El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-09
BROTHER Of
SUAREZ IS
KILLED
Rebels Loot Town of Peri
cos, in Sinaloa; Threaten
Culiacan Now.
AMERICAN SUGAR
MILL IN DANGER

Culiacan, SinalOa. Mex, April 5.-(By
/ Mail of the death Of
Col. Plno Suarez, brother Of the vice
president Of Mexico, has been re-
ceived- During the engagement be-
tween Retes and PeriCOs, yesterday
morning, beginning about o'clock, In
| which 400 rebels ambuscaded some $50
state troops, 20 rebels came on Pine
SuareZ alone, a little distance from his
command, in the confusion following
the attack He was at once riddled
with bullets and died instantly LO-
cally he did not enjoy great popu-
larity on account of the circumstances
Of his brothers election to the vice
presidency, but he was recognized as
a brave man who was doing his ut
most to stay the wave of anarchy that
is sweeping the state, and his killing
had added to the terror in Cultacan
where everybody who is not scared too
badly to go TO bed, expects to be
awakened with a hail OF rebel bullets
Rebels sack Town.
Reports say the rebels sacked the
two big stores and offices Of the big
HenneQuen plantations at PeT1cos az
ter the battle and secured large guam
titles of supplies and all the stock
they needed These plantation stores
carried large stocks Of goods, almost
as much as the biggest stores in Gull
acan. and were probably looted with
a vengeance because Don IneZ Pelro,
the head of the reigntng family IN
that section and the owner Of the big
gest plantation, was substitute gov
ernOr for some months during the ad-
ministration Of governor Redo. whom
the Maderistas depOSed and eN1leo- lie
is the leading native planter OF Slna-
lOa and a man of great prestige ana
beneyOlence. who had been treated with
consideration heretofore by the rebels
American Sugar Co. Threatened.
Generals QuinterO and vega, VINO
won the battle at Pericos, moved their
trOOps south towards the Cul1acan val
Ter afternoon"
several hundred strong at Lode YER
dugO and across the river from NaVo-
lato, planning 10 attack NaVolato 70
night or early tomorrow morning Inns
is the home Of the big American sugar
plantation and sugar mill owned Dy q
Los Angeles syndicate, whose manager
made his getaway on the southern Ia
Cific train Yesterday for NogaIeS- 1ne
ga rrfsOn consists Of about hundred
federals, who are expected TO give
good account of themselves. The reo-
els plan TO attack about a m, ,W nSH
half or more than half of the federalS
will be at the market making their
daily purchases Selling the STANDS OF
arms and ammunition, which they
need for the proposed attack on Culla-
can next week
:. p. official May Change views.
Major Hines. of the Randolph lines,
was on the Southern Pacific south
bound yesterday which passed Retes ]
after the battle and saw the 10 dead !
near the track there, and very ukely
had other experiences before reach
ing AIazatlan that viii change the Z
tenor OF his interviews, which nave /
indicated that the company I
5ad no knowledge Of revolutionary 4
activity on the west coast
lThe Southern Pacific agent at Culia- /
can took out a construction train south .
from Culiacan Thursday to repair a ]
,rfdpe the rebels had burned near /
Ouiia. and en- route picked up num-
5ers of federals from those dispersed
In the engagement at Qulla the same
-orceuent on the same train and IN 4
the afternoon reOccupied the town OF
Duf1a