The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1911-05-17
VENGEANCE OF
MEXICAN WIDOW
Wreaked on Murderer of
Her Idols.
uhn DIIDcIlE1 UlEi EnQ. WEEKc
HAD PURSUED HIM FOR WEEKS
And Offered Big Reward for
His Capture-Laid a
Net for Him.
SHOT AT EDGE OF OPEN GRAVE

Douglas, Ariz., May 13.-The
widow Talamantes, who took the
field as an insurrecto commander
after her husband and two sons,
whom she idolized, had been shot as
rebels by command of Colonel CHA
pes, won to-day, in full measure,
her revenge when that man, on
whose head she had set the price of
$40 600 gold, rode into an ambush
in her camp.
Don't shoot to kill" command
ed the woman who has won the nom
de guerre of the Joan of Arc of the
Mexican revolution.
Remember, he's my prisoner"
The aim of her soldiers was good.
They brought Colonel Chiapes from
his galloping horse with a bullet
wound in the neck and another in
the arm.
Chiapes rolled over in pain and
then looked up straight into the eyes
of the widow Talamantes, which
blazed like those of a tiger met in
the dark.
Colonel Chiapes took no account
of his injuries after that. He lay
bleeding on the sand, a pleading
look in his eye, but his lips asking
no favors, while the widow, resting
on her rife, stood over him in con-
temptation.
Finally she whispered in the
wounded mans ear-only a few
words. His pale face blanchcd
whittier still and his lips compressed
into a thinner line, but he gave no
other sign that he had heard.
The widow Talamantes signaled
to her men and turned away. Col
onel Chiapes was picked up and car
ried to a tent.
Just as the red rim of the sun APP
peared over the eastern horizon, a
womans voice gave a sharp com
mand. There was the quick roll of
fire from a dozen rifles and totter-
ing figure. standing on the edge of
a newly made grave, crumDled M,
quivering and lay motionless on the
edge of the trench.
One of the men of the firing squad
advanced and turned the body over
with his foot, saw that 10 of the
bullets had found their mark. and
then tumbled 1t over into the grave.
So the widow Talamantes took re-
venge for the slaying of her hus-
hand and two sons by Chiapes, Of
the Federal army.
The pursuit, CAPTURE and eXecu-
ton of Colonel Chiapes form the
most dramatic incident of the Mex
lean revolution.
The Talamantes. father and two
sons, We're suspected Of revolution
airy learnings at the beginning Of the
war. They We're rich, employed a
large number of laborers, and WELD
ed great influence in Sonora. They
were captured on a Federal raid by
Colonel Chiapes. then in command
of the Sonora District, and eyecut-
ed within sight of their hacienda.
Before the Talamantes were shot,
the wife and mother pleaded vainlv
with Colonel Chiapes TO spare their
lives. Her appeals were met with
sneering replies, and the woman
soon found that she was dealing
with a man brutalized by drink.
Later she heard the shots that an
nounced the death of the three per-
sons she loved best in all the world.
From that moment Colonel CHA
pes was a marked man. The widow
published an offer of 100000 gold
for the cauture and giving into her
hands of Colonel Chiapes. but none
could penetrate the guard OF Fed
eral soldiers that Chiapes kept about
= him.
Then the widow took the field at
the head OF . revolutionary force
: made up of her employees and
friends. and commanded 1t. with The
: skill Of veteran, in several battles
, and sl-irmishes.
, Her force grew 10 he one OF the
largest revolutionary bands in So
nora. and ell the time 1t was draw