Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-04-14
MADERO IN TROUBLE
Treatment of British Subject
by Bandits the Cause.
TORTURE OF MRS. c. A. AULD
Soles Of Her Feet Beaten to Make
Her Give Up Jewels.
NEUTRALITY LAWS VIOLATED
Two Men Sentenced, Others to Be
1ndicted-Orozco Incident Re-
garded as Significant.

MEXICO CITY. April 13.-Mexican BAN
dts who beat Mrs. c.. A. Aud. a British
SUBJECT. on the soles of her feet in order
| to make her divulge the hiding place of
her jewels Thursday night, while she was
a passenger in a train near Silao. SEEM
lhgiy nave cooked up large measure Of
trouble for the Madero government.
| when the incident became known here
the foreign colony held an Indignation
meeting and petitioncd the British minis
ter to investigate and, If the facts are
found as reported, to make vigorous rep
| resentations to the Mexican government.
| The minister has made no statement.
Story Of Passenger. :
According to the story Of one Of the
passengers Mrs. Auld hid her Jewels and
refused to give them up The bandits
threw her on the floor seized her feet
and beat a painful tattoo on the soles.
| Whether this treatment resulted in the
delivery of the Jewels is not known. The
woman. however. was highly Indignant
deeply Inundated and painfully injured.
Ihe bandits stopped the train by re-
moving couple of rails, and then fired
into the coaches, woundng a number of
| Ipersons-reports say six-one of whom, an
american named Kane, afterward died.
| Inc bandits, it is stated demanded a
large sum of money from Kane, and
| when he declared his inability to produce
| it, shot him in the mouth.
President Madero today notified Gen.
Irucy Aubert, at Mapimi. by telegraph,
that several Of his friends in this city
| had subscribed 10000 pesos to buy him a
| house in appreciation of his work in the
north during the present campaign.
orozco Expects Battle.
CHIHUAHUA, Mexico. April 13-Gen
Pascual Orozco said today that an ad-
| vance OF the federal force which for
three weeks has been mobilizing at
Mapimi would not surprise him. It might
occur within the next three or four days.
! AS in the previous campaign, which end
| ed disastrously for the government
| troops, the rebels will make their first
| stand at Escalon, if present plans are
not changed.
| Gen. Emilio Campo, concerning whose
status there has been much speculation
since his defeat by an inferior force at
Parral, will hesaatzsthe head ,of his old
column Gen. Orozco says that his faith
| in Campo is unshaken.
Rebels Win Victory.
| MEXICO CITY, April 13-Culiacan,
capital of the state Of Sinaloa, and Tepic,
capital in the territory of that name, fell
into the hands of the revolutionists yes
| terday, according to private dispatches
received in Mexico City today, and pub
| lished by Ell Imparcial
The attack on Culiacan is said to have
been led by Martinez de Castro deputy
from the state of Sinaloa to the national
assembly. The assault on Tepic was led
by Lieut.. Luis Guerrero. formerly in COM
mand Of the federal garrison in the city
| of Tepic, which revolted several weeks
ago. He is said to have entered the town
at the head of 400 men.
Official confirmation Of the taking
Of the two towns was unobtainable,
| but the department Of the interior ad-
| mitted tonight battle was being
fought at Santiago. Ixcuintla, twenty
five miles south Of Tepic.
In Tolls Of the Law.
Ell PASO. Tex, April 13-It is stated
on excellent authority that an Indictment
of one of the foremost leaders of the
Mexican revolution, now resident at San
Antonio, Tex, is under consideration
by the federal authorities in that city.
This indictment, If voted. it is said, will
be based on an alleged confession by
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this city last week, and will charge con-
spiracy to smuggle arms and ammunition
across the Mexican border in violation Of
the neutrality laws. Two indictments
against prominent Mexicans are said to
have been voted in this city several days
ago and suppressed for service.
| One of the men said to have been
named Is rebel customs officer at
Juarez. The arrest of the most prominent
OF the two men was expected to take place
upon his arrival in Washington on a
semi-oficial mission for the liberal party
1t now is feared that hint of the fate
in store for him reached his ears
prematurely and that he has escaped
temporarily at least.
Two Men Sentenced.
In the United States district court to-
lday Wylie NJ. Phillips, member Of the
Texas National Guard. and J. H. Tai
bott, both charged with smuggling am
munition into Juarez, We're sentenced to
a year and a day in the federal prison at
Fort Leavenworth. Dean, said to be a
witness against the Mexicans alleged to
have been implicated. escaped with a
sentence Of six months.
DR.. Rafael Malina and eight other Mex
leans implicated in the ill-starred Reyes
| revolt were sentenced to- a year and a
day ut Fort Leavenworth.
So far as Gen. Orozco is concerned. his
declination to recognize United States
Consul Marion Letcher in the latters
official capacity, IS closed incident.
/ Although the few Americans remaining
here regard the rebel leaders action a.
superfiuous, inasmuch as Consul Letcher
could not in the present circumstances
recognize Orozco officially, the circum-
stance is regarded as significant Proba-
bly, 1t has caused more uneasiness than
4 any single event of the rebellion.
II Gen. Antonio Rojas was placed on trial
I before a military court today. Roias is
/ charged with disobedience OF orderS He
was directed to proceed with his column
against Ojinaga. but declined. He was
arrested at the time and 500 Of his men
were disarmed.
The military situation south Of here
remains unchanged.