The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1912-07-26
VICTIMS OF ATTACK ON
TRAIN WILL TOTAL OVER 30
Second Relief Train Takes Some of the
Survivors Into Mexican Capital
Horrors are Described

AAhAAS dlo DebCIlOeu
city OF MeXico, July -. The list of
dead in yesterdays murderous attack
by Hapatistas on the Mexico. Cueerua.
Naca train near Parres, ON the edge of
the Federal district, grew today when
further details became known, to a
total of eighty.four, including three of
the wounded, who succumbed during
the night in the railway hospital
4 second relief train, which reached
the capital early today, brought twenty.
three passengers who had escaped the
butchery and made their way into Tres
Marias, a few miles away. Eleven were
accounted fOi last night.
1t is estimated that the train, com.
posed OF one frst.class aud three see.
ondclass coaches, carried approximate.
~ seventyfye passengers, in addition
10 the fifty soldiers Of the escort. forty
three of whom were killed. Nine bodies
Of passengers were found near the
wreck. OF the remaining thirty.two
majority are believed to have been Kill
ed or wounded aud consumed in the
burning ears, which were fred with
oil taken from 'he tank of the locomo.
tive.
Before the attack on the train, it be.
came known today, the Zapatista horde
had routed q small garrison of Federals
at Parres. Many women Of the camp
fell into their hand, and were subjected
70 indescribable barbarities. The wife
OF the chief of the detachment was
found disemboweled aud otherwise hor.
ribly mutilated.
Capt Rosendo Nune2, in charge Of
the escort on the III .fated train, is said
to have fought heroically.
After nearly every man Of his com.
mand had been either killed or wounded
and he himself had received three bad
wounds, he continued 10 dre from
platform Of coach until "a fourth bul
leN plcfctu MS heuGN'
The Iapatistas robbed the dead aud
living and looted the express ear.
Among the first 10 fall was the 10.
year.old daughter Of Capt Nunez, who
was accompanying her father on the ia
tai trip. She was sitting near the wa.
dow and almost the first sign of trouble
which the Captain had was seeing his
little child fall TO the floor literally
riddled with bullets
1--WE had no chance, said one of the
soldiers today. " From the time that
the train stopped until the affair ended
there was a veritable rain Of bullets.
AZ least 500 rifles were in the first vol.
ley and the ear in which we were trav.
cling Was ,ne target. Most OF the bul.
let's came through the roof. The see.
Ond lieutenant, who WAS within six
feet of me- had eighteen bullets through
his body and never knew what struck
him. The First Lieutenant was also
wounded almost at the first shot.
"The Captain was travelling in the
tirst.class coach, two ears back, and
his child was lying dead before him. BY
the time that he could get through the
two ears crowded with screaming wo.
men aud children, and start 70 give or.
ders thirty of the men were down. and
when he arrived we were firing from
the ear windows. The only targets we
had were straw hats on the embank.
ments, which we found out afterwards
were left there by the enemy as de,
coys. When we went outside we were
overwhelmed and unable to fight with
our guns in the hand.to.hand encoun.
ter. We had no chance. One man can
not fight a hundred-a dubbed rifle
against machets.