El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-02-27

brought up at $40 under guard Of 80
picked hillsmen.
1t was wheeled into line and as the
motley army entered the city and
began to drop its shells into the city.
toe, as fast as it could be loaded and
reloaded.
The water in the Acequia Madre
was shut off some time Monday night
and the bitches were to have been
used as lateral breastworks had the
attack been resisted But this was
not necessary, as the men entered the
town as easily as sightseers going TO
JusEez on a Mexico street car. Only
few scattering shots greeted them
When the volley OF rifle fire broke
the stiffness OF the morning. the cannon
wheeled into position, somebody who
knew how rammed home q charge,
there was puff OF milky smoke
against the gray Of the sky and a dis
tant rumble ran down the mountain
chain The first big shot OF the second
battle OF Juarez had been fired Fur
Their volleys continued from the rebel
outposts and the cannon was again
loaded and fired in the direction OF
the white plaster town which seemed
to hover under the protecting wing OF
the old church Of Our Sister OF Guada-
lupe.
No Resistance.
In Juarez the expected had happened
repeatedly to their men not to return
their fire. However, q scattering fire
was returned It had been prearranged
between the volunteer commanders, the
suave Mexican consul, f. c Llorente,
and the volunteer guards that no re-
Etstance would be offered in order that I
the dreaded shadow OF Intervention. /
with all its possibilities to the Mexican /
republic should not come as a sequence (
TO the firing upon foreign soil.
No sign Of fear was seen among the 1
defenders, who had laid aside their 4
daily tasks to defend the town which |
sheltered their families. Gray bearded ]
business men, men of families and sun /
burned rancheros composed the city's /
guard Of honor Many Of them had 4
gone through the battle OF JuareZ. !
Ilgnung alongside OF the federals on /
The Surrender.
In the meantime the troops in the 4
narrow draw OF the pass had melted ]
away IN half-hundred different an /
yes as II to surround the town. The /
a. a. vance guard had reached the out /
shIIt g Oh the town and was worming |
us way from house to house. the men 1
CaIIy Lng their rifles in their hands like /
framed hunters stalking deer in the /
~ y ~ 1 ANS NO rebels appeared south /
OF Juarez, but the arrows and canyons |
~ tHe souIhWest and west Of the town /
were tilled with, the armed bands and /
wIen tHe capitulation occurred they 4
PouIeo INTO the town down a dozen /
streets and filled the horoughfares /
IKE cdtlle being driven into stock
chutes for shipping.
At loI5 the Mexican consul an |
nounceq through Abram Molina. chief /
Of the Madero secre. seryice. that there /
would be no defence of the town. he /
cause OF the danger Of intervention. /
rms ms vas the beginning Of the end At /
AO--O ne FORMAL announcement Of the ]
surrender had been flashed over IN /
Paso ana the tenseness Of the nerve /
strain winch had been felt during the /
night was relieved, for the specter OF 4
Intervention was dfssinafed for ~
time at least
mere was no formal surrender. The
officials just simply let the rebels come
In and take possession In a very few