Arizona republican., 1911-03-23
MESSENGER EXECUTED
BY GENERALS ORDER
MARTIAL LAW ESTABLISHED BY
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IN
MEXICO
Juan Cabrsl Ambushes Fede~1ls, and
Kills IS Out of 30 Men
Engaged

Nogales. Mar y Especial Corr
spondence of the Republican)--Th
people of Mexico are beginning t.
feel the full rigor of martial law In
the portions of country held AMI &C
cupied bv the federal troops the civil
courts are suspended, and all au-
thority placed in the hands Il the
military court martial. which has not
hesitated, in "a number of recent
cases, To pronounce the death sen
tence on men suspected Of sympa-
thzing with the insurrectionists.
General Torres action in ordering
the execution of Enrique Esqua la. Il
prominent merchant of Bacoachi has
aroused the utmost indignant IN
throughout Mexico. and as a result
of this action many of them are
leaving the countr- for the United
States over the lines of the South
ern Pacific.
Esquada, who had no connection
with the insurrectionists, was sent
by Juan Cabral to demand the sur
render of Arizoe. which is held by
the regular troops of the MeXcan
government The project of the city
Ygnacio PesGueira, placed the mes
senger under arrest and wired Gen
Luis Torres, commandant at Her
misillo for instructions. The general
wired back to hold the town, AM
shoot the messenger. 1t has been
understood on good authority that
before obeying these extreme ORDERS
the project communicated with Al
berto Cubillas. the Governor of So
nora. in hope that the governo'
would ameliorate the severity Of
Torres sentence The governors
reply was identical to the order cf
Torres: to hold the town. and give
the prisoner over for execution. The
project obeyed the order. and imu.-
diately resigned his prefecture. leav-
ing for The northern border the saire
evening The execution of Esquaia
took place last Saturday evening
short distance out of Ures. where
the body was left without interment
on the public highway.
No other action of the reneraI gov
eminent has had such a bad effect
on the attitude Of the Mexican pco-
pie toward the Diaz Administrative
carried to the project was sealed. and
il is understood he had no knowledge
Of it's contents He had maintained
friendly attitude toward the gov
eminent. and his execution r. re-
garded as an indication of the fat.
that may be melted out to any npr-
son or persons suspected of tho
slightest sympathy with the insur-
rectiOn.
The forces Of Juan Cabral are at
present located in the vicinity II
Arizpe. and II is thought that n
will invest the city within a few
days. There can be no doubt THAI
his objective point is Hermosillo to
ward which city. the capital of Son
ora. the forces of General Blancp.
numbering 500 men. and the regi-
ment Of General Gandarillas. num-
bering 1000 men are also directed
The army OF Blanco is marching
south from the northeastern nart
of the state. and will make a parallel
line with the march Of Cabral. who
will also go south from the neigh
borhood Of ArizDe provided he takes
that place The forces Of General
Gandarillas. coming north from the
AlamOs district. combined with the
troops OF Blanco, and the force q
Cabral. which numbers in the neigh
borhood of 400 men, will make a
force OF 1000 men. an army which
will probably be commanded by Gen
eral Blanco. who was sent By Madero
to take command of the Insurrecti
forces in Sonora That General
Luis Torres. now at HermosilIo feels
uncertain OF his position. and APP
prehends the intention of the insur-