Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 October 1903 — ATTEMPT ON LIFE OF DIAZ. [ARTICLE]

ATTEMPT ON LIFE OF DIAZ.

Wonld-Be Assassin Fires Vive Shots at Mexican President. At Guanajuato, Mexico, an attempt was made Tuesday on the life of President Diaz, who was a guest of the State government during the festivities. The President, his staff and guests were passing by the Oantador garden in a street car when a man of the lower class, Enas Toscano, approached the car shouting and fired five shots from a revolver at the car, doing no harm. Pakio Escanodon of the President’s staff rushed ont of the car and caught the man, wrenching the revolver from his grasp. The police took Toscano to prison. He is a man with a bad criminal record and was only recently released from prison at Granditas, where he hod served a term for homicide. The matter will be investigated. One theory is that Toscano was drunk and another that he deliberately planned to shoot the chief magistrate. An attempt was made on the life of President Diaz on Dec. 10, 1897. He attended on that day the public celebrations in the City of Mexico of the anniversary of Mexican independence. Daring the festivities a man rushed toward him and, evading all efforts made to check his progress, reached the President’s side and attempted to kill him. President Diaz was not hart. The assassin was at once arrested and thrown* into prison. This attempted murder created much excitement and subsequently the woukl-be assassin was dragged from prison by a mob and lynched.