OBREGON'S DEATH.

Press, Volume LXIV, Issue 19459, 5 November 1928, Page 11

OBREGON'S DEATH.

THE ASSASSIN'S MOTIVES. (UJTCTISD PBESS ABSOCUTION—BS BI.BCTBW TSLEOBAPB COFTBIOHT.) (Received November 4th, 5.5 p.m.) VANCOUVER, November 3. ."When asked to plead on a charge of assassinating General Obregon, Juan Toral said his idea was to sacrifice his own life and Obregon's, which would Bring a climax to the religious question and no other bloodshed would occur. , , . „ "I acted for the good of all Catholics," he declared. "I thought of leaving my wife and children, but on the other hand I thought also of the innumerable widows and orphans lert throughout the country, due to conditions which my act might change. Those who live by the sword die by the sword. Xf "There existed great persecution or the Catholic Church in Mexico. It general indifference continued the cause of religion would, be lost in Mexico, and to brini* things to a head I decided to shoot Obregon."—Australian Press Association.

[General Alvaro Obregon, Presidentelect of Mexico, waa assassinated by Toral in Mexico City on July 17th. It was suggested that religious authorities had inspired the crime, but the assassin vigorously denied that .he had accomplices of any kind.] TORAL ALLEGES TORTURE. (Beoeived November sth, 12.6 a.m.) SAN ANGEL (Mexico), November 4. Toral, during his trial, said that the police, after his arrest, hanged him by the thumbs and stretched his body upon a rack. He was also tortured in other ways to force a confession from him that others were implicated. The police denied the charges of torture.—Australian Press Association.