The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1910-11-23
indications That Movement Is
Well Organized
ASSASSlNATlONS PLANNE D
Government Officials and Newspaper
Editors At Mexico Marked
Death

eminent OF PRESIDENT Dla1 Ol MEX
leo is face to face with a serious rev.
dictionary movement. Francisco /.
Madero, reputed leader OF the rebels,
is believed to be near his home In
Coahuila. Monday three bodies Of
revolutionists attacked the military
barracks at Orizaba, liberated and
armed the prisoners whom they freed
from the prison adjoining
The attack was well planned and
executed. The revolutionists who
numbered 300 divided their forces.
A group OF 100 stationed on the sum-
NIT of nearby hill threw dynamite
bombs into the barracks When the
soldiers fed from their quarters and
charged their assaiants the other
party of 200 revolutionists attacked
the prison. Beating down the guards
and forcing an entrance they liberat-
ed all of the prisoners and then arm
ed them
Documents found in the house Of
revolutionary at Mexico City are
said to have revealed a conspiracy
! for the wholesale assassination of
prominent government officers, in
Guiding Foreign Minister Creel, Vice
President Corral and other promi-
nent Mexicans, among them Editor
| Spindola, owner Of FL Impartial. Mig
uel s. Masedo was also listed for
! death.
President Diaz was to be taken but
his life spared because OF his past
services to the country The bodies
I - o. -. n
from electric light wires In the street
The building OF TT Parclal was TO
have been destroyed with dynamite.
The papers exposing the conspir.
acy were discovered during a raid by
the police on Sunday. Three en-
ployes of FL impartial had been fur
nished with the explosive and were
instructed to use II at the first re-
port Of the uprising which was plan
ned for last Sunday. The seizure Of
the plans on the day upon which they
were to be executed is thought to
have a great effect in heading off the
rebellion
Passengers arriving at FL Paso yes
terday morning from Mexico report
ed terrible condition in that coun-
try. The train was loaded with Am
erican refugees and Americans are
: leaving the country as fast as posi-
BILE The refugees report Parral,
state of Chihuahua, In the hands of
the revolutionists, with the wires cut
: and the mayor and chief OF police
dead. How many others had been
D killed the refugees did not know
Troops being sent from chihuahua Ia
Parral left the train at Jiminez. the
junction point and refused to go fur
. Their Jiminez was captured by the
rebels on Monday after fight In
which 10 OF their number and sever
rurales were killed.
S Mexican officials permitted Amerl
= cans to retain their arms 10 protect
!, themselves. Passengers say the Mel
]. lean government is placing little rell
- ance on the army, as half OF il Il
n made up OF petty convicts and Grim
! inals sentenced to term in the arm,
n instead OF prison. Most OF these ar,
= known to be In sympathy with the re
c evolutionary movement and many Off
I: GERS who have been offered promo
y ton by Francisco Madero are sus
Is pected of being ready to join him.
= Reports which were current Nor
!" day night of fighting In Gomez Pa
: acio and Torreon, Mex, are In par
confirmed by Mexican officials an
army officers stationed in Nuevo La
!, edo, although II is denied that III
o. battles assumed serious proportion,
to II is admitted that In battles betwe
the insurrectionists and the Mexlca
troops at both places several death
- resulted, the loss OF life on bot
a sides being evenly divided. II
generally understood that the cover,
NJ ment forces succeeded in quelling n
disturbances at both places. Report
nd current Monday were to the effe,
that Torreon had fallen into u
- hands Of the revolutionists. This
VI denied by army officers in Nuevo |,
~ redo who claim to be in touch wi,
the situation as far as points In nc
Isl. thern Mexico are concerned. III
army officers admit that the mo
~ bitter struggle occurred at Com
Inv Palacio, which Ia only four mil
INT north of Torreon, In the famous In
,ss una cotton district. At Gomez Pal,
are 10 II Is acknowledged several deaf
on both sides occurred but the of
'"' iais declined to give out any fgur,