Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-02-27
JUAREz TAKEN
BY REBELS
Met With Feeble Resistance
and Capture Machine
Guns With Ease
BEGINNING or MADERO'S END
Few Hundred Defenders Fired
Only One Volley end
Then Scattered.

Only One Volley end
Then Scattered.
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I'll Paso, Texas, Feb. 27.-Juarez is
in possession Of Vasqulsia reDels. Fir
ing but one or two volleys and meet
ing no resistance. except few scat
tering shots in reply to their first
volley, the rebels this morning march
ed into the town, captured the ma
chine guns that had been purchased
to repel them, took charge of the mu-
nicipal Offices, the custom house, the
barracks, the Jail and other public
The rebels made the assault at 10
o clock sharp, entering the outskirts
of the city at this hour from the
and firing as they entered,
using rifles and one cannon. The few
hundred men in Juarez as defenders
fired few shots from various points
o. vantage and then were ordered by
their officers to cease.
Mexican consul E. c. Llorente, Of
f! Paso afterwards declared that the
officers decided not to make resist
ance, to avoid complications with the
United States.
United States troops were guarding
the border at the time the attack was
made, apparently ready to enter
Juarez if Ell Paso should be endanger-
ed.
Only One Man Wounded.
AS the rebels marched into Juarez,
they found all houses closed. but no
resistance. Only one man, Captain
Romero, Of the defenders, was wound
ed accidentally.
All night the rebels spent in camp
outside of Juarez, after moving
around from the south to the north
west. They attacked from the north
west, partially using the banks OF
an irrigation ditch for protection.
The fire of the defenders and assail-
ants was directed so that no bullets
fell on American sell.
The rebels advanced in considera-
bic order and appeared to be under
perfect control of their officers.
Emilio Campo was in command of
the attacking party The rebels de-
clare that they will maintain order
and arrangements are being made to
restore communication between Ell
Paso and Juarez, if the United States
troops will permit.
NO looting accompanied the taking
OF the city
Thirteen Rebels Killed.
GuadalaJara, Mex. Feb. 27.-Thir-
teen rebels were killed and many 9TH
ers wounded in a battle with the state
troops fought at Tonaya, near San
Gabriel, in the southern part of the
state of Jalisco today, according to
information received here. The loss
of the federal troops in the fighting
consisted of a lieutenant killed and
three policemen wounded
The rebels were led by Francisco
del Tcro, who succeeded in escaping
with fifty Of his own men.
Five American Citizens Driven Away.
Samuel E. McGill, United States
consul here, has been notified that
five American citizens interested in
the San Miguel Mining Company. an
indianapolis concern, have been driv-
en- from the property near Ehutla No
details as to the occurrence have
reached here. The party was on a
tour Of inspection.
TopoIobampo Wants Warship.
Washington, D. c., Feb. 27.-Sena-
tor Lea of Tennessee, was appealed
to today by a former constituent,
Charles Hudson, now located at Mo-
chis, Mexico, for a warship TO be sent
to Topolobampo bay to protect Ameri-
cans located there. In a letter he
wrote: I'VE are in dire need of a
warship at Topolobampo Bay. 1t has
good harbor, is only twelve miles
| away from here, and is needed at
once. This new uprising has no sub
stantial foundation nor responsible
! leaders, as the other one had, but is
based on desire for pillage mainly.
| We have at Mochis the largest colony
! of american citizens on the west coast
! of Mexico and it begins to look as
tt ough we would have trouble" Hud-
| son also wrote that the Mexican gov
ernment was too weak to cope with
the situation.
General Hutchings to the Front.
Austin, Texas, Feb. 27--Adjutant
General Hutchings will leave San An
tonic tonight for El Paso where he
will assume charge of the state troops
stationed there. General HutchingS
| left Austin today for San Antonio,
where he was in conference with Gen
elaI Duncan, commanding the federal
/ troops.
Peace in Three Months.
Washington, D. c., Feb. 27.-MeXi-
can Ambassador Martinez today ex-
pressed the opinion that the present
| disturbances in Mexico would not
lead to real revolution because
a majority of public opinion was op-
posed to it, He said the various To-
cal disturbances would be put down
in two or three months at the longest.
People Have Had Enough Turmoil.
THE people of Mexico he added
"have had enough of revolution and
the majority of them are in favor OF
peace and quiet so that they may &C