The border vidette., 1911-05-20
TWO REBEL CHIEFS.
Jack Kelly and Diego Moreno
 Capture Altar.

The following from the Tucson
 Citizen of May 16th, will be
 interesting reading to many
 people of Nogales and northern
 Sonora where Jack Kelly late o1 Cananea, now of this city, is
 we'll known:
 Having captured Altar yeSter-
 day at the head of a fighting
 force of 500 rebels, the two com
 handlers of the rebels arrived in
 Tucson this morning after a flying trip from Altar to Tucson
 by automobile. They are Diego
 Moreno, who until a few weeks
 ago was prefect of Altar and
 jefe de ar1nas of the entire dis
 trict, and Jack E. Kelly, an l American mining man.
 We are willing to announce,
 said Mr. Kelly, that we are loyal Maderistas through and through; that we have been the l leaders in the recent rebel ac- tivities in northwestern Sonora that we are fighting for the cause which we believe to be right; and that We are. going this evening to Nogales to join the MaderistaS there and plan our campaign.
 Diego Moreno was warmly greeted. A heavy built man of middle age and plasant face, he was until a few weeks ago an appointee of General Luis Torres with power absolute in his dis trict. He was at the head of all things civil and military, in com mand of the federal soldiers in all the neighboring towns, sup ervisor of customs and chief factor in every way.
 The story of his rupture with the government and his renun- citation of the federal cause waS related with his consent by Mr. Kelly as follows:
 The rebels captured Peti- quita. ~ Upon hearing of 1t, Gen. Torres telegra plled Prefect Mo reno to lead his federalS out and retake the town. Moreno refused to obey, for the reason that the soldiers were ragged, in dire need of clothes, shoes. and food.
 Gen. Torres again ordered him to take the town, and he again declined, but Captain Flores was sent out with a force of fed erals. The rebels had withdrawn and Flores took the town. He gave his soldiers permission to loot the town for two hours, which they did. On hearing of it, the prefect haStened to Pete quita, took the loot away from the fetEerals, and piled it in the principal public street with q guard over it. He then summon ed the inha bitants and restored their property to them.
 From that moment he re- nounced the federal government utterly.
 He discharged the federal soldiers, opened the jail at Al tar, liberated the prisoners, and told them to join whatever cause they wished.
 'Since then Moreno and I have been in active control of the rebels, though the leader ship was not known publicly. We made one trip alone to Bat aluma where we knew the rebels were in power. Having just ar rived from MeXicali, they did not know us. We were arrest ed, thrown in jail, and kept there three days. But when we and our connection with the re- belS became known, we were 
 Yesterday I left Tucson in an automobile. and went across the line into the mountains near Boludo where 1 met Moreno and his men. We went out from the and captured Altar without any resistance whatever. We had 500 rebels and they are now at the town.
 Feeling the necessity for get ting to NOgaleS, as soon as pos sible to aid the cause there, we left our command at o'clock yesterday evening. Our men, all in line, gave Us a hearty farewell with cheers of Viva Madero, Viva Moreno y Kelly"