Arizona republican., 1912-06-11

 OF ANARCHY
Frank Kirkland, Refugee from Sinaloa, Describes Awful Conditions - Not Likely to Be Improved Very Soon.

frank Kirkland, who has been the manager of the Realito mining com pany property near Culiacan in the state of Sinaloa for the last seven years returned to the city yesterday and he does not expect to return to Mexico.
 MT Kirkland arrived at San Pedro on the United States transport Buford on May 30 along with about 400 other refugees who had been gathered up at Culiacan, MaZatlan, Salina Cruz and other points along the west coast.
 Tn the opinion of MT. Kirkland it will be a long time before order will be restored in that part of the republic There is no government there now There are no courts, no business, no exercise of authority except by force It cannot be said that the rebels are in control for there is no control in that part of the country and the rebels against the federal government are such only in name. Brigandage pre- vails and the bands which are taking part in it, though acting nominally against Madero are really acting only for themselves.
 Whenever a Mexican felt his military spirit rising he collected together q band of half dozen or more men, called himself captain. a colonel, a general. or assumed any other title that struck his fancy and went forth conquering and to conquer.
 The cOnquests consisted of raids on herds of cattle. The hungry warriors would kill steer and finger in the Vi cinity of the blood sodden field until the last remnant was gone and then they wouh slaughter another.
 There would occasionally be col lection of bands and a town or mining camp or a ranch would be footed When a soldier wanted to leave his com mand he would do so without notifying his commanding officer He would re- turn when he felt like it or not al all.
 Mir Kirkland was victim of one of these raids A band called on him and told him that his share of the expenses of the rebellion against the oppressor of the people was $500 MT. Kirkland did not have so much money, or he told the leader so, and the latter com promised by taking MT. Kirkland's rifle and revolver and, subsequently, his horse.
 About sixty men were employed at the mine and all of them wanted to quit His Mexican millman positively refused to work any longer. MT. Kirk land pointed out that they had about 1000 meters of wood that might as well be consumed as well as a lot of zinc shavings used in cyaniding tailings. He suggested that they use that up. The millman, however, said that they would be working for nothing for the band would return as soon as the clean up was made and take it. So work was suspended indefinitely.
 Mir Kirkland was at Culiacan at the time of the execution of Pillar Quin- teros general, one of the leaders and who was trying to merge all authority in himself His jealous associates de- termineI to get rid of him. They were not only jealous of him but they sus- pected that he must have many thous- ands of dollars. the proceeds of the footing of many small towns.
 One evening the other leaders, three of them. sent word for him to meet them at a hotel He went thinking he was about to attend military confer enCt. lie IOuHd tlIC OllI'io <1N NiAAiA0A and having seated himself at d table, he was insulted by one of the leaders. He drew his revolver but he was inn mediately disarmed and was detained as a prisoner until two o'clock the fol- lowing morning while his eXecutlonerS laughed drank, ate and cordially ln- vited him to participate in the food and the merriment Then they took him to q foot bridge near town and executed him. His body lay where it fell until some time the next day.
 But he was given a grand military funeral and the foremost of his slay- CTS was in command of an escort of honor
 The government maintains semb- lance of authority at Mazatlan where the federals are in control On the morning the Buford left that port gunboat came across the bow of the vessel with 160 rebel prisoners who were being conveyed to barren island at some distance from the coast Among the prisoners was Dr. CroSsman an American who had been living in that country for sometime. He had taken part in the rebellion against Diaz. ironically opposed to any es- tablished government, Dr. Crossman had joined the movement against Ma dero.
 Regarding the voyage of the BufOrd, Mir Kirkland said that the government at Washington had learned that there were many Americans and other for eigners on the West coast who were penniless and unable to get away It
 
 Ter vessel to bring out impecunious persons. But it was realized that many who had money might impose upon the governments generosity. to the exclusion of others who were ac-