San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-07-01
YBANEZ TRIAL.
Hard Testimony Against the Ac-
Cused Is AdduCed From the
States Evidence.

was Crecencia Bensvidcs, who testified
rs follows:
My name is Crecencia Benevtdas. am
twenty nine years old. l live in Mexico,
state of Nueva Leon, the jurisdiction at
ValleciIlo, in San Carlos. l have been
living there for twelve years. |
know Carmen Ybanez; he is in
the court room. That is the gentleman
sitting there. l have known him only
since November or December last. The
first time | saw him was at a place called
Fl Cato. FL Cato is on this side OF the
Rio Grande, in the state Of Texas. He
was there with some people under arms.
From there he left for the Rio Grande.
He crossed the river in the night and pro-
ceeded the next morning early to a place
called TortillaS. He arrived at TortillaS
about seven o'clock in the morning, He
had or carried SO men. Carmen Gbanez
was in command. l had been taken
prisoner in the state where | live and
not carried along as a prisoner.
| was taken a prisoner on the 9th OF De-
cember. l was carried to that place
called Las Tnrtillas. | escaped or de-
serted from there or the 2lst of December.
The people of Don Carmen Ybanez made
the attack. They assaulted the people Of
the government. They killed several. |
saw 6. saw six dead men and one dead
woman who were inside of a house. | do
not remember the names as have
not MY mind fresh on the mat
ter. l remember a man by the
name OF Carlos. The man he knew as
| Carlos, also called Charlie, was arrested
and shot by order of Don CarmanY 6anez.
He was arrested at a tank owned by Els
piridton Flores. on this side OF the river.
He was arrested there and carried to La
TortillaS. He was shot there near the
grave yard. | saw one shot but they say
three were fired. Carlos was included in
those eve dead bodies that | saw. re-
member the name Of Don Jose
Gomez. The last time | saw him at Las
TortillaS with the people OF Gbanez.
He was killed at Las TOrtillaS. He was
killed at the TortillaS fight which lasted
from seven to ten o'clock. | was carried
there a prisoner and after 1t was all over
l walked around with one of the chiefs
and saw what was there. The men who
did the killing were under the orders OF
Don Carmen Ybanez. don't know what
the woman's name was, but they say she
was related to the Rendons and Penas.
What | know about the saddles, etc, Is
that they were captured by the people OF
Ybanez. There were about sor 10 saddles,
about l2 or more carbineS. All the saddles
and mounting that was there. don't
know what they did with them. The last
time | saw the things they were carrying
them away on pack horses. The fight
occurred on the Goth of December of 1891.
I saw it all. saw it with my W eyes:
Los TOrtillaS ranch is on the other side OF
the Rio Grande, | suppose it is in Mexico.
1t is in the state Tamaulipas."
On cross examination by Mr.. Cox he
stated: l mean by deSertion that |
escaped. The date | ESCAPED was the 2lSt
of December, at the SabinaS river: |
escaped after the fight of Los TOrtillaS
| did not take part in the fight at Los
Tortillas. ! know Chico Reano. He car
ried the title of Senior Captain OF the COM
pany. II Chico Reono gave me the honor
of captain | do not know: II any person
saws he took any part in this fight he will
tel. him he told an untruth. l never was
at that fight of my W free Will.
| did not have any opportunity to escape
because they were guarding me. The
reason | know there were SO men Is be-
cause was with them every day. l do
not know whether Sixto Simon saw more
than | saw or not. The number | said
was correct because | was with them a
great many days. If Sixto says there
were more he probably saw some on the
outside. | never heard the roll call
but have seen them formed in line.
| mean by formed in line, that they were
there to see if all were present. | never
knew it vas roll call. II my name was on
that list, il was put there by them because
was a prisoner. do not know that my
name was on it. | know Pablo Munoz.
When they took me as prisoner, MunoZ
was colonel of the Faithful of Zaragoza.
do not know il | am in
dicted for violating the neutrality laws
of the United States. | never had been
notified that there was an indictment
against me. CicilO Salinas was the chief
with whom | was walking when | saw
the bodies. | understood from what |
heard that CiCilO Salinas was a major.
WheneverlC icilO went anywhere he car
ried me with him to keep me from desert
ing. | don't know whether 1t is custom
airy or not for majors to guard a
prisoner, | am no military man. | stood
200 PAGES from where the fight took place.
During the fight Cicilo Salenas was with
me at that time. | heard loud crying,
but could not distinguish what they said.
| never heard them hurrah for C~artarino
E. Cara. | paid no attention to what
they were hallOoing about. did not
neal the fight. My hearing | think, is
good. l hear all you say. The reason
that l could not hear what they said
TaS only oS' Enow Of two was of Wy Ybanez;
people being killed. One was wounded:
l did not see who killed them: -Four OF
the government party were killed eXcIu;
from : to 10 o'clock. | remained during
the fight. The way l became captured
was, the Judge, Narcisso GallegOs sent me
out as a scout, he having heard there
were persons neal there who were steal
ing horses. knew them when l came uP
in front of them and they captured me. l
was not by myself but had four compan,
ions. We were appointed blythe Judge 70
do this. | went there about a league ana
a half from VollecllloS. There were sixty OF
them. | didn't go out to tight WIN theul'
but when they fired at me | hreG oaCKi
other four men ran away. Greally do not
know why | was not shot at the same
time Charley a Don Ctcilo told me
might suffer the same penalty. The
1890 of the man who We're with