El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-20

Nazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico, Nay 15-
CBv MaiD-Details OF the fighting at
Escuinapa are leaking through. This
is little town about two days on a
mule down the southern Pacific rail-
road track. toward Topic, the last town
Of anv size before crossing Las Canas
river into Topic. 1t Is the boast o.
the town. which lives OF scant farm
ing zone. a little stock raising and
season of fishing. shrimping and oys-
tering. much dried shrimp Delns eN
Dor+ad TO san Francisco Tor CnllleSo
consumption, that its people nave ne -
surrendered. although II was D-Ll l1
three times by the bandits OF L-'L 80
- rs1-o77g niger Of Alica. IN com
bfnafion with the French durH'S me
7Ts-frn5Ifan regime. Its people q Vas
fought to the death ana ll-cs '--
their Fighting traditions
seven Repel seventy N
On the morning Of the Srd, ABOUT ~
rebels we're seen approaching lile ~ - :
The leader of the local guard Nei ii.t,Is
- meet them with all his aNalldDLS
force-at that hour seven me- -
took an advantageous postum 80
o-eDa5 fire when the rebels got IN easy
OgS--oo Tf-ee rebels were killed ana
to captuared. with two horses, ~ -
-re7 FIse which in rude lettering nau
viva OTozco,' Viva Aap9Ies ms
Vas0uez Come on Its ioius-
other rebels ran as usual 90, Ill,
n the afternoon about sou repels
eDn~oa ched. and the local force, l ~"
augmented by the flgn lIIl ne ~ IN
hood 10 total of 10 cavalry ana - m
4s1+-v the latter led by a colo oIln6
DeddIer and his two BOYS OF ~ alL4
years known as 'Gacho, went o-t -
meet them, after shooting Ine 1 ~
-abeis captured in the morning. Iue
f5pbrina was at close range ana Dot-
55.- 7Sead dynamite bombs, IN ms
throwing OF which the little LAOS 1ounu
qua T4vventy-tvvo Rebels Killed.
cacho killed one rebel with ms
dagger and this rebels carolne ana per
or cartridges was valuable adolIlQi
- ~ deFenders' equipment The reo-
els ran after two and one nam MUS
Of fighting in which the f-scul!iela go
finEent fired its last carJrluse d-g
-Le1 escorted to machete, dagger anu
ffe5, HARMON work with grim deter IL
frariou twenty-five dead repels le-
on the field and some woundeo Ie2eLs
were dragged off by their CON 80.
Escufnapa had two Wounceu out ~
5ead When night fell, the repels cIept
{n stealthily under cover OF ddI 5-ilg79,
divided into three Columns. eL ms
from as many directions me oe-ellu-
ers' guns we're no longer any U.s. =
fighting tools. for lack OF carJrlcs-es'
40 +nev hid them and adopted the I'M
-7Ian7ents Of husbaudry-aNes, macneles'
dagEers and fish harpoons me IeDSIs
scattered into small lOOtng parlles
and. the defenders, hiding their moLIeS
vresDons under their blankets ll4Aeu
among them and worked lheI "a- -
- 1sr+ nouse that was being looted
on one side OF town, where they Desdn
70 law about them and in few SECONDS
the rebels were all dead or Wouhueu'
Slaughter Of Rebels.
Tn zhostIy silence this operation was
repeated at other houses until some -
rebels tWere put out or commission ellu
the good work was stlI gong on WHeH
about midnight the rebel outposts gave
the alarm Of an approaching enemy
This turned out to be the nllllary col
urnn OF Cen Oleda, Wnlch arrived ~
forced marches after routing the rebels
al Rosario the same day and the rcd
erals entering from different dlrec-
lions spread panic among the loollng
1,or6as and only a few random TOueyS
--sro fired before the scramble for
"a ferv began. About 20 dead rebels
were counted in the morning. lou req
els mounts were captured and i've prls-
oners The federals reported only one
wounded of their force and no dead
Many arms OF many kinds We're cap
tured and q gOOdly quantity OF amInu-
milton. Other rebel dead are I zg - lsu
in the surrounding brush. wounded who
dragged themselves off 10 die IN SOIL
Corpses Are Burned.
All the cOrpses that were gathered up I
were wet with petroleum and burned I
on the sth. Some federal deserters were !
recognized among the dead me peo-
Me of the village took the federals I
INTO their homes and prepared them I
such food as their limited larders az /
cen Ojeda gave the people permits /
sion to keep the arms they had cap /
tured from the rebels and promlsed 70 ]
send them more arms and AMIN UNI ll'4' /
from Mazatlan-
He said he wished he had 200 men 4
Ike those of Escuinapa to fill the do
pleted ranks Of his battalion
on The r7ornfne of the 5th- Gen.
Oieda's battalion withdrew TO Rosario,
and an Of Escuinapa that could af-
ford TO ride went along in 30 carts and
ca rriages and the others on horses Oh
afoot. TO leave their town so vacant
there would be nothing for the rebels
TO live on until the people could go
back with a garrison 10 defend them.
The next dav Cen Ojeda sent back a
force Of about 100, including Cache
and his doughty boys. 10 beat the brush
around Escuinapa and chase the rem
nants OF the rebel band into the nils.