Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-15
Men Unable to Prove Innocence Put
10 Death.
RECENT BATTLE Is NDEc1sIvE
RevOlutionists Forced to Retreat by
Field Pieces.
NO PRISONERS AND NO WOUNDED
Instances of BRrbarity Are Recorded
and Men Are KnIed by the Bay
Onet After neinE shot and
Left on the Field.

80 THE FRONT, SANTIAGO. near Ped
ernales. Dec. ~ Cvia FL Paso, Tex. Dec
14)-In yesterdays engagement the revolu-
tionists fought General Navarro to a stand
sdll. although inferior in numbers All told
seventy four persons are known BY lnde-
pendent investigation TO have been killed
Navarro teok no prisoners-it is contrary
to his orders-and in his camp today there
were no wounded OF the other side The
bayonet had completed the work OF the
bullet.
A horrible instance Of the bsrbarity OF
the campaign occurred after the battle
Every man In the hamlet OF Cerro Prleto
CDarkhills) was brought before the mayor
to prove his innocence OF participation I'm
the revolt. Thirty could not do this As
fast as their identity became known they
were taken out and shot They are in
cluded in the number OF the dead. General
Navarro places his own dead at one can
tain, one lieutenant and twelve soldiers.
Twenty OF his men, including two
officers were severely wounded.
Bayonct for Insurrectos,
Among the latter was General Brandon.
special correspondent OF the Mexican Her
aid an da resident of Panama A bullet hit
his horse in the eye. passed through his
muscles. Another bullet hit him In tho
wrist. Brandon is the champion middle
weight wrestler of Mexico
Five insurrectos who out Of ammuni-
lion and surrendered were bayoneted. one
OF them, who had tainted from a bullet
which grazed his temple took the bayone,
thrust In the rib and was left for dead.
but during the night he recovered and
escaped lie grinned as be told his story.
When the correspondent related the tate
20 General Navarro today the latter
laughed heartily as II enjoying joke on
himself
The battle was indecislve in It's results
IT began At il a. m. lasted until D. m.
and occurred at the village OF Cerro Prieto.
100 miles west OF Chihuahua, at the base
OF two low hills. nine miles east of here.
Two hundred reveiutionists had occupied
the hills dGring, the previous night When
General Navarro with 400 OF his advance
guard passed east of the hills the insur-
rectos opened fire but did little damage
owing 20 the distance.
RevoIutiOnIsts 10 the HIIIs
Later. when the field pieces came I'M,
Navarro sheiled them from their positions.
The. revolutionists retreated slowly, firing
from the shelter OF the adobe houses which
dot the mesa At o'clock their ammuni-
tion having run low, they took up a posi-
tion at the base of range OF low noun
ta,ns five miles southwest Of Cerro Prieto.
There was no fighting today, despite the
proximity Of the two forces. which in itself
indicates drawn battle. Their camp fires
can be seen from here tonight During the
fighting Sunday the original 200 insurrectos
were reinforced by go of their comrades.
Two hundred more arrived tonight, and It
was stated that by morning there would be
400 more from west of here
In an interview. General Navarro stated
he expected serious fighting from now on.
lie admitted that the insurgents were
brave. but declared their lack OF military
organization would defeat them in the end.
il was confirmed in his camp that govern
ment troops were converging on this Sec
tion from Parral and from Sonora.
Navarro. contrary to common report, has
no rapld-fire guns-only field pieces The
Parral contingent, however Is bringing
rapidfirers. II the revolutonists are &c
win they must destroy Navarro in order
to contend with the new forces.
Found Fifteen Dead.
The most serious loss suffered by tn,
revoIutionists occurred In an adobe hous,
IN which they had taken cover, a shel
wrecking the place, killing and woundinl
several. but not before they had aecounte,
for number OF the enemy.
The Associated Press correspondent
counted fifteen dead near the ruins OF tn
house. apparently about equally divide,
between the two armies. About half o
them had been stripped OF their clothing
1t is practice among the soldiers 20 stH
the uniforms from their dead comrades
F,- tf,., ftI,F rF,T it-
ceaI their identity from those who ma
seek 70 discover their losses,
Another unburied soldier alzo sl5ypet
was seen by the roadside ,u the road -toI
this place 20 the scene os the battle. ).
more we're In T.e fsdegs camp waitin
burial These were placed In rough b1Ne
and buried with m,l.tul. orders in con
raj Two companies lined UP and the bugl
blew glory to the dead, long live Pres
dent DiaE"
other dead were acco-Eted Tor as st
lying where they Zen en- ths hills
NAVARRO Ofii"i7I Ucport.
General Navarro Offs tl ~a7o-t pace
the number Of insurvaats dead i7 sunday
battle at eighty uut !aieUti1-nt Iuvcs IT
cation cannot conf ra ;ni-, nor rao th
report be denied ovias to the limit uou
placed by military necessity on s1ch 50
Negtigatons
The Associated pfess corro-aan1e-t ga
thlrty-threc dcrd blt sCGerl''y was uI
able 20 determine l1 which sis Trey L'
longed Navarro aGu.,s .hat he lrst
killed two offices uu1 twelve mon an
twenty-seven serious, injured The f.
surrectos place thsl- own dead az MIN
teen and their wounded az one The
figures may be depended uIon as a
minimum.
General Navarro stated tlat he did "a
TC- sue the enemy because pc wished
csrc co. his wounded, There is but Oh
coCtcr With his contingent Vldch does NJ
look TO Americans Ike undue sollcituCe 4
those injured. Opposed 20 this s;atsmel
Is the assertion Of the revolutonlsts IN