Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1912-01-04

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After every struggle resulting ia
change OF government there are score
10 be paid or by those who have re
volted. AS reyolutionists, instead 0
being favored by the law they hay,
been hampered by It. Having estab
lished themselves in power, the othe
edge Of the sword Is brought into play
and cuts In the opposite direction. In
stead Of being used to imprison or exc
cute reyOlutionlsts 1t IS used to execute
the advocates Of the government over
thrown.
When the recent revolution In Mex
leo became the de facto government the
revolutionlsts stood ready to use the
law 10 punish those who had used II
TO punish them. During that period
when President Diaz held his own In
the city of Mexico a young lawyer;
Alfonzo Fernandez, a sympathlzer
with the insurgents, left the city to
join the forces of Madero. During the
fighting he was captured by the gov.
eminent troops, and, being a man Of
influence, every effort was made to in
duce him to return TO the support of
/ President Diaz. He was turned over
/ to one Jose Sierra, man deeply inter-
ested in putting down the rebellion,
with orders to persuade, force or buy
him to the government support.
Sierra took the captive to his hacien-
da, put him on his parole not to leave
1t and treated him like a guest instead
of prisoner, The jailer host was an
adept at winning over an enemy and
used every art of persuasion that sug-
gested itself to him.
Concia, Slerras daughter, a girl of
twenty, possessed one Of those oval
faces Of dusky shade, large liquid
eyes and especially the long lashes Of
the Spanlard. Her father noticed soon
after Fernandez's arrival that he was
attracted by his daughter and she was
attracted by Fernandez. 1t occurred
to Sierra that Fernandezs conversion
might be accomplished more readily
by means of the girl than by his own
arguments or threats. He gave the |
young people every opportunity to be
together and when he saw that the |
pear was ripe undertook to pluck It,
He offered Fernandez prominent |
position under the government, which,
Of course, would be tantamount to Sc
curing his adherence Fernandez de-
cllned the offer. Then Sierra inform
ed his prisoner that he would be tried
for treason, which meant that he would
be found anilty and executed. In love
made the threat, the temptation to
Yield and desert the cause I'm which he
had embarked was well nigh resistless.
Fernandez seemed to have every
hing to gain by giving his adher-
ance to the established government
President Diaz then appeared to be
lrmly fixed IN the presidency, and il I
would be difficult to unseat him. BY
fielding Fernandez would acquire a |
position OF prominence that might be {
That position he might l
make more enduring and more promi- ]
tent by throwing his influence on the ]
ide of the man who had done much
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by the fact that on one side
TODD death, on the other love. But o
ionor forbade.
Fernandez now considered the parole Y
e had given void and began to take Y
TO escape if possible Concia e
REQUIRED for him woman's dress and h
rove him Ia her volante past guards
Tho had orders to be watchful and ON n
o account permit his escape Had ii st
OF been that she accompanied him he h
'ould not have succeeded in deceiving Il
lem. As IL was, he made good his ST
'cape and returned to Mexico City. st
Not even Sierra knew how Fernan-
Y got beyond his clutches Concia oN
spt her secret. and directly after the :
cape changes occurred that rendered al
e episode a thing of the past and 81
on to be forgotten. Il
After Diaz's departure and the APP I'll
of provisional president Of w
e republic the work of retaliation uU
Jose Sierra, who had been III
ptured by the revolutionists. was yo
ought to the capital To accuse n ~
IN OF treason against a government
ut was not established when the act y.
Is committed would not come with
od grace from the government that :"
d been In rebellion. Those whom ~ ~,
era had made TO suffer brought -
N 10 trial for having murdered -,
IN whom he had shot during the ~,
uggle tar
md so It was that the law which n,o
q before enabled Sierra to punish m,
W afforded the same machinery for On,
him. AS to his having or the
ed shot the man he was accused Of for
there was no denying the Tn
T. That he had done the deed lie, aw
ly did not concern the jurymen who ticl
re on the other side The trial c
refore, was merely a judicial re han
ICE, and verdict Of guilty was rem fat
ed accordingly. at
he jury. the lawyers, the spectators, had
? nothing but the hare facts NJ the nov