Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-07-01
UNSPEAkABLE
CRIMES ARE
Charged
REVOLVING STORIES TOLD OF afro.
CITIES COMMITTED BY vICTORI.
Gus REBELS ON DEFEkSElESS
WOMEN IN MEXICO.
DURANGO WOMEN
prefer SUICIDE

Ell Paso, Texas, July IA Mexican
who arrived today from Casas Gran
des reports that when Pancho Villa S
rebels took that place two weeks ago,
the soldiers of Villas command out
ragged all the women and girls who
did not flee to the hills. He says
ninety young girls under the age of
fifteen were victims of the rebels
lust and that many married women
were outraged, their husbands being
bound and tied while their wives
were forced to submit to the brutali-
ties of the rebels. He says that one
woman was outraged by II rebels
while her husband, tied and gagged,
was forced to look on. 1t is said this
information has caused many of the
volunteers in Juarez to join the fed
eral garrison to repulse the antici-
pated rebel attack.
Prefer Suicide to Rebel Outrages.
Mexico City, Mex, July 1.--Forty
women residents, most of them of the
better class, have committed suicide
in the city of Durango since its occu-
patton last week by the rebels after
long siege, according to private
letter received here from that city to-
day. The women, it says, became des-
perate as the result of their treat
ment by the victorious rebels.
Consular advices say that the rebels
who entered Durango conducted them
selves like bandits, burning a large
part of the business section of the
city after looting it and joining in the
widest eXcesses. The report says
that foreign flags were not respected.
A few American citizens were
wounded during the fighting while
one Englishman was killed, according
to these reports.
Private advices from other sources
say that a group of German women
in Durango were forced to submit to
indignities from the rebel adherents.
The Mexican government is pre-
pairing a column of troops to march !
to the relief of the city but many days
must pass before it's arrival there.
Attack on Juarez Delayed.
Ell Paso, Texas. July IA volunteer
Red Cross corps has been formed !
in Ell Paso to care for the wounded in
the event of battle in Juarez. DR..
c. F. Braden, secretary of the local
chapter of the Red Cross, has recruit
ed Al nurses for the work. The wound.
ed are to be brought to Ell Paso for
treatment. An effort is to be made
to induce the commanders of the con
tending armies to permit the Red
Cross operatives to work on the field.
During the battle of Juarez in May
1911, the Red Cross people were fired
upon when they attempted to succor
the wounded and the United States
officers refused to allow the wounded
to be brought to Ell Paso. AS result
r1any suffered on the battle field for
two or three days.
JuareZ scouts have not yet sighted
any rebels, and the report came today
that they would wait to attack until
Juan Medina's command could got
here from Aqua Prieta, which will
take a week.
Medina Leaves For Juarez. ]
Douglas, Ariz., July 1.-Colonel Juan
N. Medina with between 800 and 400 {
we'll armed and equipped men march
ed out of Aqua Prieta early today to
assist General Villa in all attack Oh
Juarez. Medina was elected Mayor
Of Juarez under the Madero admins
tration but did not serve his full term.
The men he now leads to attack his
home town are Sonora recruits. They
are carrying heavy siege cannon,
two mountain Howitzers and four ma
chine guns and al ample supply of ain !
munition and provisions. The TRIP
must be made overland and will re-
Quire more than week.