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We are the Old Reliable You Know Oisr Goods. See us before buying. A Story ol Real Thrills! PRES. MADERO AND SUAREZ MURDERED BY|OFFICIAL ORDER BY MARY ROBERTS RINEHART All kinds of High Grade Ferti- J lizers and importers of High Grade Potash, Acid Phospates and Soda. The Window at the White Cat “The Greatest Work of a Great Author’*—That is a Fitting* Description of the Sensational Novel of Politics, Love and Intrigue Mexico City, Feb. 24 -Ex- President Madero and Suarez, his vice president, were murder ed in cold blood by the Mexican government, according to. the summary of the evidence gath- today. According to the story of a Mexican newspaper man, \yho for obvious reasons, desire his iden tity to be unknow, Madero and Suarez were not- shot ,,during a scrimmage, bu$ were asjjasffiha,- i'ed by rurates in the’rear of trie penitentiary. This man was-an eye witness of the tragedy from a short dis tance. Here is" his story;' 5 th6 ftetreaching-the outside world of; the actual scene.at tho execution the deposed president and vic.e president; “I followed the tracks of two automobiles around tlie corner of he penitentiary paralleling the eastern wall. Right on the edge of a shadow cast by the^briiliant moon, half way down the. rear wall there was a group of menand t wo automobiles. It was about .11:30 o’clock. The men were running about. Finally they .'fathered in one spot som dis tance away from the automobiles, i saw one man run to a car, take out a lantern and rejoin the roup. Then a rurale, with a each body, one having the arms the others the legs. The heads of both victims hfung down al most dragging upon the ground. '‘In the moonlight I could see the waxen and bearded features of Madero smeared with blood. His mouth was open and his eyes in the tropical moonlight, had a wild, staring expression. ’There was no blood on Suarez’s face, and I could not tell where he was wounded. Suarez’s eyes were tightly, closed. "They putMadero’s body down a momept to. .rest and I was very near to il. ‘"His'white"siiirt was smeared With blood Us though he had been .wounded, in the chest, His vest was‘torn and thesdldiers had ripped it open in front, to feel i f his. heart had stopped' boating. '' I asked an officer, who came up, how it had happened.' He smiled in friendly greeting, ap- pearently with no thought of the tragedy in his mind, then said, ‘We were.nearly to jhe peniten tiary when I heard, shouts. A number of men ran toward our party. We thought it was an attempt at rescue and shot at them. They fired back. It was all fiver in a few minutes. Madero and Suar ez jumped into the street as soon as the firing began and started rifle in his had came running to- to run. Who shot him, .I do not /ard me. “What has’happened?” I asked him. He slowed up a Jittle and shouted, ‘Madero has been shot.’ Next an officer came running in my direction, for I was still stand ing by the corner. “Madero is dead,” he called to me. Then he continued. “There was a fight; they tried to rescue himp he was shot dead, and Suarez was too. I asked him if I could proceed “Go ahead; it’s all over now,” he replied. “As I walked ^forward saw two prone bodies picked up from the ground. Three men carried know. The men who attacked us finally.fled. We found Ma-. dero and Suarez on the street, both de.a'd. ‘ ‘The news was telephoned im mediately to the national palace, for when I passed there shortly afterward the building was light ed up and electric lights were blazing. It was then 12:30 o’ clock. 1 stood in the street for a while and saw several automo biles drive past.” « Mr. W. H. Searcy makes a fine physician. At auditorium Tuesday evening. Which Will Appear in This Paper DONT BUY ])o not buy second hand or worked over Pianos, but buy from D. 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