Atrocious Crime

General Juan C. Gomez, First Vice President of the Venezuelan Republic, was stabbed to death while asleep in bed by an unknown assassin. The crime took place in Miraflores Palace, Caracas, capital of Venezuela, in the early morning.

General Gomez is a brother of the despotic President, General Juan Vincente Gomez (TIME, April 28). The President's son, General Jose Vincente Gomez, is Second Vice President.

The Neuvo Diario, principal Caracas journal: " This atrocious crime, which stands in the darkest colors in the annals of Venezuela, cannot have been by the hand of a Venezuelan, because such a vile and monstrous thought could not by any possibility enter Venezuelan psychology, which is the enemy of darkness and cowardice."

President Gomez said: " Those who did this should know that we will not be intimidated by such an act, but will persevere in our work for peace and the aggrandizement of the Fatherland."