Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1911-05-09
STRAY BULLETS WHISTLE
THROUGH Ell PAS0 STREETS
Bridge and Customs Houses Reported in Possession of nsur
reCos Terror Stricken Citizens Hudded in Bull Ring;
Streets of Iuarez Strewn With Dead and Wounded Several
Americans Numbered Among the Slain.

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man. His efforts to preve. en-
eral attack were successful My
after he had been bombarde, 18th
conflicting stories as to thY ual
| cause OF the conflict. Ge a
dero tonight thinks remarks attribute
, ed to Colonel Tambourel of the fed
cral garrison in Juarez, taunting the
insurrectos, incensed them. General
Madero, in a statement issued tonight,
genuinely regrets the occurrence.
The fight lasted until darkness
came and furnished many a thrilling
spectacle as well as continuous terror
for many Americans living along the
river bank. About dozen insurrec-
tos 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 repeatedly at
squad of federals cooped up in an
adobe house. The version of the afz
fair given at the Madero headquart-
ers tonight is that the federals began
the engagement. At any rate the fed
erals soon left their adobe strong
| hold and fled, pursued vigorously ty
the insurrectos At the head of the
insurrecto band was a Canadian, w.
II. Mckenzie, whose pink shirt was
plainly visible as he pressed close to
Juarez. At his first few shots two
federals toppled over Soon the fed
eYals abandoned their trenches and
the rebels fired intermittently for a
few hours without advancing. At last
about 8 o'clock in the afternoon, the
federals brought their artillery into
action, and a heavy cannonading be-
gan. The federals gauged their fire
well and not only shot sharpnel into
the insurrecto advance guard, but Tar
into the outlying forces of the insur-
recto camp near Peace Grove,
where the peace commissioners were
to have met today. The insurrectos
however, took advantage of the river
bank and using it for protection as
the federals had been ordered not to
shoot into Ell Paso. They came as
far as the Santa Fe bridge, which
joined Juarez and FL Paso, driving
the federals back into town and taxi
ing possession of the detention Gus
tom houses, carrying the fight into
Juarez, the rebels entered the town
and for hours kept up a continuous
fire there. 1nsurrecto reinforce
ments reached the bridge later in the
afternoon, but did not fire. They
withdrew at night under orders from
their chiefs. Not a few Americans
were among those who entered Juar-
eZ.
The first person killed on the
American side of the line was An
tonic Garcia, who was standing be-
side the Associated Press correspon-
dent about 200 yards from the ad-
vancing insurrectos across the river.
A woman sitting on porch several
blocks within the city received bull
let in her wrist and another in her |
abdomen.
About o'clock tonight two un-
known Americans were killed near
the Santa Fe bridge. The name of
one Is supposed to be Camp and his
home is said to be In Nebraska, while |
the other had on his person "a mem
orandum reading:
"R. H. Ferguson, Troop f, Third
cavalry San Francisco.
The names Of the other killed have
not been learned.
Glen Cheeseman of Shreveport. Ia,
Mrs. Joseph Morehead, Edmund Hea-
ton and Luis Villalobas or El Paso |
were among those wounded, but not
fatally.
There is occasional firing tonight
into Juarez but General Navarro is
in complete command
In the main insurrecto camp today |
confusion reigns. Orders were given
for a general attack but they were
countermander. II was argued by |
some of the chiefs that since small
detachment had made such progress.
1t was the duty of the remainder of
the army to reinforce them.
General Madero wavered I'm his de-
rsion but finally decided to stand by |
his promise of last night and not at
tack the city.
Flags OF truce suffered grossly dur
Ing the day, an insurrecto who bore
one being shot from his horse. Those
who were trying to persuade General
Madero to make general attack,
il Is said. reported that the federals
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