The Thibodaux sentinel. (Thibodaux, La.) 1905-1912, 1911-05-13
REBELS ATTACK JUAREz
AND FIVE AMERICANS KILLED ON
TEXAS SIDE.
MADERO SAD AND DOWNCAS1
Rebels Lust for Blood Renders Them
lnsubordinate-They Retreat
After Dark.

the ranks OF General Maderos arm,
and lust for the fight of which fedora
concessions apparently had deprived
/ them, caused a fierce attack OIL
.Juarez, which eliminated in a careful
/ retreat of4the insslrrectos after da,
OF acpntin uous slEirmishing S.
About $50 rebels, who early Mon
day opened fire on the .federals, no
only captured some of the importan
outposts, but carried the fighting into
Juarez. Failing to get reinforcements
| they retired
Five Killed in El Paso.
The casualties of the insurrectos
| and federals are not known, but five
persons on the American side of the
line were killed and at least twelve
wounded. Thousands of persons in
Ell Paso dotted rooftopsa or lined the
river banks in direct line with the
fire. Colonel Steeyer of the Fourth
United States Cavalry protested to
both armies against the fire into
American territory and it lessened
considerably thereafter.
Nearly 1000 American troops were
massed on the border, keeping back
civilians, ready to respond to any or
ders from Washington.
General Francisco I. Madero is 4
sad and downhearted man. His eff
forts to prevent a general attack were
successful, but only after he had been
bonn mbarded with conflicting stories a.;
to the actual cause of the conflict.
General Madero thinks that re-
marks attributed to General Tam
berouel OF the federal garrison in
JuareZ, taunting the insurrectos, in
censed them, and in a statement he
genuinely regrets the occurrence.
Lasted Till NightfaI.
The fight lasted until dark and fur
nished many a thrilling spectacle, as
well as continuous terror for many
Americans living along the river bank.
About a dozen insurrectos were
seen to emerge from the barren hills
around Juarez early in the day. They
skulked along through the shrubbery
toward the federal outposts, firing re-
peatedly at squad of federals cooped
up in an adobe house.
The version of the affair given at
the Madero headquarters is that the
federals began the engagement.
At any rate, the federals soon left
their adobe stronghold and fled, pur-
sued by the insurrectos. At the head
of the insurrecto band was Ca
madam, w. III. Mckenzie, whose pink
shirt was plainly visible as he pressed
closely to Juarez.
Artillery in Action.
At the first few shots two federals
toppled over. Soon the federals aban-
doned their trenches and the rebels
fired intermittently for a few hours
without advancing. At last, about S
o'clock in the afternoon, the federals
brought their artillery into action and
heavy cannonading began.
The federals gauged their fire well
and shot shrapnel into the insurrecto
camp near Peace Grace" where she
peace commissioners were to have
met. The insurrectos, however, took
of the river bank and used
it for protection, as the federals had
been ordered not to shoot into Ell
Paso. They came as far as the Atchi
son, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad
bridge, which joins Juarez and Ell
Paso, driving the federals back into
town and taking possession of the cas-
tom houses.
Rebels Enter Juarez.
Carrying the fight into Juarez, the
rebels entered the town and for four
hours kept up a continuous fire. In
surrecto reinforcements reached the
bridge later in the afternoon, but did
not fire. They withdrew at night I'M
der orders from their chiefs.
Not few Americans were among
those who entered Juarez. The first
person killed on the American side of
the line was Antonio Garcia, who was
standing by the side of the Associated
Press correspondent about 200 yards
rom the advancing insurrectos across
the river. A woman sitting on a
porch received a bullet in her abb
lomen Two unidentified Americans
we're killed near the Santa Fe sta
lion. The name of one was supposed
% be Camp and his home is said to be
N Nebraska, while the other had on
his person a memorandum reading:
CISCO"