cion Aceveda de la Ia Llata caused the government to have troops ready today The jury was contemplating ing resigning Toral is on trial for killing General Alvaro Obregon The nun is accused of being an ac Threats of death were hurled atone atOne at atone one of the defense attorneys When a group of men threw the courtroom courtroom courtroom court court- room room into an uproar and shouted epithets some somo of which were disparaging dis to Mother lother Concepcion The members of the Jury have received threatening letters One n jUr juryman jUrman man requested that they be he allowed to carry pistols to protect themselves Each juryman already has haa had two policemen assigned to accompany him and protect him him all the tIm time The Tho jurymen have no not t. t been been- J up but ha v eb elT allowed to go go home and do as the they pleas pleased d when court was not in ip il session JURY MAY RESIGN It was doubtful whether the jurymen jurymen jurymen jury jury- men would return to court this af afternoon af- af Some said they would send their resignations to President President President dent Cables Calles Call s. s They asked how tony could reach a decision in such a bitter partisan atmosphere They asked who would protect them against revenge by factions which would be be displeased by whatever decision they might give Emilio Emillo Portes Gil GlI who will be become become become be- be come provisional president of Mexico l Mex Me- ico on December ce 1 1 In his capacity as minister of the interior announced announced an an- tn- tn that troops would be he called cabled out aut if necessary He stated he was was' firmly resolved to give full fulI protection tion to all alI attorneys s 's in the case and to th the jury The public was barred from further fur fur- ther Lher sessions of the court which Is being held at San Angel in the federal district The radio broadcast broad broad- cast ast of the trial was stopped the prosecutor asserting that it was being used by the defense for propaganda purposes purpose Newspapers Newspaper were requested to abstain from comment on the case and were re refused refused reo re- fused stenographic reports of its Continued on page 5 5 DEATH THREATS HURLED AT TORAL JURY DEFENDER Continued from page pase 1 progress which they had been re rt- rt COURT IN DISORDER Disorder was precipitated at the trial last night by a group of deputies deputies deputies ties who were followers of General Obregon and who came to tho the courtroom from the chamber of or deputies where a a. heated discussion of ot the trial had just been held The courtroom was thrown Into an nn uproar when a group of men shouted Death to Death to Por- Por firlo Diaz Pleas for quiet were made The crowd disregarded these and threatened to attack the jur jury Demetrio assigned as de defense le- le counsel by the court climbed up on a chair chah He attempted to speak If It you you love hove nd r- r the mem- mem or ory- ory he said The crowd broke in with shouts of We wont won't hear bear you jou ou was compelled to abandon abandon abandon aban aban- don his attempt to talk Attorney G General Ezequiel Padilla ladilla Pa- Pa dilla mounted a table He lIe urged the people to allow the trial to continue continue continue con con- I peacefully A motion was made ih that t the court be adjourned There was a shout of You are afraid Dont Don't let them thorn run out The room loom became a bedlam People People stood on the chairs and shouted epithets The judge rang ran his bell for order in vain There was more shouting more epithets RESTORES ORDER Finally Prosecutor Correa climbed d on a table and began t to speak Order was restored court was adjourned The sho shout t of Death to Diaz was attributed to the fact act that Attorney was prominent during the regime of that president The Obregon bloc of deputies was understood to have h held ld a caucus before the disturbance At this caucus Indignation was expressed I at the treatment of the trial by some of the Mexico City news news- papers The deputies were alo also resentful of ot the fact that Toral had hall been allowed to broadcast his story from flom the courtroom The bloc was rumored to have rE resolved Solved to take taice direct action unless he was con con- |