The assassin of Obregon has been identified as Jose de Leon Tora, an art student of 23, who came to Mexico City from Guadalajara six months ago to find work.
The police found in his possession rosary and a picture of a priest, Miguel Augustin, who was executed after an attempt to assassinate Obregon with bombs last November.
De Leon Toral has refused to admit that he had any accomplices.
'The body of the assassinated President-Elect was to-day conveyed by train to his native State, Sonora, President Calles, accompanied by the members of the Cabinet, Army and Navy officers and' members of the Diplomatic Corps, walked to the and appoint a successor.
Crowds thronged the streets, especially headquarters, where the assassin was incarcerated.
Evidence that the crime had been premeditated was found in a paper in the assassin's pocket bidding farewell to "my family." was escorted by cavalry, aeroplanes mandevring overhead, 'A hundred and fifty thousand people lined the route, Just before the train steamed out thousands of Obregon's followers their right hand and solemnly swore an oath to sustain his principles and to see that his as-sasin and his accomplices are
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