The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-11-21
LIBERALS TAKE
TOWN OF COLON.
Attack Unexpected and
Successful.
PREFECT is TAKEN PRISONER
III. Commander of Attacking Force Vas
Killed. but the Second Officer Led His
Small Force on to Successful
Issue After Fight Of
al Hour and a
Half.
PREFECT is TAKEN PRISONER
(By Associated I'rcss.)

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COLON, COLOMBIA, via Galveston,
Texas. Nov. ao.-The Liberals made an
unexpected attack on Colon at o'clock
last night. The government was not pre-.
pared, and there was little resistance
After some lighting in front OF the Guar
Tel and in certain streets for an hour and
a half, the Liberals gained possession Of
all the public Offices and the town OF
Colon.
The Prefect, Guardia, IS 4 prisoner.
Over twelve men were killed and about
thirty men were wounded.
On receipt of the news that General
AIban, the military commander Of the
1sthmus, had started to attack the Lib
erals at Chorerra, near Panama, the lat
ter detached 100 men under General Pa
tino to attack Colon. THIS force en-
barked on board a train bound from Pam
anna to Colon yesterday evening at Las
Cascades Station, previously cutting off
photographic communication across the
1sthmus. On arriving at the outskirts
of Colon, where the government usually
maintained a small guard, the Liberals
left the train and in the initial s;Rirnish,
which began soon af:erward, Patino was
killed.
The command Of the Liberals then de-
volved on Colonel FREDERICK Barrere. and
they continued their march on Colon, ar
irving there a few minutes after the
train, thus surprising the whole towr.
The government troops at Colon were
outnun1bered by the Liberals. Fighting
Immediately began at the Quartet bar
racks. which was soon taken. There Senior
Jacn, 2 judge of the Criminal Court, was
killed. and Sencr MusRus, the district rep
resentative CT the Department OF the IN
Terror, was MORALLY wounded.
PRISONERS TAKEN.
Fighting subsequently SECURED at The
town hail, which was also taken by the
Liberals. Among the prisoners captured
by the Liberals there were the Prefect.
jGuardia- and the communicate of police.
Senior Parades the mayor managed to
reach the gunboat General Pinzon. which
sailed last night for d destination I'M
known, probably Carthagena-
The whole affair was over in less than
three hours.
Communication with Panama was re-
stored to-day. This revealed that no fight
Eng had occurred there, that everything
was quiet and that the city was still in
nhe hands of the Government.
The issue now depends on the result of
the fighting. which is doubtless now oc-
curing aL tSHorerTa, lleWS---of winch Is
anxiously awaited here.
The Liberals are busy raising reinforce
,nents locally. They are reported to have
several hundred men at different. railroad
stations between here and Panama,
MACHLAS LANDS MARINES.
The United States gunboat Machias
Danced detachment of marine here this
morning They are now guarding the
railroad station and other property of the
road.
AT a conference between Commander
McCrea, of the Machias. United States
Consul Malmorse. Colonel Chamber. su-
ilerintendent of the Panama Railroad. and
Colonel Bar-era, the commander of the
Liberals, the latter was Informed why the
marines had been landed from the
Machias Barrera promised to guard the
city with his troops. Trains were running
on the 1sthmus as usal to-day. There is
no obstruction of free transit so far.
The news of the capture of Colon. which
reached Panama when communication
with that city was restored to-day. was
n great surprise TO the inhabitants Of that
city.