The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-29
MOB LYNCHES SIX
 REBEL GENERALS Leading Lights in Ecuador Revolution Snuffed Out DRASTIC MEASURES
Gen. Pedro M0nter0 Killed After Be- ing Sentenced to 16 Years Inn prisonment-Est Death
 Precipitated Revolution

Guayaquil Euuador. January 2S.-An in- furiated mob today broke into the Quito penitentiary in spite of double guard and lynched Gen. Elroy Alfaro. Fiario Alfaro. Ulppiano Paez, Medardo, Alfaro and Manuel sefrano. all prominent revo- utonists.
 With the putting to death of Gen Elroy Alfaro, ex-president of Equador his brother Gen. Flavio Alfaro, ex-minIster of war and commander-in-c of the military forces. Gen. Medardo Alfaro, who is believed to have been brother of tho two other Afaros, and Generals Paez and Manuel Serrano, the leading lights in Equadors latest revolution have been snuffed out. This revolution, although it had been long time brewing, began in reality a few days after the sudden death on December %, last of President Emilio Estrada
 Use Drastic Measures
 The first of the drastic measures taken by those who opposed the revolution was carried into effect last Thursday at Guay,- qul, when Gen. Pedro Montero who was proclaimed president by the troops after the death of Estrada. was shot and be- headed by a mob which later burned his body The shooting of Montero took place in the court room where the general had just been tried by courtmartial and sen tenced to Is years imprisonment for his connection with the revolt The people evidently angered at what they considered a too light sentence rushed into the court ,.sa with bullets dragged it into the open. Then they decapitated it. built bonfire and threw into the flames the torso aud the head of the man who was once popular hero in Equador.
 Elrov Alfaro and Generals Paez and Montero were captured January z at Guayaquil when government troops under Gen Leonidas Plaza forced the revolution ists who held Guayaquil to capituiatc. Flavio Alfaro had been wounded In bat tie a few days before the fall of Guaya- ouil Medardo Alfaro was captured Janu- ary 25 as he arrived at Guayaauil on board a steamer with a body of rebel troops
 AlfarO Former President
 Elroy Alfaro was proclaimed presi- dent of Eucador by the populace m January 1906. after he had defeated
 
 October of the same year was elected provisional president by the national convention and held the office until 1911. In that year General Estrada ran for the office with Flavio Alfaro as an opponent and was elected by majority of over 100000 votes Flayio Alfaro then started revolution and in 1t lie was aided by President Alfaro.
 The charge that Elroy was trying to set up a dictatorship in Eucador was made and from the first the efforts to take away the presidency from Estrada met with reverses. Estrada's $ forces frequently were victorious, and with public opiIsion against the revolt AL faro resigned in August and later he and Flavio departed for Panama. Estrada was then inducted into office and remained chief executiye until his death last December.
 The Alfaros and their followers had not been idle during Estrada's tenure of office and there frequently came reports of their intention to start a revolution in ISucador. When Estrada died General Montero, a trusted lieu tenant of the Alfaros. had himself pro- claimed president by the radicals and the troops in Guayaquil.
 MonterO Commands Troops
 Montero at the time was commander in chief of the military in the Guayaquil disrtict He formed provisional min istry and the new government signed an act to ignore the constitutional ad- minis ration. It was agreed that Mon- tero was to hold the presidency until the return of Flavio Alfaro from Pan- anna and then turn over the reins of government to him. Flavio departed for Guayaquil almost immediately and was followed shortly by Elroy Alfaro. General Leonidas Plaza was the favored candidate for the presidency of the Quito government.
 Severe fighting followed the outbreak of the new revolt and the United States government sent the gunboat York town to Ecuadorian waters to protect AAmcrican interests. The fighting con.