El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-20

the owners Of which took advantase
OF the absence of any authority 70
make them pay for the privilege, anu
the lack Of police TO restrain lneLli'
and held orgies that usually Wounl
up in the small hours Of the morning
with dead and wounded on the scene
Some of the government employees
were in hiding in the city and never
left their dark retreats during the 10
DAYS the rebels held sway.
one lOOter who fingered after the
most Of the others had gone. was snot
dead by an angry merchant VINO
caught him picking over the refuse OF
what had been a fine stock OF cloth
ing and dress goods The lOOter wore
a fine silk cap but some hours later
his body still lay in the street, the
cap replaced by a dirty and torn straw
Another Governor.
Don Manuel Clauthier was appointed
governor of SinalOa the sixth but he
is not expected to do more than ada
one more to the long string that have
enjoyed the honor in the. past y
months. The people have lost the
count and do not know whether he
is - or H.
The Maderista recruits which have
been Hopping over to the rebels in
whole companies and battaliOns are
being absorbed into the federal army
and distributed in small numbers, IN
the hope that the stern 0lsclpllne OF
the service viii make soldiers OF them
or at least prevent their treason en-
Families whose fathers and sons
were killed fighting in the rebel ranks
were looted the same as the common
rim OF merchants and government en-
plOyes. Furniture, crOckery, queens
ware which was too cubersOme to
carry off was smashed into pieces to
crafty the lust for destruction
Suffering OF Women.
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so glOriOusly in the preparations for
the defence Of their beloved city, and
hOOted lone Americans who passed
their drill grounds, and in one
case threw clods at an American, and
talked valiantly Of what they would
do TO the yankee pigs in the event
Of intervention. were CONSPICUOUS by
their absence when the rebels ap-
peared before the city and those who
did not flee in panic DurrOWed into any
obscure corner and left their mothers
and sisters TO the tender merc1eS OF
the lOoters. Cases are known where
several women Of such families were
herded into the forts" of the lOOters
TO spend a night. the memory Of which
will always bring blush OF shame
as much for the cOWardice Of their men
folk who abandoned them as for their
own Unspeakable experiences Most
Of this sort Of thing will never be
known. shame sealing the victims
mouths.
Exodus OF Americana.
The lIeXicans are greatly alarmed
over the continued exodus OF amer
leans and consider the present trip OF
the United States transport "BufOrd'
evidence of a quickly maturing plan
for intervention As a rule their on
ly distrust OF Intervention is the fear
that some national territory would
ultimately be Topped off. Most Of those
who own property. have families. or
who earn their living by honest toll,
desire intervention at any cost, and
the subject is always brought into
there is a general hope that interven-
tion would mean a military occupation
in force sufficient 10 quickly pacify
the country. and the administra ton
OF government for some years until
the mass Of the people can be brought
out OF their apathy. when they hope
the Americans viii withdraw and leave
Mexico intact