Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-06-05
10 BODIES IN
FUNERAL PYRE
Revised List ShotU Near 200 Killed.
Matau,oyos Has Pyokaibiti0sa---6O Men
Escape By Ratse---BluncO's Statements
GiUeu. S0du Installed

were Informed that the Maderos would
/ In other words they were entirely neu-
irll
Major Zcrtuchic stated that when
Genera! CarranZista started his rcv0lu-
ion he had one thousand men and fifty
thousand dollars and that this was gone
in few days. Since then he says the
cause had been supported by the men
If moderate means and the higher class
Of educated citizens of the northern part
ef Mexico. Ask" says he. "any Con
StitutiOnaliSt for what. for who and why
he is fighting and he will give you at
once his reasons and he knows the prin-
ciplcs backing his cause and which he is
backing Ask the man who has been
fighting under the old regime and he will
say NO intcndc" He continued: We
have had chances to loot. and have had
banks under us that held aS much as
Il half million. pesos but never have we
taken the money from them. That is
not our way Of doing business. | have
had to take my pistol and stop men
from l0oting and have also stopped them
from executing summary vengeance
against an enemy. OF course we give
orders to our detachments that when
they come to Il house and want TO adj
vance and the only way j. TO 90 through
the house or 90 around the corner and
meet the direct fire of the enemy. To burst
in the door. blow up the place % through
the premises make 4 forward pass. Get
70 the enemy mt any hazard. but they do
not loot
We are not Of the lO0ting class. and aS
soon as they 90 through and Get to the
position wanted our men nail up the
doors thus broken down and you Will
find il in Matamoros that way today.
when asked about the reported loot
ing Of the ArmendeiS bank he stated
that his men did not 10 it. Said he: If
YOU viii follow the record of the fed
erals YOU vii! find that when they leave
will lind that when they have evacuated
any place We have taken they have first
broken into the houses and looted aS
much rs they could before they had TO
gct out. As IN cvidnce of the cOrrct
ness o. his statements when the doctors
from Brownsville. who on "Wednesday
were b1ndaging up the wounded. found
that they had run ont Of supplies they
applied 10 Colonel Castro Col Castro
sent his men Ia find out if surgical sup
plies could be obtained in MatamOroS
his men came back with the information
that al the druggists of the city had
refugccd to brownsville.
Instead of ordering his men to break
~ he drug stores and get the supplies
needed he informed the doctors OF the
hospital corp that he would have to
send 10 Brownsville Tor supplies. Thus
he yindicatcd the reputation Of Blanco's
men for not looting even under the most
urgent circumstances even III the cause Of
wounded men Of his own command.
The ArmendeiS bank which had been
broken open was found to be tightly
closed up and their WIS no evidence of
iOoting anywhere. Major Zertuchie
states that prohibition will probably
prevail in Matamor0S as long rs the
soldiers are garriSoned there. When
asked about ii he stated that as far as
he was concerned he would recommend
such Il course and that he thought that
thiS would be the general s course. While
on this visit to the general saloon
keeper asked for information about the
npcning Of the saloons and he was not
given any satisfaction according to his
idea Of thinking.
When asked about the escape of May
or Barragan. Major Zcrtuchc stated
that according to the best information
he could Get. Dr. Barragan escaped &
the woods early III the afternoon and
was seen by some Of his men 10 cross
the river sometime about midnight. As
Dr. ThrrIgap couldn't swim he was
practically ~ rrier across by two mer
one on each side swimming and support
ing Barragan between them. He il Sait
to have reached the IIucrta consul:
house about three O'Clock Il m. the
night of the battle.
! Consul Johnson this morning request
ed through a written message conveyed
by your correspondent Of General Blanc'
hat he would permit the Armendeis EN-
! ployes 10 90 about their work with0u
molcStation This was granted. A
The same time he asked General Blanc'
, TO permit free passage of red eros
nurses and to put guards at the from