Gen. Diaz On Trial; His Death Predicted.

New York Times 100 years ago today, October 25, 1912:
Belief in Mexico City That Rebel Leader Will Be Shot at Sunrise To-day.
SAY MADERO LAID A TRAP
Let Him Believe Troops Would Support Him but Had Him Surrounded by Loyalists.
Special to The New York Times.
    SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Oct. 24.— The San Antonio Express prints the following dispatch from Mexico City:
    "Gen, Joaquin Beltran is presiding tonight at Vera Cruz over a summary court-martial board which is trying Gen. Felix Diaz on a charge of treason. The court-martial was ordered by President Madero this afternoon, with instructions that its findings be immediately carried out. This means that Diaz will be shot at sunrise, for it is certain that he will be convicted.
    "It was learned to-day that the Diaz revolt was actually a Madero trap set and sprung by the President himself. Diaz had long been suspected of intriguing against the Government. The better to catch him at his own game. Madero permitted him apparently to go about Vera Cruz without seemingly being watched, though, as a matter of fact, administration service men were his constant advisers. Diaz was led to believe that the major part of the army would join his colors the minute he hoisted the standard of rebellion. He failed to see the plot until too late.
    "Even when Gen. Beltran's troops appeared before Vera Cruz. Gen. Diaz believed the soldiers had entered the city to join his forces, and would attack those who remained loyal the moment he grave the word. This accounts for the apparent neglect of Diaz to give battle the moment the Federals came in range.