La Junta tribune., 1913-04-05


passed all OF the guards except III,
sentries at the door OF the caurtel
They must have fired fifty shots be
fore they killed him. In fact the pa
,rols OF the 9Th Cavalry thought thar
the rebels were making an attack
and the eight troops OF American.
were called out Whenever ther. (.
any shooting on the Mexican side
the Ninth patrols the line to pre-
vent any shooting over the line. to
keep spectators back from the line
I and II necessary TO go over the llae
and stop the fighting II American
lives or property are endanxered.
/ They were called out twice again
/ that day. once at eleven. just be
| fore noon and at half past five that
night The colored troops and the
i directory men certainly had one eI-
/ citing day. II | had only known Il
at the time | could have taken a
picture OF the dead courier. as I
was within a hundred yards of where
when | was at the Generals head
quarters. but by the time found
out about (, the body had been
taken away.
The Yaquis that were with General
Ojeda when he left Aqua Prieta the
18th are nov on the American side
OF the line. prisoners in the hands
OF the gth Cavalry. <ney deserted.
2l7 of them. including few women
and children. and they are now very
comfortably situated In . dobe build
ing the size OF the Tribune office.
The dobe however has two stories.
50 you cansee that there is plenty
of room for 2l7 OF them From force
of habit. suppose, took few
pictures Of them. II is getting so
want TO take pictures OF everything
! see
At eleven O'Clock the colored troops
were called out the second time A
couple Of miles to the east OF town.
small punches Of the rebel cavalry
could be seen scouting around and
everybody thought an attack would
be made. As soon as the L. 5 pa
trolls saw them the sth Cavalry sas
called out One troop remained
in camp and the other seven came
out aud spread along the line
was on top Of a box car with some
other more or less crazy people.
Those historic field glasses that |
first used at the lamcnted combat
at Reno between one Jim da Jeff
and a certain colored person whose
name I do not at preseu; recall as
say those glasses came in nizhty
handy W. could sec the rr5els
out about two miles. They drur in
oiedas outposts and that was bout
all they did do. but II caulAo quite
a little excitement not only N Naco
but iu Bisbec and Doug'as. II
made everybody late for heir ham
and eggs " they were Au.rlcans or
for their frijolcs II MexiaHs As
soon as Il locked as II ta-s would
be a battle. the proprietUr q the
Fashion Saloon called up I.Hc. and
Ia half an hour il locke II ey-
crybcdy that was foot lu was
coming down for tho .iyities.
Bisbee Is about eight mil Fay by
wagon road and We could ..s about
four miles Of " from Nara IN half
an hour they began 20 com. out Of
the canyon into sight. lu ,s. va
CONS. on bicycles and cycles.
any old way would do dot would
get 'cm 20 the battle THaF KEEP,
ON coming for about three augrs. un-
lil there must have been Ven or
eight hundred people from H.sbee In
town Douglas is twcntyg.a miles
away and nearly two hundraf came
down from there. The oH. ement
was all over before one O'Clock how
ever. and the visitors had taeir trip
for nothing.
In the afternoon | went ogl 20 the
first rebel camp three miles asst OF
town with an acquhintalr" I met
"a couple ot officers with whom had
gotten acquainted In AEuh Pr.s'a the
week before. Captain Cruz calves ard
Tenicntc u.icutcann Arturo Samora
happened To have with mo one Of
the pictures that | had taken on
tina, occasion Of them and ave Il
TO them. They wcr. tiuklsd hak
10 death Whil. We were stadins
there talking an auto came ON, from,
Naco bringing them some much need.
I'D supplies. including dozen sive
gallon gasoline cans full Of water and
som" provisions | was surprised "a
Bes. this done so opsriy Th, ~ay