The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-02
.R|SKSL|FE TO SAVE
TROOPS FROM AMBUSH
A Loyal Justice Warns Mexican
Fcderals of Trap Set by
Rebel Forces,
CAPTURED
Writer Says That Insurgents Are
Not Maderists, but Want
Political Rights.

| MEXICO CITY. Mex. Jan. 1.-That
| chihuahua rcvolutioniStS arc not Ma
ierists. although they are generally cred
| itcd with being followers OF the Coahuila
millionaire is tho belief Of Gerald Bran
don, the Mexican Herald correspondent.
who has just returned from the scene of
hostllitIes after several weeks with the
federal troops.
Brandon was captured BY the rebels
and held prisoner for several days. He
described his experiences tonight. say
| ing:
| In my opinion the present trouble on
| the frontier bears but slight relation
TO the abortive uprIsings In Pucbla or
| lsaba. Gomez Palaclo and other towns.
In the latter ample documentary evidence
| duplicating Madcro was found By the
government.
"ln the Chihuahua mountains not a let
| ter, not even a mention OF his name WAS
| TO be found among the great number OF
documents found on the bodies OF the
dead rcvolutioniSts. although more than
one leader was counted among The slain.
Neither have the pronuDc:ados the
slightest idea as TO Madero's whereabouts:
| asked Vicente Artarsk, the chief OF
| the pronuncIados. who captured me, what
nc was fighting for and received the fol-
lowing answer:
1efe polticos for they are the authori-
| ties with whom we como in contact.
And about Madcro?' / asked. do
you want him for president?
Yes, was his answer 'Hc prom
lses TO reduce the taxes and 10 give us
free suffrage Anyone who can do this
would suit US
Using Ancient Rifles.
another fact that seems TO strengthen
the conclusion that the Chihuahua reyo-
luton Is due 10 local dissatisfaction is
That the reyolutionists arc fighting with
fashioned rifles. These guns.
learned. had either been In their lDs-
session for many years or were taken
from those Of their neighbors who did
not care 30 risk an armed revolt against
the government.
The few guns that 7 saw we're not
more than l per cent of the total They
had been taken from the stores in Gucr
rero. Padernales, Ccrro Preto. Casa Colo
RADIO and other towns in the district,
having been paid for with notes payable
when the revolution trlumphed.
SO far as the ample supply of ammu-
milton possessed by the rebels is con-
cerned. the ordinary everyday supply of
cartridges kept in stock by the store
keepers in a district as extensive and as
Ts Furnished he'd with guns as Is Ss western
quantity consumed up TO the present
time
ut would seem that is the chihuahua
revolution has financial backing, the sup
modern long range rifles and high power
ammunltion,, instead OF antiauated rifles
and unwieldly soft-nosed bullets.
Travelling through deserted country
expecting to be shot at from every fence
and cover has decidedly thrilling ef-
feet at first. but one becomes accustomed
to the tension, and a shot or two To
break the monotony is rather welcomed
than otherwise. ! noticed this our
march from Santa Isabel to Pedernales.
In which we were continually under the
espionage of the rebels whom We could
not see. but who occasionally sent d /
leaden visiting card among us,
Navarro Feared Ambush.
General Navarro would pay no atten
ton to these shots and refused to send
out scouting parties after them. fearing
they would draw his men into ambush, |
Later. when | was in the camp OF the
revolutionists. the chief asked me wha, |
kept General Navarro from pursuing the |
man that fired upon him from the hills |
around Carrotas and again near Rancho |
Colorado We were waiting for him
little further on. he said regrctfully
And what was the cause of the night
march from the camp at Buenos Ayresp
We certainly would have caught him in
chic. had he not escaped us in the night
II shrugged my shoulders and an
swered; ,"Quen sabe' (who knows, for !
jefe poltioo of Of Cosihuirachie who win had had
galloped through the dangerous canyon
in the darkness 10 warn us OF the plans
OF tne rcDelS Ion fepe nunoE certainty
saved General Navarro's column at least
from severe losses IF not from complete
annlhlation that night.
The canyon between Buenos Ayres
and Cosihulrachic Is one of the worst
passes In the region. It's almost perpen-
dcular walls shut in the road for about
fifteen miles of abrupt curves and rocky
beds and had the 500 rebels who awaited
us there attacked us at about the middle
OF the canyon, they would undoubtedly
have wiped us out. Don Pepe awakened
the general and impaired his news.
General Navarro got out and per-
sonally supervised the breaking OF camp
unnecessary noise Within an hour we
were on our way out OF the CANYON,
the bed of an arroyo. We wcro
not allowed TO speak or smoke lest tho
wary rebels should discover us
after emerging into the plains, VIC
at Rancho Munoz. Tho revol,,-
tionists missed us entirely and we did
not come upon them until three days
later when they ambushed us at Cerrcro
Prieto.
From Rancho Munoz. we marched
over the plains 10 Los Llanos on the
shores OF lagoon. There we we're re-
ccived by the proprietor who claimed to
be government Sympathizer although
later developments made Ills believe he
or one of his household went to inform
the reolutionists OF our wherea bouts
Leaving Los LlaDos the next morn
ing. We marched TO Ccrrero Prcto
where the enemy awaited us. Our three
days detour had taken lis out of the
danger zone and the hin AZ Ccrrero Prize
TO proved not to be the imprcgnable po-
sitlon the rebels considered IT, as we
drove them off after some fighting"
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