The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-29
Former Pre- sident Of
Ecuador Among the
Victims.
REBEL LEADERS
ARE WIPED OUT
Penitentiary at Quito Is Stormed,
and Heads of Latest Revolu-
ton Fall Before Peoples
Frenzy-Killings Come
Soon After Beheading of
General Montero.

GuRyaquII, Ecuador, January rs
AN tnfHrintcd mob to-day brooke into
the Quito ncnitcntiary In spite Of
Houb'c nuurd and I!nched GencrnIs
Eioy ilfnro, FiasIo iIfaro, Mcdnro
hlfnro, UIpinno PACE and Manuel Ser
rhno, NIL promiucnt rcyolutionists.
WITH the putting TO death OF General
Eloy Alfaro. cx-Prcsiden, Of Ecuador;
his brother. General lTiavio Altaro. ex.
Minister OF War and COMMUNICATIVE
chief OF the revolutionary forces; Cen
crhl Atcdaro Alfaro, who is believed to
nave Dccn brother of the TWO other
AitHros, and Generals Paez and Man
vel Serrano, the leading lights in
tcuad"r's last revolution have been
fHuHed out. This revolution. although
IT mad been long time brewing. he
Gan IN reality few days following;
the sudden death on December % last
% President Emilio Estrada.
killing OF Monteru
ne if:st of the drastic measures
taken by those who opposed the revo-
luton wns carried into effect last
Thursday at Guayadnii. when General
Pedro Montero. who was proclaimed
president by tho troops after tho death
4 mob. which later burned his body.
The shooting OF Moutero took place in
the court room, where the general had
just been tried b. court-martlal and
sentenced 70 sixteen years imrrison-
mont for his connection with the ~
volt. The people, cvidcntly. nnrercd|
1T what they considered TOO lrh.
sentence, rushed into the cour. room.
and after Kidding Muntcru's body with
bullets dragged 1t into the open. Then
,th"y decap!tnted Il. built II bonnrc and
threw into the flames the torso and
head OF The man who ouce was a pop-
'lar hero In 5cundor.
i.iroy -iifaro aud Generals Paez and
Hiontern were captured January % at
fHayhqnll. when government troops
under General 1.coaidas Plaza forced
the rcvohltionists who held Guayaauil
10 capitulate. Flavio Alf;tfo had been
wounded in a battle a few days before
tho fall Of Guayaqu!l Mcdaro AL
faro was captured January % as no
arrived at Guayaduii on board steam
or With body of rebel troops
t.iroy -Aifaro was proclaimed Presi-
dent OF Ecuador ny tho populacc IN
January. 1906, after he had defeated
October OF the same year he was elect
~ provisional President By the ma
1ional convention and held the office
OF chief executive until 1911. In that
scar General Emilio Estrada ran for
the office with Flavio ..;faro n an
opponent, and was elected by a ma
3o"ity of over 100000 votes
Alfaro Stnrts Revolt.
flav;o Aifero then started "a revolt,
nnd in II he was aided by PRECEDENT
Aifaro The charge WIS made that
lflOy was trying to set UP a dictator
ship in Ecuador. and from the frs, the
efforts to take away the presidency
from Estrada mot with reverses. Es-
trada's forces frequently were victo-
rions, and. with public opinion against
the revolt, Eloy Alfaro resigned in Au-
gust, and later he and Flavio departed
for Panama. Estrada was then induct-
cd into office, and retained tho chief
dictatorship until his death last
December.
Tho Alfaros and their followers had
not been idle during Estrada's tenure
of office, and there frequently came re-
ports OF their Intention to start a rev.
olution In Ecuador. When Estrada
died. General Montero, a trusted lieu
tenant Of the Alfaros. had himself pro-
claimed President by the Radicals and
the troops in Guayaquil. afontero at
the time was COMMUNICATIVE chief of the
military in the Guayaquil district. He
formed a provisional ministry, and the
new government siged an act to ignore
the constitutional administration at
Quito. 1t was said that Montero was
to hold tile presidency until the return
OF Fiavio A1faro from Panama. and
then turn over the reins of government
to him. Flavio departed for Guayaouil
almost Immediately. and was followed
shortly by lCloy .Alfaro. General Leon
tdas Plaza was the favored candidate
for the presidency of the Quito CIV
ornment.
Rebels Defeated.
Severe fighting followed the outbreak
of the new revolt, and the United States
government sent the gunboat York
town to Ecuadorean waters TO protect
American interests. The lighting con-
tinued with varying Successes until
January 10, when the rebels suffered a
bad defeat at Yaguachc. northeast Of
Gnayaqul. -Four days later Gunyauuil
capitulated to General Plaza. Eioy Al
faro and Generals Montero and PaeZ
were found in hiding and were then
only saved from death by the fnterven-
ton of General Julio Andradc. Of the
government forces. Later they were
taken n thu Quito la