Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-11-17
CORY REVENGE
IS TAKEN BY
VILLA
ALL The FEDERAL OFFICERS, TAKEN
PRISONERS, ARE EXECUTED BY
REBEL Chief. .==REMAINDER OF
VILLAS ARMY Is COMING TO
DOROER CITY FROM CHIHUAHUA.
Ell PASO FEARS EFFECT OF
1000 REBELS IN jUAREz

| I,UUU hEDLLS lN JUHnlL
El Paso, Tex, Nov. 11.-Eleven men
are known to have been executed in
.Juarez since Francisco t'Pancho'D
villa and his rebel horde captured the
city Saturday morning early. The
rebel officials admit the execution of
! that number. Americans who have fre-
quented the city since its capture by
| the rebels, claim that twenty-three
have been executed The bodies of
most of the victims are still unburned
More than twenty corpses, some Of
| them executed, some OF them bodies
of the victims of the battle, lay out
iall night in the rain in the Juarez
cemetery, as the graves have not beer
completed for them. Three of them
were in cofflns, the others in the
clothing in which they had been shot,
where it had not been appropriated by
the rebels.
The body of Col. Enrique Portillo,
feXecuted Saturday. was brought to El
Paso last night for interment here
to-day. 1t was divested of it's trousers
land shoes by rebel who was short
ion clothing, while It laid in the patio
of the military barracks in Juarez
Sunday. All rebels are badly in need
of clothing and the distribution of
captured federal uniforms, made
Sunday by Villa, did not go around, Sc
there has been a scramble among the
rebel soldiery for the clothing Of the
men executed.
The known victims of the rebel exc
cutons so far, are:
Col. Enrique Portillo.
Col. Augustin Cortinas.
Capt. Jose TorresS
Capt r, Benavides.
Capt. Ricardo Contreras
Lieut.. Pablo Riesse.
Civilian, unknown, said to he aide
to Guillermo Porras, personal repre-
sentative of General Huerta lor the
state of Chihuahua
Jose Cordova, recent chief Of sec
,rct service for Huerta in Juar2I
Federal soldier who tried to escape
at cemetery while digging grave for
dead comrades, knocked down With
musket and executed while uncon-
scious.
Pablo Ybave Juarez policeman.
Unknown civilian, employed in
.ruarez custom house before the rebels
captured it.
Only four men were executed sun
Iday. These were Captain Contreras,
who was military instructor Of the
Federal garrison in Juarez, uudar the
lIuerta regime. Jose Cordova. VINO
lhad heen in charge of the Huerta Sec
net sarv ce in JuareZ; Pablo Y5ave,
Juarez policeman, who had assisted
Cordova in his work. and the federal
soldier prisoner. who was working
with squad of fellow prisoners dig
ging graves The latter evidently fear
ed execution when taken to the ceme-
terry, as it is the federal army Gus
tom to stand victim on the brink of
"a grave, shoot him and allow his body
to tumble in. He ran and was over
taken by rebel who broke his rifle
in the terrific blow which he struck.
The fleeing soldier fell unconscious
and was then shot. An American rail-
road man was an eye witness to the
affair.
General Francisco Castro, who
commanded the federal garrison when
the rebels attacked, has not been loca-
ted.
The rebels continue establishing
their new civil government in Juarez.
They have given permission to the
Mexico Northwestern railroad, owned
by DR.. F. S. Pearson and his asso-
ciates, of New York and London, to
build to it's timber tracts south OF
Juarez. Work will probably start
this week.
General Villa says the rest of his
army will arrive soon, bringing in all
his artillery Two trainloads arrived
today. Villa declares that Chihuahua
City will be attacked as soon as he
can replenish his ammunition. .Ameri-
cans express fear of trouble if Villa
mobilizes his entire army of 1000 un-
disciplined men on the border. They
fear the temptation to come to Ell
Paso to enjoy some of the fruits of
civilization may be SO strong that
trouble may occur between the rebels
and the United States border troops.
Hadn't Heard of It.
/ Ell Paso, Texas, Nov. 17.-Rebels in
Juarez know nothing of the capture of
Chihuahua by the remnant of the Villa
army left near the state capital when
the leader. and part of his forces