Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-05-02
Rebels Sent Train Back.

The Wrecklng train Whlch mao DeoQ oeht
to alear the wreck at the scene OF the
murder OF Dr. OLSEN Setter late Saturday
returned yesterday with the news that
the rebel chieftain had stopped work on
the track and ordered the train to come
back TO the City of Mexico He told the
railway officials il would require 5000 sol
diers to clear the track. The wreck is
twenty-eight kilometers this side Cuerna-
vaca, only ninety-two kiloneters from the
city.
4 wierd story is told of the attack on
the train. Al dusk on Saturday just at
the crest of the mountain pass the engine
driver. Hardy. an American. on the train
coming out Of Cuernavaca sighted bon
fire in the middle of the track and band
of mounted men by the track. Hardys
wife was on the train. He opened tii-.
throttle and went full speed into the
flames with the rebels shooting into the
cab A rail had been torn up and the
engine topDled over the embankment.
Jumping right and left the engine driver
and fireman escaped. while rebels swarm
ed down the track. They rlddled the
Pullman. where DR.. Olssen-Sefer ana
several other foreign passengers were
Several Passengers Shot.
The doctor was shot in the face. a
negro porter was shot in the arm. a
newsboy slightly wounded. One Mexi-
can passenger was killed. The passene-
ers were ordered out. lined up on the
track, stripped of all their valuables and
told TO .'vamoose" for Cuernaraca The
rebels were shooting wildly and one,
seeing that DIR. Olsen vas wounded In
the face shot at him again as he stag
gered UP the track. This time the doc
tor was shot through the back Of the
neck and pitched forward dead on the
e,nbankment. This much of tho story
comes from Mexican trainman, who
hid in a culyert from dusk until mid
night Meantime the tWenty-eiglTt help
less passengers picked up the dead man.
and With the permission OF the rebels
tied the body a burro and walked
eleven kilometers up the steep grade to
the crest of the mountain divide.
There at :; o'clock in the morning
they found three empty box cars Into
these they put the dead and wounded
and climbed in. loosened the brakes
and by gravity rode down to Cuerna-
vaca All night long on their ride
down the mountain they passed bands
Of rebels, who teered and called TO
them as they passed II was after
dawn when they reached Cuernavaca-
Will Have Full Powers.
FL PASO. Texas, May 2-'If Judge
Carabajal does not bring with him full
credentials from President Diaz 1t will
be due to an oversight. and We Will get
them by telegraph WltnOut OeidN
This statement was made today by one
of the Ro-betweens here in connection
with the peace negotiations and has ref
erence to q foreboding that formal nego
tiations might be further delayed by the
absence Of documentary authority OF
Judge CarabaJal to act.
The tardiness of Judge Carabajal in
reaching this city, II is explained, was
due to a misunderstanding as to the place
of meeting. Juarez had not been definite
lv agreed on when Carajabal reached
Saltilio and accordingly he was ordered
to wait there until the matter was clear
ed up.
Expected to Arrive Tonight.
Saturday night he was told to proceed
to Iusrez but the telegram arrived too
late for him to catch the only train
leaving for Laredo that day. He was
therefore unable to resume his journey
mill YESTERDAY. 1t is hoped he Will arrive
here tonight.
sALIILLO. Mex, May 2.-CoL Miguel
.humada acting governor OF Chihuahua
ar,iyed here last night, and joining Fran
cisco J. Carbajal, Mexican peace commits
sioner. both later proceeded for Laredo.
n is believed that Ahumada has been
named by the federal government as q
memher Of the peace commission.
friend OF the governor Is authority for
the statement that Rafael Hernandez
appotnted one of the peace commission.
GI-ADALAJARA. Mexico. May tv!a El
Paso Tex MAY 2.-Eighteen arrests
q conspiracy to capture the toTn for