La Junta tribune., 1913-04-26

Press and TO different newspaper
saw that four or five were WOUNDED
bu, there were only three men hit
and two horses and
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one mule were shot
Major Reed. who is
In command OF IL.
H eight ,roors, call
out ais men and wa
going over the line
ard fight the Who'll
" bunch. Federals aud
state troops too, but Col Guilfoylr
was at Naco and he wouldn', aliow
\ IL. Major Reed was 50 mad thai
he cried as he sat on his horse, 90
\ think OF his troopers being snot witt.
out being allowed TO return the firc
| went to Naco that afternoon AM
stayed until Friday night. when
returned 20 Douglas for some NOR
money aud clean clothes. | did no,
return TO Naco until Monday aftDr
| the finale. and thus missed THE
best part OF the snow. But at tho
saw about all the fighting thar
wanted, heard the bullets sing aul
got a bunch Of pictures, Also | E0'
into the moving pictures. From ID,
time that the fight began on Tue
( day morning until the finish thor
was firing on one or both sides o.
most continuously except Friday OF
tornoon and evening, when from
O'Clock in the afternoon until sla
that night there WAS not a shot
fired Except for that there was
never any cessation Of firing f1r
more than an hour at a time ESo'p'
for sklrmish Wednesday mornins
and for an attack Thursday night aIi
the firing that was done Was by
snarpshooters. the machine guns and
at nigh, and occasionally during the
day from Oieda's biz guns.
Practically all OF the firing from
the Stat, troops was from the va
quis and regulars west of town and
from the three machine guns AT the
same place. The town was surround.
ID except on the north by St."
troops but the others took very i.t.
tie part In the siege. 'rhe tru1ps
on the west we're almost era.,is .ac
mile west OF oieda's cuartol in I big
draw. The Yaqui sharpshoot '-s pick
ed off many careless Federal dur
ing the week. and the machine guns
did a LOT OF damage. Capt Mayimil-
liano klos. the chief OF artillery Of
the State troops. is the best llnner
In Mexico and he served one gun
himself To him personally Us due n
great deal Of credit OF the capture OF
\ the town as his machine gun hattery
decreased the number of defenders OF
IN. town BY at least hundred and
twenty five during the week 500 day
the sharpshoot"rs on both slides kept
at work aud occasionally one ny the
machine guns would tune g1 III.
tic. 10 be answered Immediately by
machine gun from the oprls, ion.
A. night Oicda kept his artillery a,
work firing his biz guns about sey-
On or eight times an hour 300 aI ghr
once In great while one of fH1 ma.
chine guns OF the fcdefas "a puld
fire Just TO let the boss kH0a hat
the gunner was still on The Job and
there would be little rna ling.
The only purpose OF this firing nj
night WAS 10 keep the State iFpops
from coming closer. as after the
moon went down th,r. was ab.1Irte'y
no was on earth 20 see man as
FAR away as one hundred yari rh.
last few days OF the sierc. OiDIa fir.
I'd blanks at night In his farrHH In.
stead Of using -nrapn"l q. ha vas
running short, and II hc oDHH are
the yaauis by shooting, o., fBnk-
would serve AS well as no, fi1g evcr
the nish, firing did no, wirrt Poo Va.
quls any. II there are ON aT.r my
fearless men. and men who F1 not
care for their own lheF Z tfIi.v.
that the Yaquis und.- Chisf Ulla ,rc
those men rhoy W. 81 FOLLOW i'm
TO Hell and N, arnin and th.,
proved It Saturday nl'ht ari eurisy
morning
| Tuesday night. the frs MAN Ina,
I was In Naoo this trip. ihe 'sutlor,
had to give me room IN ,ut danr.,
zone. that is In the frame port al
the hotel which faced Sonora. a. ali
the rooms In the adobe part n ihs