St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-24
Col. Moves Hernandez Sem
fenced to Death for Com !
plieity With Cara.
He Will Be Shot by Mexican
Soldiers at Sunrise Mon
day Morning.
The Sentence Pronounced at
the Solicitation Of Gen.
Lorenzo Garcia.
Three Of the Captured Revo-
lutionists Held by a
Grand Jury.

SAN ANTONIO, Jan. pa dispatch
was received here this evening firm
Monterey. Mexico, stating that Col.
Moves Hernandez, one of the most pop
ular and widely known officers in the
Mexican army. was sentenced today to
be shot for alleged completely in the
raid made by Catarino Cara and his
force of men at Mier, Mexico, Dec. Is.
Hernandez was in command Of the gar
rison at Mier at that time, and it is
charged that he did not make a deter
mined effort to capture the revolutions
lists when he had them in his grasp.
He and his forces, however, met the
CARA men a short distance from Mier,
and theTevOlutionists were defeated in
sharp engagement that ensued. Gen.
Lorenzo Garcia, the commander of the
northern military zone of Mexico, was
not satisfied with the action of Herman
DEE, and ordered him to be placed under
arrest and conveyed to Monterey in
irons. This was done aud Hernandez,
upon his arrival at Monterey. was placed
in the military prison, where he has
been treated with the greatest cruelty
during the past few weeks. His court
martial began few days ago, and was
conducted with the utmost secrecy. The
jury rendered their verdict today at
noon. The death sentence was pro-
nounced. Hernandez bore the sentence
with the bravery born of soldier. He
will be shot at sunrise Monday morning.
The Fedora! Grand Jury
at Brownsville made its report today.
Out of ninety-nine cases examined thew
found forty indictments. The majority
Of these were for the violation of the
neutrality laws. OF the Cara men in
Jail, Col. Pablo MunoZ, Corporal Sitlo
Lonorio and Andrus Moreno Nueces
were indicted, and the rest in confine-
ment were released. Thomas Cara,
United States deputy marshal, who was
arrested on suspicion of being a revo-
lutionist. was also released. the grand
jury failing to find bill again ST him.
The grand jury criticised the customs
officers and deputy marShals for making
arrests for petty offenses and Seizure of
horses without sufficient cause. In its
report the grand jury states that
it is convinced that many violations of
the neutrality law have been committed
bycitiZensiot Mexico and Mexican extrac-
ton, but comparatively few indictments
were found for these Offenses, as it was
ilpOSSlUl0 W ScI evidence against
them, as a large number of Mexican
residents of the Texas frontier are
shielding the offenders. The report
further states:
1T is pertinent 10 say that we con-
denim in severe terms the inefficieney
and possibly criminal culpability of the
state officers in whose counties the revO-
lutionists organized without hindrance,
and some federal officers, who we have
reason to believe were cOgniZant of
GarZa's intentions and connived at his
first crossing with his followers into
Mexico without timely information to
our authorities"
The report also states that had there
been an adequate military force on the
border the violation of neutrality laws
would not have taken place, and gives
great credit to the troops at Fort Ring
gold, Fort Mcintosh and Fort Brown,
who. since Sept. 16, have been doing
constant duty by patrolling the extern
sive frontier in the endeayor to sustain
the neutrality laws. The war depart
ment is seriously criticised for leaving
the Rio Grande frontier in such de-
fenselesS condition. The report reached
here this evening from a reliable pri-
vate source that Garza's headquarters
are now definitely known. II is in
Texas. His ca oture will be made within
the next few days.