El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-21
GUUACAN ENDUREs THIRTEEN DIS
OF HORROR At HANDS OF LIO1ERS
Graves For Citizens Filled With Men Who Leo with
Boots On-OId Well Stacked Full Of DeadAnd fthe
Stencil Attracts Buzzards- Only One Of ninety
Looters Left to Tell the Story After the
Federals Got Through With Then.


going in for anything but loot ana
murder Learning OF this, Antuna got
away In time 10 save his precious niue
and on May he was uerrlly jogging
along the fOothfII trail near the Sim
alOa-Durango trail, at Esplnal. WheB
an avenging nemesis IN the shape OF
Col Pereyra and his I'D rural corps
from the vicinity Of lahualllo' Dufan-
after a bOOtless seaufh or 20 days IN /
the mountainous cCuntry between 1e-
pehUanes and the Sl4aloa line: rms IS I
the same corps q ruraleS IN "hICH
Antuna served sonf time after the trI- /
Umph OF the Mad lsta revolution, AZ
taryS-s rds desertin Ito start the second |
rsvoIrtfon becausH the rigid discipline |
Of col Perevrs id not fit his free J
handed l0otine Il 4dencies. Col Percy !
"a has made a bod fighting machine 4
ONT Of his lftt4 command of about I
POS men. approl. mating the spirit and I
discipline of III old Diaz rUrales, and !
they went aftA Antuna with a good /
appetite Antu Ia had come out OF Gu /
Ifacan with hfH lOOters maudlin drunk, |
himself ridineh in q carriage full of
prostitutes. a far as wheels could
travel before he tackled the hardShips
of the trail horse. and not much Of
a fight was made by his Williams. who
soon began TO run in every direction.
o. One OF 900 Left.
AntunaIthOrse was shot under him,
ana he s IN got a white mule whose
rider ba. /bit the dust, and started to
me rea /lickitysplit. This mule was
shot l1r sr him and he was winged. but
picked Fimself up after the tumble and
zeaIOufy proceeded on his way with
one Ithe follower, all that was left OF
the brave band of 800 hooters he had
led into CUliacan- When the last of
the loOters got out Of range. over 40
dead were counted on the scene OF the
principal part of the action and a
number of wounded were hung TO the
nearest trees. five in one place. with an
injunction to the neighbOrs hard by to
he sure they were allowed to hang full
four days before they were cut down,
10 give them proper time for curing
and there is no doubt but that they
enjoyed the specified time of exposure.
Antuna's second IN command. who had
also served inathe -22d rurale corps,
was recognized by his old comrades
and he got his, and decorated a thOrny
tree just round sharp turn in the
trail where MS rafting bones will be
a warning to passers until his spook
takes up its vigil for the benefit Of
pOsterity. There IS much lamen1atiOn
that Antunas terrible record was not
brought 10 1ul stop under a swing
ing limb, as all his loot was captured
and returned to Culiacan. and he will
doubtless have 20 resume lOOIing I'm or
der TO realize his ambition to retire to
quiet little store in the mountains
Just how he was going to figure
costs on his lllgOtten merchandise has
not been explained 1t was the result
of many days Of careful selection in
the best stocks IN Culiacan carefully
picked for quality and colors. and IL is
/ certain the hardy mOuntaineers were
= deprived Of some exceptional bargains
Dy the timely appearance of Col Pc
reyra g command. In addition TO the so
pack mules, nearly all the mounts OF
the band that was with Antuna were
captured. with many guns cartridge
BELTS blankets. and whatever light
Loot they carried. and IL was a motley
Z al aeerrnH
INTO Cuhacan to return TO its owners,
more than $50 animals in the list.
Took Three Trails.
J Antuna looters had taken three diff
] Ierent trails for the Sierra. and Col.
Z Pereyra learned this from some wound .
{ ed prisoner before he was strung m
| ana cut across the hills TO intercept
I the other bands One was encountered
I AT Santanitas, and the same operation
: aS IN the case of the first band was re-
I peated, a considerable number OF dead
] being counted. but the ruraIes were
| too busy in the chase to count them
4 all and the hanging party finished the
/ event Another band was heard of to-
. wards Vichi on the san Lorenzo river
] ana hard forced march was made 10
I intercept II, with equally satisfactory
I results, and the numbers Of reering
/ lOoters are swinging in the gentle
/ breezes that fan those picturesque
I Mills, ana little piles of stones are
I growing by little crosses that pious
] nelgnDors stuck in the ground to mark
4 where some gallant lOoJer paid his last
4 debt 10 nature, and in later years the
I travel over these trails will be enIfv-
{ ened with wonderful tales Of adven-
! tuTe by garrulOus mozOs. some of whom
/ perhaps were lucky enough TO escape
the common fate OF the lOOter in that
/ glorious campaign
Again in Hands Government.
I Inese events occupied most OF the
! tnlrd, fourth and fifth Of May. and
/ ABOUT 10 O'Clock sunday night. the fifth,
I Col, Pereyra's little column. which had
Z lost only three dead and six wounded.
] saunuered into Culiacan. stfu looking
for trouble. still ignorant OF the real
] situation. that all the hooters had
abandoned the city some davs before.
and the people were PRAYING. in fear
and trembling. for some power to
come and save them from another Wis
I ltauon OF the ruthless lOOters. alias
I rebels DARKNESS covered the CITY and
/ a hush of dread spread before the
tramplng ponies, and not until the next
morning did many of the inhabitants
I learn InaI Cullacan was again in the
hands or the Mexican government Col
( Pereyra had found the big haII thar
/ served as aneX to the RosaIes college
the state institution that was the pride
/ Of the Canedo regime. and dumped his
loot In Its spacious rooms and his men
rested their travel-wearv homes on its
! cement floors and two of the biggest
rooms were so fun Of prisoners OF war
I IndL NOT al OF them could find room
] TO lie down at the same time These
; were rounded up in the last skfrmfshes
/ some % or more, and brought in alive.
! after sufficient number of tree deco
] ratlons had been left in the vicinity to
! put the fear OF God into whoever
/ passes, the humanitarian colonel lesv-
/ ing this ragged band of exbootblacks
/ and street urchlns of Culiacan. and
! some OF the old Escuela Industrial band
! boys VINO have discOursed sweet music
I on the Culiacan plazas for years. to
/ the ediGlcauon of all concerned. who
Z had turned looters on the spur OF the
I moment, when government died in
I Sinaloa, 10 think they would face a fir
; ing squad before some brick wall in
the city OF their former arrogant loot
/ ing. When his little joke was to shove
/ them into the federal army. where ma
terial for stopping bullets is getting
] scarce
One Joker In the Huneh.
In this bunch of prisoners OF war
I the joker was Henry Long. the original
/ black man, cotton picker from Merid-
ian, Miss, who wound up six years
/ rOughinS 1t on the west coast as a
/ brave Zapatista- and in the merry DAYS
of the loOting Of CuIiacan his Amerf-
can citizenship was not thing to
boast Of In fact. Henry renfgged on