El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-09

, homes. Pie rebels sent so armed men
with US to Dublan and they surround
ed the house where we met and dectd-
ed to surrender our arms We sent
word to the cOlOnists to bring the
guns and deliver them and told them
of the decision to give them up but
everybody surrendered them reluc-
family. Some did and some did not
The rebels collected only a small part
of the guns and ammunition They
then sent the same so to ColOnis
Juarez whore the same decision was
reached We then began arranging &C
ship the women and children out We
/ felt in danger and acted on our OWL
| initiative, as we had no time to con-
suit with anyone They said that we
did not need to take the women anC
children out, but. having retired the
guarantees once, we did not feel that
their assurances amounted TO much.
Wanted Intervention.
"They then said that 1t was just as
well that the women and children go,
as the exodus of that many people out
Of the country would bring about in
terVentiOn and that was what they
wanted They continued to make
things tighter and tighter for US
They went 10 the mountain colonies
and got a few guns at Pacheco and
Garcia, but when they got to Chui-
chUpa, the people there decided not
to give Up their guns When they
got to COlOnia Juarez they added a
saddles in the colonies The people
Of ChuichUpa went out Of-toVn to the
west with their horses.
The rebels then went to CoIonis
Dublan, looted u houses with the col
Onists pleading to them 20 spare their
property. They looted the home OF
AmmOn Tenney, that Of Alexander
JamisOn and took between $50, 900 and
$4,000 from the Union Mercantile
company at COlOnia Dublan- These
troops were under the direction of De-
metric Ponce and SalaZar- During the
lOOting Of these homes, they would
point their arms at the people with the
guns cooked and they pObed their
pistols in their faces and told them to
cease their pleading for their property
or they would kill them
Robbed Aged Widow.
They went to the home OF - aged
hidden They threatened to have re-
venge on US because one OF the rebels
had been executed by Ponce for loot
ing, saying that We were RESPONSIBLE
for that We took all this into con-
sideratiOn and decided that it was best
not to remain and witness the de-
strUctiOn OF property. On August 1
We evacuated the colonies. sending
cOuriers to the mountain settlements
DO you know Of any American OF
foreign corporations that gave en-
enlargement to the revolution sen
atOr Smith asked
L AGdA0 q Lu14OL Nndl mentioned
the Standard Oh company was back
ing the MaderO revolution; that was
only a rumor,8 Mr. ROmney replied.
when the Men Left
There is just one thing l wish to
add" Mr. ROmney said, in closing his
testimony That is regarding the de-
larture of the men of the colonies.
They left for the Sierra Madres and
Is they left COIOnia Dublan the reb-
lis fired upon them and one boy was
lit with a spent ball. We then de-
allied a number of boys to fire a vol
ey or two at these pursuers- The
'ebels afterwards said that we had
gone to join BlancO and Sanjines. fed
raj leaders. at OjitOs. They said that
hey had found that we had guns and
hat they had found that we were
heir enemies because we had gone to
DIN the federals- We remained in the
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