The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-05-11
CAPTURE Of
JUAREz EASY
FOR REBELS
AaVaTI0's Flight 10 The Death
Ended In Raising The
white Flag
lRr Aaanclated Praasl


III Paso Tex, Afay il-On the
| American side OF the iine. during
| Nedncsda4's lighting In Juarcz live
fefe killed and about II wounded.
many Of them being ipnoecntly en-.
| $aged ~ distance from the river
mont
The actum surrender Of the town
I ~ General Navarro took place at
about one o'clock, General Navarro
RSlng his sword 10 Colonel Caribaldi
\ of the iDsurrecto army. after the reb.
els bad completely surdounded the
Arfacks and threatened to annihilutc
the garrison within
Capture an Easy one
Ihc town the fcderals thought im.
rfegnable TO attack, fell after com.
laratiyely adyance Of the insurrectos.
NE same deadly dre which had driy
eh the federals from their trenches
and outposts carly Monday when the
lskifmlshing began, gave them All Oh
trance TO the town hardly molested
Dy the artillery OF the federals. AT the
rAa Of tuesdays fighting tho rebels
ad extensive control OF the town
turing the night they discovered the
lederal strongholds and by the use
oi dynamite bombs ana shells. a rag
lAg conilagration aud dcrce musketty
fought their way to the famous old
Spanish church of the town brownl
.culofed building whose hign brick
lenee formed a barricadc fol The fed
erals The iusurrectos took theI
chutch at midnight The federals re-
tired further into the city to the rootl
Il the municipal building, the edges
oi which were piled with sandbags
sor barricadcs.
After the attack was renewed and
Tie rebels had brought their machine
guns within deadly range, the fed.
erals retired to the barracks and in
surrectos by the hundred occupied
the houses within 100 yards on every
side, Their fire was rapidly demol |
ishlng the building There was no
other alternative for General Navar-I
80 but to yield.
Shrapnel was being poured into the
rollow square of the barracks Many !
federal cavalry horses were killed. |
'he soldiers crowded the place to its
fapacity Only a few loopholes from
which 70 shoot at the insurrectos
pierced its sides.
Navarro Hoists White Flag
Finally al noon General Navarro
holsted a white flag He first al
tempted TO send message to Senor
Dhergon, one OF the gobetWeens III
TIE recent peace effort to bring about
peace negotiations to arrange for q
cessation Of hostilities or 4 sort Of an
but the rebels would accept
rpthing except immediate surrender
The gray-hared general stood in
The doorway Of the barracks aud re-
cciNcd Colonel Garibaldi 1aOul Ma
der0, brother Of the rebel leader.
dashed forward with his gun point
ed at Navarro ready TO shoot II Carl
1aldi were bit Fedorals and insur.
rectQs alike, however, withheld their
irc while the surrender was being ar
ranged
Foderais Desert to Madcro
The lighting soon ceased aud atten
son VAS immediately directed to tue
lead and wounded The federals in
.ueir humiliation tore OFF their visor
'apa and uniforms ana walked defect
edly In their upderclothing down the
street under guard OF the iusurrectos
% the corral They numbered about
500. i was reported that 100 OF
lem had taken the oath OF allegl
lnce to General Madero and woutu
ON his forces
Church bells were ruug, residents
i the town appeared 10 the streets
itIl sighs Of relief aud the insurroc.
ns began continuous upfoar ot
houts.
The msurreetos began to collect
thousands OF rounds Of ammunition
The rebels now have two mortars,
hree machine guns, and two field
ieces Fheir ammunition belts,
omewhat depleted during the attack,
We Alled again