Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-05-18
TAKE THOUSAND AND
GIVE RECEIPT
Rebel Soldiers Hold Up Min.
ing Expert and After De.
handing Money, Give Note
on Their Government.

III Paso. Tex. May is.--Held up IN
his Office and forced to pay 1000
pesos, for which receipt on the In
surrccto Government was given, aud
that after night passed In duckins
the uollcts OF frisky insurr,ctos Who
shot up the town Ia celebrate its
capture H. T.. Colioran. "a mining cx-
pert tells a thrilling experience.
-Four rcbc, chiefs wao. armed 10
the teeth. strobe into the mining
company shack, oand of their
drurkcn followers, and IA consisn-
moht 81 bullion play prominent p',rt
In Mr.. Colburn's narrative of what
happened to him during 10 days at
san Dimas. IN Durango, Mexsco.
/ ~ got To- san Dmas on ii Thursday
| night" sald collbr1n yesterday,
shiftng "A cigar To the corhcr of hiT
mouth ana setting back IN h's chair
The next night the rebels took the
town, and then the fun began.
-Four abreast. the column entered
ana spread out into the houses of the
| residents II was not until nightiali
that the troops took matters into
thcir own hands. but when they did.
there until morning. From one cnd
of the town to the other the insur-
rcctos passed. dlscharginE their guns
| into the air or 1T whatever marx
| presented. At each saloon they paus-
ed aud, after partaking of such re-
froskmcnts as the place had 10 oi-
fer. tlcy drew of. and a well directed
vollcy hnishod the work of dcAtruc-
ton In the darkness an inhabithnt
would occasionally venture forth 10
plead with The leaders Of the bands
TO give hs property protection. bat
such excursions did not apparently
mcct with the appreciation OF the r"b-
els. for with shots aad curses they
drove these uniortunatcs again IN
doors.
"In the me.uing | won't 10 the COM
pany's property az II nothing unusual
had happened. 1hO town at that time
appeared 10 1e very quiet had
been at work but q short time when
four men. the leaders of the dehch-
mcnts of Madero's command that had
tanun The town. entered the Office.
Each man Was equipped With num-
her Of cartridge belts. two reNolNera
were part of cach man's equipment
land there were four Mluser rifles iu
the party Ia addition to other N'o-
rOns.
| "'rhe senior officer opened the cote
lNorsation. and he demanded that TO-
oo0 pssos.-about $1,000. paid
him at once. II took considerable
arRument TO convince him thar THIS
sum of Nancy was not ou haHl, out
| f..r
| 900 pesos, a receipt for tbs amount
was given. iu which protection was
guaranteed the company, and ia"
four mrn departed, rpphr 'ntly well
satisfied.
next day. however our men, quite
oyerconc by tae display of martial
force. kept 10 their homes and our
arguments wera Of no avail u bring
them back 10 their work. We hume
ldiately sent for The leaders of the
troops aud matters were explained.
. They acted very fairly IN the matter
ana next morning our laborers return
ed and the operation OF the mine wa
resumed
Two rifles anu number OF re-
voivers, which the mining company
Gau on their property Tor purposes
ol protection, the rebels permitted the
.ngin, nrs 10 retain. 10 show their
, friendly spirit and theft apprcc citation
OF what had been contributed 10 thelr
cause. the lnsurrscto chiefs. MI col
hun says, furnished an escort of 40
mon "a convey a. consignment OF bull
lion from the mine tu the point OF
shipment This got through in
safety.
That Americans and foreign Inter-
oyts IN general viii be treated fairly
by tn new 80, frnm"it. should II
succeed IN cs,abl,shlr Itself, COLI
bran leels certain.