NEWS OF THE WORLD

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 18 March 1913, Page 6

NEWS OF THE WORLD

COLD-BLOODED MURDER. HOW MADERO'S BROTHER DIED. A sordid story is told by,an eye-wit-ness of the killing pf Don. Gustavo Madera, the late President's brother, says a Mexico City cable to the Sydney "Sun" •under date Feb._23rd. "He did not attempt to escape," says this gentleman. *tf was walking in one of the large courtyards of the Arsenal with a- friend when I noticed a group of men on the other side. "There is Gustave Madero now," remarked my companion. Gustavo was wearing 0 light suit, and he was bareheaded. I could see his face plainly in the moonlight. In one hand he held. his hat, and in the other a" handkerchief, with which he mopped his forehead.' We stopped for a. moment to see what was going to happen. 'Perhaps they are releasing him,' 1 said. Mt looks like it/ answered my "friend. Then we saw iMadero replace his hat on his head, wave his handi to the other men, and start to walk towards the portal of the gates leading to "the street When he was 15 or 20 feet away from the men he turned naif round to say something' to them. "It seemed as though what followed must have been pre-arranged. There wa3 no audible command. We watched* him walk onward towards the portal with a firm and easy tread. He was half-way there when I noticed the others raise their rifles and the shooting .'began. First only one or two fired. Then more joined in and! kept up the fusilade. I jumped back into a doorway, uut I could see perfectly well what was happening. Nine of the first bullets struck the poor fellow, for he turned his head toward* the levelled rifles and then- ran. But he had only taken two or three steps before he staggered and fell on his hands and knees. He tried to crawl in his agony, and then, struggling up to his feet, collapsed and fell again before the rain of bullets. He went down on his face with the hand holding the handkerchief doubled under him. Some soldiers came and turned the body over so that the face looked, upward in the moonlight. His clothing was soaked with blood. Afterwards the assassins carried, the body to the other side of the courtyard, and. I heard one of them remark,, 'He. tried to ecape. 5 That statement was false. I saw it all. He was murdered in cold blood. The sight sickened me and I came away." > SHOTS'IN DIVORCE COURT. When the President of the Court of Appeal at Liege upheld a decision granting a dfvorce to Mme. Van HollekoteCnllen, the husband shot at her with a revolver, wounding her in the hand, and then shot himself dead. CIGARETTE VICTIM. Excessive cigarette smoking was stated to have caused the death of Private Herbert Hatfield, twenty-three, of the 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards, stationed at Chelsea Barracks, on whom a verdict of death from natural causes was returned at the inquest. The excessive smoking, it was said, resulted in degeneration of the heart, which led to- syncope. ACTRESS'S STOLEN JEWELS. While returning from Albany to New , York, Mile. Gaby Deslys was robbed of j jewels to the value of £15,000, "includ- J ing the magnificent pearls which were presented to her by ex-King ManueL" While the authenticity of the reference to King Manoel is not guaranteed, Mile. Deslys confirmed the report of the robbery, and told the reporters that the baggage-car attached, to her train had been broken open and the contents of a trunk looted. Her press agent supplied plenty of details. M.P.'S FREE FIGHT. The Lower House of the Wyoming Legislature broke up recently after a disgraceful fight with, fists over the rival claims of two presiding officers. Follow'ino- a heated altercation tine pitched the other from the /platform. This was the sienal for the supporters of the respective claimants to rally round their leaders, and the ensuing turmoil resulted in many black eyes and torn clothes. After three-quarters of an hour one of the | most respected members of the Legislature, while trying to act as peacemaker, \received a kick in the stomach which (stretched him on the floor. This caused the belligerents to pause, and the House adjourned. SMUGGLED DIAMONDS. New York Government agents having intercepted a registered package from Amsterdam containing smuggled diamonds worth more than £4OO, a diamond dealer named Nathan Green was arrested when he called for the package at the General Post Office. The discovery was accidental, and was the result of some of the diamonds slipping out of a picture frame in which they were ■ hidden, while the parcel was being inspected in i the Customs Department of the post of- | fice. Immediately after the arrest the ■authorities went to Green's place of : business and seized diamonds valued at £12,000 £2,000,000 WILL. The will of the late Mr. J. R. Keene has been filed for probate, and it is estimated that his estate is worth between £2,000,000 and £2,500,000. A curious provision of the will is that Mr. Keene bequeathed his entire estate to his widow leaving her to make such allowance as she may think fit to his son and daughter. The will says: "I purposely make no provision for my son Foxhall P. Keene and my daughter Jessica Keene Taylor, preferring to rely upon my wife to make such provision for them as may be proper, and to enjoin her to be guided by the other executors." TELEPHONE NEWSPAPER. Two Berlin publishers have devised, a scheme for a. combined telephonic news and musical service to be supplied to telephone subscribers for a monthly pay ment of ss. The idea of connecting up private telephones with theatres, operas, and concert halls ie an old one. The novel part of the plan is the news ser vice. Subscribers will be rung up at regular intervals throughout the day {presumably a night service is not intended), and a voice will tell the m the news of the hour from all parts of the world, stock exchange prices, sportingresults—whatever may be of interest at the moment.