Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-04-03
Three Wounded and One Dead
as Result of Terrific tx
ploSiOn in Dance Hall at
Juarez,
BELIEVED ATTACK WAS
PLANNED ON THE JAIL
Body Of Victim Fairly Pulyer-
izedi Bomb ThrowerS Escape
and Crime Is ShrOuded in
Mystery.
IBy Morning Journal Special Leased wIreI

IBy Morning Journal Special Leased wirel
FL Paso, Tex, April 2.-Francisco
sonora. a federal soldier, is dead and
three men are wounded as a result
of the explosion Of three bombs in
Gale Diablo in Ciudad Juarez at mid
night last night. The cause Of the
explosion is mysterious Unless an
attack was being planned on the Jail
and was thwarted by bomb eXplod-
ing prematurely, the real purpose of
the explosion is unexplanable. The
first explosion occurred In the street
in the front of La Favorita dance hall
and, as the revelers ran out woman
shouted that two men on top of
roof opposite the dance hall had
thrown it, A number of special po-
licemen and soldiers in the dance
hall dashed into the building where
the men were supposed to be and two
more bombs were hurled at them as
they got into the path of the Patio,
or court, of the buildings. The first
bomb literally tore Francisco Sonora
to pieces. Bits of his body were
scattered throughout the patio and
thrown against the walls. The sec
ond bomb wounded the other. The
two bomb-throwers escaped. 1t is
the theory of the fedarals that the
bomb-throwers were making across
the tops Of roofs to hurl their bombs
against the walls of the state prison,
which Is In the same block as the
building. when they We're discovered
and that they dropped a bomb by
accident
The city Jail rapidly filed with
prisoners during the hours between
daylight and the time Of the explo-
sion soldiers and police being drawn
about the district in a Gordon. All
those in the dance hall and many
others in the street nearby were held
as witnesses until Mayor Martinez
could make an examination today.
During the day the soldiers filled the
streets and the town bristlcd with
the military as much as on occasions
recently when the insurrectos We're
just outside the place bent on attack.
About noon terrific wind storm
came up ana blew the dust in such
manner that the soldiers could
scarcely see block. This added to
the official confusion until a rain set
in and the dust ceased to fly.
Texas officers report that band
of fifty Mexicans intending to Join
the Mexican insurrectos, left Ysleta
last night. Ysleta is twelve miles east
of El Paso. 1t is known that another
band crossed the line in this vlcin-
ity Friday night Whether they are
congregated near Juarez or are maxi
ing for the interior, Is not known.
but Juarez Is nervous and apparently
fears an attack
The hold up Of two American
horsemen, Jesse BurtschelI and j. A.
Secklngton. by two negroes last night
has added to the excitement in Juarez
Two shots were fired by the negroes,
one OF them wounding Burstschell,
who died today. This was but a short
time before the explosion and the re
port Immediately spread that the In
surrectos were attacking the town.
The Juarez jail is full Of negro sus-
poets.
Revivals of peace rumors were
started tonight with the arrival of
Francisco I Madero, ST.; Alfonso Ma
dero. father and son of the Mexican
insurreeto president, and Rogue Es-
trada, a Mexico City lawyer and
Rafael Hernandez They came from
San Antonio and went at once to their
hotel To reporters the two Maderos
refused to make any statements.
Asked II he had come here on
mission of peace, the senior Madero
said:
Perhaps so. | will fell you later"
Replying to question as to when
he had last seen his son. Francisco,
he said.
u have not seen him since he left
san Antonio three months ago or
more"
Gonzales Cara, secretary general
OF the insurreeto party, met the two
MaHerOs nere and took them to their
hotel He went Immediately into
conference with them. For some
time Cara has been declaring thar
he did nos believe In the peace ru-
mors. So far as can be learned, there
are no representatives here of the
federal government, but the insur-
recto iuGta is supposed to be in COM
municafian ny courier with Francisco
Maoero. Nth the army near Chi
huahua