The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-04-04

found Judgment In the adob, hats IN the
| outskirts The centre of villa. army u--
der his personal comma nd came ~ ,igh.
| on from t;o'nez PalaC.o and in sp..e Of tire
| heavy artillery hre drove in th~ FEDERAL
| o'rposts. In this they wer" nandoapp.d
The railroad out OF Torrcon 10 the iJrth
| wss intact. and the Federaiq rrsld I'm
| heir artillery ort on aaf car. tio-svor
! the CONTEMPORARIES persisted the righ,
\ wing ~ tho ConstitutionaIis's s't1~k 4 ths
Federal left. which was intre3Che'i "a th-
mountains 10 the west Of the c'sy This
was chieny to prevent Tire Federal left
from, going 10 the aid OF those oppos,nI
~ rrera
The lighting OF that night and Monday
VAS heaviest on the left. Herrera and
his men crawling into the hu;s held them
although they were swept b. m2chine
guns, field guns and steady rife hre.
Slowly but steadily their position Sas on
,a,r"d They srresd from hous" to house
The dead lay piled IN heaps III the st--sn
nnd in the buildings, but ..,- rebel troops
nevsr faItered.
N.ghtHan saw 10 cessation. II ca n1s
10 even closer q'arters then. for the
grenade men, products Of the Madcro
revolution. went forward And at arms
!cngth throw their bombs into wird0vs
ont ~ which poured cease esS rife frs
Eelasco hurled detachment after ietach-
b,cnt against these men. but they stood
Reenforce m~ats Expected.
Then came the report mat 5000 troons
wore coming to re"rfnrre Ve'asco from
Mreorey and OrtHga went after them
II Is not know dehnit"'5 ~ha' he did to
ihern. but ne has reported that they are
broken mp and scattered.
The Const''mtinnalist right came DOWN
from the mountains on Wedres lay
and gained a foothoid the city.
which hrr'i6,i III. Federsls IN on
three sides and from that time or
it was house "a house. man 70
man hsh;lng Gems Contrerss and Robes
OF Vias stan were voundsd early. but
the rlcn we're not dismayed.
There are many tali bulldogs IN Tor
reon some ~ them i've stories In height,
and these Sere hved With sharpshooters.
Angeles and his artillery made them
very hard to hold bTt the Federals held
them until they crumpled and fell. shot
% pieces. One force would rush forth
ard meet another and the two would have
Il al ten feet in the streets uGtl enc
side was shot To pieces. There was no
surrender and no getting away
British vice-Consul Cummlns appeared
before Villas camp on that day bearing a
white nag and British nag. He brought
a message from Gen. Veiasco asking for
an arm,stlce 10 bury the dead. villa
promptly declined It. alleging /, was
move to gain time for reenforcemen's 10
come up. In his turn ne sent an offer II
Veiasco would surrender Internationally
. general amnesty would be granted.
Ve;ssco refused and the rifle FIRE was re-
sumed.
Fight - Last Three Cuarteis.
The fighting on Wednesday afternoon
and night iad narrowed. BY that time
the remnant Of Fedorais had fallen back
until they had only about three cuaIte.s,
ot fort fed military barracks. left AMI
from these they fought with all the des-
perst!on they had ever shown
tnse es brought up hi, artillery an
Thursday morning. and Villas own mcn,
the sharpshooters, found advanced POSI-
tioas herieras men threw themselves to
the eastward ana the Consttu,ionais
left swung around TO the south, hemming
In the FederalA
There was one tAing. however against
which Villa could no. provide The WIND
rose N the early afternoon ard with II
came dust storm Only those who have
been in tho Southwest can understand
what that means A cloud OF dust denscr
than any channel fog, binding oni sti-
Hing sweeps over the country. Men can
hardly breathe In 1t. much less see
only an Indian with his serapi tied lightly
around his head can live outdoors In IL
and Yet Nelasco took advantage of II
TROOPS OF men evacuated tNe 'utTttlS
within two hundred feet OF their assail-
ants and were never detected Artillery
was dragged out. machine guns taken
apar. and carried and the entire force
of volunteers crept away to the canyons
of the southeast temporarily In safety.
a dust storm rarely lasts more than an
hour. and when II cleared preparations
were made to resume fighting There was
no fghtinE The regular army soldiers
who had been lef' behind made no resist
anoc. and an hour later villa was in com.
mard O! the city
Nothing could stop the hrs. hours loot.
inc. which the Mexican soldier regards AZ
his pGer9gntlve. but after that order was
restored Villas act III destroying ali the
aguariiente, mescal tequ,la ani American
Wh'sksy IN 'ouhtodly helped much mot
drop must remain he ordered, and II
weni cat mo the streets. where the heads
were knocked oil barrels and the tops 81
E.''cA
There were few other pre.im,naries
Spies gave the commander In chief the
naines Of all MeSlcans who had supported
the Federal cause ard their property was
c'nasca ted In the name % Tho new repub.
lie Their homes tonight are the GUAR.
teys OF Villas oNcers his men are en-
CANNED IN their pa,ios Their phonorraphs
ara pianos are grinding out tunes Tor
the Nres OF the victorious troops who are
resting and nursing their wounds after
nearly two weeks ~ as hard nrht'rg a.
any mar, white or yellow. has ever seen.