Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1912-02-01
Garrison Revolts and Locks
Commander and Chief of
Police in the City }
Jail !
PILLAGE FOLLOWS
MUTINOUS ACTION
Stores are Looted and the
Troops Say They Will
Fight it Out With the
Federals.
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Ell PASO. Jan. 31.-The garrison at
Juarez rose in revolt at $50 tonight,
and for half an hour was in possession
of the city. LoOting was promiscuous
and shooting prevailed for hours. The
! commander Of the garrison was
/ thrown into prison, the chief Of police
locked up with him while previous
I prisoners were released. As near az
can be ascertained tonight the upris-
| ing is due to a report printed i'll o
! chihuahua newspaper that arrived to-
/ day that General Pascual Orozco, one
of the leaders and the idol of the Ma
/ dero revolution. had resigned his mill
tary position in Chihuahua and the
| discharge this afternoon of a hundred
men in the Juarez garrison. Dismissal
! of the troops was taken TO confirm the
| OrozcO report. Fleeing refugees are
1 in high state Of excitement and
alarm and brought wild rumors to FL
PasO There were reports OF twenty
killed but late tonight when reporters
| searched the town they were unable
/ tC confirm these reports. Thy brought
| back word that APPARENTLY hone was
slain. II was reported that troops are
being embarked ut Chihuahua for
Juarez. Trips or -inarily take seven
hours. Upon hearing that the mutin-
GERS declared the would fight the in
vaders. Their oices rang cries Of
| Down NIaderu.' viva Zapata" The
latter was the leader gf the revolution
who fought against .Diaz while Ma
der0 was fighting in the north The
revolt at Juarez is regarded as the
most serious episode that has oc-
CURED since Madero was inaugurated.
The mutine=rs' firing drove the towns
people indoors across the Rio Gr-ande.
They then proceeded TO loot the wine
shops and within two hours few OF
/ them were sober. Captain Martinez
was chosen leader and did what he
could % subdue his inflamed follow
/ ers. but tonight there is still desult-
Ory firing and some lOOting. -. F. Da-
Wis. reporter for a Memphis paper, was
placed under arrest. His guard was
shot in the head and when another
soldier appeared Davis hit him over
the head and escaped. running down
an unlighted alley, bullets whizzinG
about him. At midnight il was report
. I'll dAt dlltlllNl NOultl bt " OlOW
| up the vaults in the custom house to
obtain the mney believed to be depOs-
tied there. The vaults of the Esanco
A1inero at that hour had resisted all
efforts to force them.
shortly after midnight an Italian
surgeon holding a commission in the
Mexican army returned from Juarez
and reported that he had counted fif-
teen dead including two Americans. a
man and IL boy about l.. The boy was
! lying in the street The surgeon said
most of the dead are near the custom
house.
| Ell PASO. Feb. 1.-At this hour
there is still much drunkenness in
Juarez and some looting The dis
barge Of firearms is less frequent.
The threatened attack on the custom
house has been delayed if not aban-
ioned. Col. Edgar z. Steever. COM
manding the Fourth cavalry. is on duty
with his troops.
FL PASO. Jan. 31.--The troops in
the garrison in Jaurez have revolted
because of report that General
Orozco has resigned The revolt has
caused widespread alarm in Juarez.
The condition is chaotic because
iof foreigners fleeing across the river
10 FL P;tso. Four troops of the Fourth
United States cavalry have come down
the river bank from Fort Bliss to
protect El Paso. a hundred former
tinsurrecto soldiers were dismissed to-
day. The outbreak began at $3.50 to-
might when 500 Maderista soldiers at
the Jaurez garrison rushed upon
Commander Colonel Estrada and
Chief of Police Colonel Gallo. and
locked both in prison. then released
all prisoners in the city Jail.
Several hundred shots were fired
in the air to terrify the residents,
then the stores of the city We're loot
ed of arms and ammunition. Select
ing Captain Martinez as leade- the
lmutineers drove all Americans across
the river. seized a Mexican Central
train about TO depart for the national
capital. and sent scouts to blow up
the railroad bridges to prevent troops
from reaching Juarez from Mexico
| City and Chihuahua. Desultory firinS
is heard in various parts of the city
tonight as the soldiers continued their
search for loot and drove out foreign
ers. The saloons didn't escape plllaee'
Street ear traffic stopped early. me
front of the Banco Minero was broken
i'm but it is said that the-soldiers
were unable to break into the vaults.
Mutineers declare they will resist the
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