Arizona republican., 1913-02-28
IN THE MIDST
 OF THE TERROR
Letters From a Former Phoenix Girl Who Was Between the Forces While the Battle Ragged in Mex leo City

Letters are now beginning to be re- ceived from friends and acquaintances of PhOenicians who were in the City of Mexico during the nine days of fighting that ragged there previous to the cap ture of Madero. The following was re- ceived by Vic Hanny from a business man of the city whose name for obvi- ous reasons is not given: Excuse me old pal for not writing sooner but these swift MeXiCanS started q revolution tbrand new One) on Sunday morning. Feb. and just wound it up on the 18th at 2:30 P. NJ. by taking Madero pris- oner, and, believe me they went some Now. l am fully vindicated for the Felix DiaZ fiasco of Vera Cruz last Oc- tober when his pals sold out to the government at the last minute for cash in hand
 And to clinch it, he has absolutely refused to accept any position what ever. This will naturally make him a cinch for president at the next election which will be in five or six months The provisional president is General Huerta
 
 slaughter of any more and took Madero prisoner
 There was a slaughter Of more than 47o0 federal troops last week when they were ordered personally by the president to charge the Ciuadea time and again, trying to take that abso- | lutely impregnable fortress where Diaz had fortified himself
 i So, it is all over now and Mexico [ has before it the prospect of the great 1 est era of prosperity in all it's history ! and business is simply immense. Since 1 September l have sold practically $300000 gold. That's a fair season. The most graphic of the letters is 1 from Mrs. Paula Arrache to her father ] C. J. Nosskuhler. The husband of Mrs i Arache is the proprietor of the largest | steam bakery in the republic. She will ! be remembered here as high school 1 girl
 Extracts follow from a series of let | ters that she began writing the day of the outbreak. February but none of which she was able to send until the l trouble was over. She wrote on that stirring Sunday: This morning while at mass, the priest told us that Felix Diaz and General Reyes escaped last l night. So. this morning they put the military college in the national palace and the other school in the cathedral | The 'MercadOS' is also used as a fort 1 so we could hardly buy for dinner The palace and Chapultepec are full of people and shots are heard as fire l works on the Fourth of July The streets are full of the dead and the l injured and autos of the White and Red Cross. Many of the doctors are 1 killed. It resembles a hail storm
 "Madero thought that Angeles and General Banquet came to take his part but they say they will take the part of Diaz. Now all are afraid Zapata will come tonight and fight against Madero Poor Reyes was killed. The min ister of war was severely cut in the face. Just now Diaz almost has the city in his power, He has the arms. guns and powder, the storage of all Mexico. I never heard so much vel ling, running and crying and so many shots in my life"
 The writer was directly in the midst of things. Her residence was near the New Theater which was mentioned in the dispatches A couple of friends ventured from the house On their re- turn. the narrative continues. "They said that they just walked over the dead and wounded. Carlos even had blood on his shoes and almost slipped and fell in a pool of blood. No thea ters, moving pictures. bull fights or anvil hjOor and this is Sunday
 The cook came from the MercadO, hysterical and crying. While she was
 walking they killed two soldiers right
 at her side. Half the police have gone
 with Madero and half with Diaz There is no protection at all Big gatlng
 guns are on the street corners and one
 Is at the post office. New Theater. on
 top and the sides, is full of police and l when they use these guns on a crowd !, of people they run in front of our house and we shut the big door. I sure tell
 you this is fierce but we are safe and I am not afraid
 Writing on Wednesday of the fight
 ing the day before. Mrs. Arache says:
 Yesterday at 10:1O shooting agair
 started. So many are dead that
 we even lent the Red Cross one of Oul l express wagons for the dead anC
 wounded. Autos are passing with uni formed nurses and the injured or
 stretchers- The war is in Alameda
 street and the street in front of us anC
 we saw how the rurales were forced ] back into our street many of thei
 horses without riders. I saw many a!
 they sat on their horses wounded anC
 ready to fall It was dreadful and last
 ed all day. Stores and everythin!
 closed eatables all sky high; milk wa
 gOns used for the dead We get order
 in the bakery for 5000 loaves of brea'
 at cents every day for Madero'
 army
 Following a description of the de e struction of the newspaper offices an e other buildings in the vicinity, sh v writes: We were advised not to ente e the balcony as they are shooting a the New Theater from the Arsenal w | hear the bullets whizzing past and tn Y noise is much worse than thunder be !, cause it is so near It is now noon an y they are still shooting, guns, rifles, pis