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Show PRESIDENT MADERO : H SUAREZ KILLED OFFICIALS 8AY ESCORT TAKINO MEN TO PENITENTIARY AT MIDNIGHT WAS ASSAILED. The Charge Is Also Made That Prison-ere Prison-ere Attempted to Escape, While Friends of Deposed President m Say He Was Foully Murdered. Mexico City. Francisco I. Madero and Jose Pino Suarex are dead, killed Sunday In a midnight ride under guard from the national palace to tbe penitentiary. The circumstance surrounding the deaths of the deposed president and vlce-preeldent of the republic are unknown un-known except as given In official accounts, ac-counts, which do not conform in all cases. The only witnesses were those actually concerned In the killing. The provisional president. General Vlctorlano Huerta, says the killing of the two men was Incidental to a fight between their guard and a party attempting at-tempting to liberate them. The minister min-ister of foreign relations, Francisco de la Barra, adds that the prisoners attempted to escape. Neither makes a definite statement as to which side fired the fatal shots. It Is not Impossible Impos-sible that neither knows. It would seem that Felix Diaz's threat that "we will us aucb energetic means as to put an end to rebellions forever." baa been followed by swift execution. Francisco Madero, riding In an automobile auto-mobile with guards both before and behind him, died from a single shot A bullet entered the back of bla bead and emerged at tbe forehead. Suarez fell pierced by many bulleU, most of which entered from the front. Tbe only witnesses were those actually actual-ly engaged In the shooting. An International phase of the tragedy which Is causing great concern. con-cern. Is that these two officials were ilaughtered after diplomatic representations represen-tations had been made by (he embes-lador embes-lador from tbe United States In their behalf, and assurances from Huerta that their safety would be guaranteed. Embassador Wilson has begun an Investigation. Other investigations lave also begun, aud promise are made that tbe guilty ones will be punished. pun-ished. Not unnaturally, a great part of the public regards the official versions with doubt having In mind tbe use for centuries of the notorious "lef fuga," the unwritten law which Is Invoked when the death of a prisoner is de-ilred. de-ilred. After Its application there Is written on tbe records. "Prisoner shot :rylng to escape." J Senora Madero, widow of the ex-president ex-president received tbe first definite in-ormatlon in-ormatlon of bis death from the Span-sh Span-sh minister, Senor Cologan y Cologan. She already had heard reports that tometblng unusual and serious had lappened but friends had endeavored ip to that time to prevent her from earning the whole truth. , Soon afterward, accompanied by her ( irotber Jose Peres and Mercedes Ma- j lero, a sister of Francisco, Senora Ma- i lero, drove to the penitentiary but ras refused permission to see tbe tody of her husband. Senora Suares tlso was denied admittance to tbe I nortuary where physicians In accord- 1 ince with the law were performing ' n autopsy. 1 In contrast to the widow, whose " xlef was of a pitiably silent character, Mercedes Madero, a beautiful young roman, educated in Paris, who has en a brilliant h ader of society since he revolution of 1910. was dry-eyed nd tigerish In her emotions. l!y the Ide of the two worn en whose husbands hus-bands had been killed the girl hurled ecusatlons at tbe officers who barred be entrance. "Cowards. assssslns!" she railed bem ber voice pitched high. The of-cers of-cers stared Impassively. "You! The men who fired on a de-intl)if de-intl)if man! You and your superior f fleers are traitors!" No effort was made to remove the omen, nor did the officers sttempt o silence them. Benora Madero con-Inued con-Inued to weep and the girl did not ease her hysterical tirade until the rrlval of the Spanish mlnlstei |