Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-12

the cause when the rebel artillery was
wheeled into position to shell the place,
Army men declare that two companies OF
American regulars could have held the
place indefinitely.
wNen Navarro Succumbed.
was in luarez all during the mornings
fighting and was present when General
Navarro opened IN, door Of cusrtel to talk
with Colonel Garibaldi A few moments
later General orozco rode up and General
Navarro handed over his sword .,
| II was happy looking bunch Of federais
who marched through the lines of rebels
lin front OF the cuartel to become prisoners
viva ei construction they shouted as
they threw down their rifles and discarded
their federal Uniforms, laughed and danced
With giee surrounded by hundreds Of
rebels heavy with cartridges the motley
crowd Of prisoners, most Of whom were
dressed only In their underelothes aud
crude sandals, were marched down tho
street Women camp followers ran behind,
filling the air with walls, sight never
20 be forgotten.
Fighting was severe.
The fight during the morning was Sc
we're Smoke from the ruins Of many
houses all over the city waited laSily
through the summer air. All of the bar
ricades were deserted and here and there
"a bloody form, stripped of its arms, lay In
pools OF blood. Rebels fiocked far down
town by hundreds The Quartet and Mis-.
sion of Guadalupe were yet to be taken
sharpshooters kept steady stream of bull
lets sailing over the sandbags above the
church. suddenly, about Ii o'clock the
federals on the church we're seen climbing
down the ladders from the roof They
ran pell nell toward the barracks, Many
we're killed In the retreat. This left only
jthe cuarte In federal possession.
With wild shouts the insurrectos gained
points OF vantage, brought up their single
serviceable piece OF artillery and poured
thousands of shots at the loopholes. Just
when the rebels were ready TO send the
first shell through the brick walls OF the
, cusrtel the place surrendered
After the Battle.
The rebels seem like boys on a plcn
happy that their big battle is over. They
are commercially orderly. l saw consd-
erable iooting in the early morning. but
as soon as officers arrived this was
stopped with heavy hand.
, 1t is a sorry looking city that has fallen
into rebel possession. The postoffice is
burned to the ground. the bull ring Is
gutted, railroad shops and several private
houses are smoking ruins and business
houses and residences rendered unfit for
habitation by the heavy shot that pene-
trated their walls Here and there dead
1 lay in the street and few wounded had
crawled to shady spots. Under one bar
ricade tuinbled into the street we're three
/, dead federals that must have been lying
. there two days. A short distance on saw
/, tire more siFA&isd on the ground In the
. open a ma esses rad been rifed. one
. still claspAd . cartridge BLOOD was
. every where A. great oIots
| came upon one house the front part OF
which had been knsSked in by shells. Sc
that an, entire bedroom was visible from
the street Two wounded and one dead
lay outslde inaide several rebels who
had taken pssAesslon OF the place were
playing a quick march on a phonoEraph
The old mission Of Guadalupe IL COW
" cred with scars, all the windows are
broken and the front door smashed In
There was the greatest confusion inside
d could not tell whether the sacred plac,
ihaA aA
still looked pretty, with its gold-leafed
decorations but everywhere the floor wa,
K Uttered with piled clothing, guns anC
y cartridges,
l., was IN the bull ring about noon Thli
had been one OF the principal fortific atom
" Of the soldiers. Everything inflammabl,
A. had been burned here the night before
'e All that remained we're the tiers of seats
In the arena already were hundreds o.
i. rebels horses.
:, Mixed with the shouts Of Viva Madero'
are many Of viva orOsco."
J. End of a FightinK Man.
went into the residence OF Colone
" Manuel Tamborel. the doughty command
ant. who q few days ago through tho e
Paso press called the rebels loitsrers anC
towards. and dared them 20 come into tn,
4 attack. He was killed yesterday after
'r noon, In the bedroom we found the brav,
" little officer. whom 1 interviewed on m,
IN first visit to Juarez. dead on his bed
covered with a shest. He was covered Will
wounds and 30 bloody ! could scarcely
'r recognize him. 1 was told later that h
10 was captured by rebels yesterday, hi
p hands tied behind him and then told t
run. ~ -
As he ran he was struck by a dozer
N bullets. A bullet had punctursd his foro
n head, another had gone through his heart
70 When I arrived q candle was burning q
the head Of his bed and picture o