Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-06-05

n tam lne correctness OF the report -
\ but reputable men of Brownsville i,
\ state that this third pile contain i
= ed tifty-seven federals and five con =
= stitutonalists Il
: If this is true it raises the list Of +
: killed 10 something over one hun !,
! dred and fifty :;
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Here hand. there leg. over yonder
a head, right there torso. right under
your feet a bloody ana swollen foot pro
trudeS and over al a pile Of green mes
quite with htful flames creeping in and
out ana licking at human flesh cracking
with the rendering of muscle and fat
There a torso black and crisp where
the flames already had crnklcd the
bronze skin. And the smell how il rises
70 High Heaven. and al about the
thought and the presence Of death and
the results oflwar
Two smouldcring piles. two funeral
pyreS mark all that remains Of over one
hundred of the men that took part i'll
the battle Of Tuesday One Of them
which held about forty bodies has ~
ready burned to ashes while the other
has only commenced its work. Piled
with green chunks il burns slow and
even the clothes, shoes, bandannaS
ana blankets with which they were r0bcd
for this Sacrificial altar are still visible
The second pile visited was said 10 hold
about seventy bodies.
All around the stencil il awful and one
wants to hold his breath until the zone
of smell is passed but where can you
pass it?
Even in the center Of the town the
stencil is plainly disccrnable and from
the south and west ii comes with every
breath Of breeze. Permission was given
by American Consul Johnson this morn
ING for the soldiers to search the roof
for dead bodies as il is evident that one
II more of the dead are located right IN
jhat immediate vicinity. Down below
he bull ring were cartcd the horses that
were Killed during The fight and thiS too
gives of it's vile smell
After careful revision of the list of
killed and wounded ii is evident that
the wounded list will not he increased
but the killed list Will he Swcllcd TO
something over hundred. The piles
confirmed according 10 the best re
port obtainab!e between one hundred
,tn IN Inn EN.-iI IL IA IL,
number covers the entire number of
killed as heir il no evidence that any
considerable number has been buried
No funeral services of any kind have
been held. No toling Of bells or gath
cring Of friends and reativcS. Only one
isolated funeral. that of Constitution
aiist lieutenant is known.
Y One Of the officers high in the command
Y If General Blanco when questioned
\ about whether the ConStitutionalStS
who had been killed had been burned or
had been buried gave no satisfactory an
Swcr and from what your correspondent
can find ii is evident that no attempt was
made to bury either friend or enemy
The simple solution of the question tn
the minds Of the victorS and a sane con
clusiOn at that was that burning was the
most effective and the easiest way to
get rid Of the dead, and this they did
After a careful personal inspection OF
all parts Of the city and interviews with
more than a half dozen of the men III
charge now | cannot change my state
ment that only few over hundred
were killed and that al dead bodies were
burned.
Surgeon Major ID. Rios Iertuchie was
very communicative and during the tail
your representative had with him he eN
pressed himself as always willing tc
give anv communication that he knew t.
be correct and that was essentially ;
news item.
He stated positively that the Madero
had nothing to do with the Carranz;
movement. He knew this from the fac
that friends of the MaderoS who wcr
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