The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-02
German Storekeeper Is Just in
Time to Prevent Lynchlng
by Mexican Rebels.
INSURRECTOS NOW BANDITS
Lack of Some Drsky Napoleon Is
Preventing the Malcontents
From Succeeding.

CHIHUAHUA, Jan. IA condition OF
anarchy Is reported existing among the
insurrcctos by well known mining man
who returned here today from the Minaca
district. Foreigners express the fear
that once the insurgents find themselves
hard pressed, they will kill few Amer
leans in the hope OF bringing about an
American Intervention.
w. Burling Tucker Il Californian. who
is prominent I'm this country, went
through "A hair-raising ordeal at Minaca
recently. A squad OF alf-drunken rev.
outionists, accused him OF being a spy
and he was saved from being executed
only by the devotion of Il German store
Keeper named Junk. Four times Tucker
was stood UP 10 be shot and as many
times Junk. by the most vehement pro-
testations secured delays and finally
saved his friends life.
Junk was asked If he would stake his
own life In guaranteeing tho neutrality
of Tucker.
III VIC ever catch him doing anything
that looks like assisting the government
We will line you UP with him and shoot
you both" said insurrectos.
DO YOU agree, JUNK" was asked
Il guarantee him with my life replied
the German. and the shooting party was
postponed Indefinitely.
AT Guerrero two days ago tho former
mayor under the government regime was
'NtNu'fu at llt oTNeTS OF Tic ne" fcNp-
lutionary mayor The latter is alleged
TO have thus satisfied an old grudge.
Insurgents Turn Bandits.
The man bringing the news adds that
there were three bands OF revolutionsts,
numbering about 700 or $50 each. operat-
ing under the three principal leaders. and
that there are number Of small bands
owning to no central leadership. gall
looping about the country In independent
semi bandit fashion. In fact the three
principal bands are but loosely bound to-
gcther. he saws.
He brought word that native bands
had deserted the mines and lumber camps
In large numbers and that many Amer
disorder around them, and in ignorance
Of the progress being made by govern
ment troops. are making their way on
horseback to the Rio Grande.
I'm one big lumber camp. owned by
Americans, every one. including Amer
leans. are said To have deserted in fear
OF their lives. leaving $4,000 worth OF
supplies unguarded.
"Three cars of wounded. which arrived
here from Pedernaes last night. arc the
first 10 come In for three weeks. The
train started with forty-ono wounded. in
Guiding two officers One died on the
way in. With few exceptions. these re-
cciVcd their Injuries weeks ago, and had
been In Navarros field hospital since. the
railroad being torn up through Nal Paso
Immediately east OF Navarro's camI, at
Pedernaes.
The freshly wounded in recent skirm
ishlpg were discreditcd as handful.
Leave Wounded in Field
IN every essential particular the guard
which brought In the train confirms the
official reports.
The movement Of the reinforccmcnts
now trying TO form junction with
Navarro began last Sunday and was ac-
complished the following Tuesday At
no time did the fodcruls sight the enemy
In force
Every day they fired at long distance
AT some small detachment. but usually
without results. On Wednesday, when
the work Of clearing Nal Paso was be-
gun In earnest. d small body of insur-
rcctos contested the way for a few
hours. killing and woundlng about twen-
" of the fedcrals. Their own loss In
killed and wounded was estimated at
less than this, but the government esti-
mates the lnsurrectos' loss in killed and
wounded In the neighborhood OF forty
In any event. General JuQue occupied
tho pass. as officially reported and re-
Concluded on Page Two.