Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-02-02
AMERICANS JAILED
IN JUAREz SALOONS
BY REBEL MEXICAN5
Looting Continues in Dazed
City After Night of DebauCh
Following Revolt of 800 Sol
dierS of Madero
Bx Associated Preas.l

CBy Associated Press.)
Ell PASO. Tex, Feb. 1.-At $50
o'clock this morning semblance Of or
der began to replace rioting which came
on the heels of the Juarez garrison's re-
volt last night.
Guards were stationed to stop Iooting.i
particularly Of saloons. and drink IN
famed malcontents were placed under re-
straint so far as possible.
Col. Edgar e. Steever, with two troops
Of the Fourth cavalry, patrolled the
American side of the Rio Grande and
declined to permit Americans to cross1
to the Mexican banks
EIGHT REPORTED DEAD.
Eight persons were killed and nina
wounded in Juarez during the night. ac-
cording TO careful count this morning.
One of the dead was Irapriona Torres.
an insurrecto. The others have nos
been identified.
The mutineers burned all the papers
in the jail and the court adjoining, after
freeing the prisoners. Colonel Estrada.
commandant of the troops at the Tina
Of the mutiny, and Colonel Gallo, CHIEF
Of police. who were imprisoned lass
night. are now at liberty.
police, is now locked in the military bar
racks, charged with having killed Tor
res.
Among the prisoners liberated when
the jail was broken open was George
Monroe, just extradited from FL Paso
on the charge OF having murdered jess
Burtchell at the Juarez race track q
year ago.
AS all Americans are refused admits
manager, formally announced that tina
races would be postponed until tenor
row, the same set of entries to hold for
Fridays races.
Fifteen persons, including four Aineri-
cans, three men and a woman ARA Inn
prisoned in the Casino saloon and hava
been without food since yesterday after
DON, according to a telephone message
from one of the Americans. The in
formation added looting continues.
The refugees are afraid to venture
onto the streets but are not believed to
be In great danger.
An unconfirmed telephone report from
the manager of the Bull Ring In Juarez
states that General Orozco is in COM
huahua and is expected to arrive. ID
Juarez any minute. This Information
is said to have been received by the
Juarez police.
STORES ARE LOOTED.
Daylight found Juarez. Mex. dazsd.
nom the reffscts q 4 night Of debauch
following the revolt last night Of 800
former followers of President Madero,
Of Mexico. Desultory firing practically
had ceased, but intoxicated malcontents
continued to stagger about the streets
looting saloons, stores and private res
licences. UnoOnfirmed reports placed
the casualties among Americans at two
dead and three wounded.
Troops c, and D. OF the Fourth
United States cavalry, under command
of Col E. 2. Steever, guarded the inter-
national bridges across the Rio Grande
throughout the night. troop A and a
machine gun platoon having returned to
Fort Bliss shortly before midnight
Americans we're prevented from cross
ing to Mexican soil and neutrality laws
were strictly enforced.
Capt. Salvador Corranza, who seemed
to be in command Of a part or the dis
contented garrison, when asked II his
men had transferred their allegiance to
Emiliano Zapata said he did not know.
He added that he did not believe Gen.
PascuaI Orozco would attempt 70 sub
due them and declared they would de-
fend the town If attacked.
OROZCO Is WANTED
I'VE want Orozco for governor OF
Chihuahua" he said. We admire
Abraham Gonzales, former g0veruors
and now in Madero's cabinet but we be-
lieve he will stay In Mexico City and
we want Orozco to succeed him"
The revolutionists continued in pos
session Of the custom house. but no at
tempt was made to carry out the threat
made last night to dynamite the vauls
and secure the government funds.
A full report Of the outbreak viii be
forwarded to the state department. az
washington today by American Consul
7. ]. Edwards at Juarez-
All telegraph wires were cut as soon
as the rioting started last night ana
efforts to confirm the report that 500
LOYAL Maderistas had left Chihuahua
for Juarez 70 queIl the rioting were un-
availing.
A report reached Fl Paso early today
that the insurrectos had broken into
the Banco Minero, but IL was not be-
lieved the vault had been dynamited
as threatened last night.