The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-02-10
GENERAL REYES
FALLS AT START
OF THE REV0L 7

Mexico city, Feb. 1o-The situation
became much graver early today when
it was learned that in all probability
the 1000 federal soldiers under Cen
eral BeItran, who were preparing to
enter the city, would join the revolt
which yesterday threw the capital in
ito utter confusion and, for time at
least, made President Madero pris-
oner within the palace IF he gained
the Baltran reinforcements, it was be-
lieved4 bEIat Col. Felix Diaz and the
control of the city of Mexico.
Several thousand armed men under
Zapata were within a short march of
the city awaiting the word of Diaz to
enter the capital. The whereabouts
of President Madero was a. mystery,
early today, as 1T had been ANNOUNCE
ed that he had left the palace This
announc was doubted.
AT 10 o'clock last night General
HJIerta, who was in charge of the pal
ace, gave out the statement that Pres
ident Madero and his ministers had
left, the palace secretly. He limited
that bEley went toward Chapu1tepec.
Tt was believed by Dtaz. however, that
this was a blind and that Madero
still was In the palace.
1t was a, telling blow to- the revolu-
tionaries when General Bernardo
Col. Felix Ddaz, was killed in the first
encounter between the mutineers and
the palace defenders. Seasoned war
rior and veteran of many fierce en-
cred theRmost capable man in Mexico
to lead a SUCCESSFUL uprising against
the Mader1sts. With General Reyes
shot down at the very first move in
the revolt, many Of the revolters be-
came disheartened and became doubt
fUl of the outcome.
The melodramatie figure of the re-
volt is Col. Felix lDiaz. He has all to
gain and nothing to lose If he Is
victorious he will have power and life;
if ne loses he will be a dead man
and he would have been that anyway
in a short time.
Sunday morning, Col Diaz, nephew
of the former president, Porfirio Diaz.
and General Reyes, admittedly the
s.I1ra,ir1gs' of the Mexican revoiutionists,
were prisoners under sentence to be
shot to death for their part in the
A few hours later. freed from their
cells by the scholars Of a. military
school, they were knocking on, the city
gates. General Reyes was executed
on the first exchange of fire. He fell
in front of the palace. pierced blythe
bullets of the palace guards loyal to
Madero. Diaz knows that quick
death is the assured result of defeat
and the kinsman of Mexico's iron
man. will certainly struggle desper-
ateIy to make Madero's overthrow
complete.
: The uprising came with a suddenness
that amazed and then stunned the
city. Madero, horseback at the
head of a few 1oya1ists, met the first
onslaught and drove off the attack
ers. In all there were four such
clashes throughout the day and it was
estimated that $50 persons were killed.
Fully half were non-combata-nts and
the eity'si principal plaza was strewn
with the bodies of women and children
slain when curiosity drew them. with
in the zone of fire.
Madero, at the head of his little
band, thought that it was all over
when Reyes was seen to- fall. The
aged general was the foremost mill
tary man of the republic
In all about 800 persons have been
wounded in the fgh ting and rioting
up TO date. including several Ameri-
cans. E. L. Ramsey, formerly of Gal
weston, was seriously wounded. One
report said that three Americans were
killed, blu tthisewas unvertified.