Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-04
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Villa Executes Captured FsdsraIs VII
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Torreon. Mexico. April 4.-Gen
Il: exhausted hut triumphant consti-
tutionalist army took cognixance Of the
horrors Of war in the stronghold they
had captured by the light Of blaxins
buildings while they stumbled over and
trampled on the bodies Of slain federal
soldiers in the pursuit Of the fleeing
remnant Of the Huerta force Of de-
tenders.
Dawn showed what the gallant de-
tenders Of Torreon went thru befors
they fled. The streets were strewn
with dead. sewers were clogged and
over the city hung the odor Of burning
and decomposing human flesh. Every
where was ruin, business building.
down, homes destroyed. misery and
wretchedness.
Determined that not a man Of the
garrison should escape him. villa sem
columns south and east in pursuit ol
fore night with prisoners andsfeportl
Of bNttsss 81 IN which no man escaped
Some were still out. &. -
viila Executes Old Allies.
Villa paced up and down his head
quarters in the Quartet Generate. fe-
verishly impatient Of news Of the cap
ture Of General yelasco, chief Of the
federals, but it did not come.
There were executions during the
day, many in fact, but the lives taken
were the lives of men that Villa lona
ago declared forfeited.
These men were the followers Of
General Orozco, who fought for Madero
in 1910 and 1911 when Villa and Oroxcc
fought side by side against Porfiria
Diaz, but who followed Orozeo into the
rebellion against Madero in 1911, which
sent Villa bach to banditry and later
made him leader Of Carranza's forces
in the war against Huerta.
Kill 100 in New Battle.
General Hernandez and Toribio Or
tega, who were sent after Velasco with
1900 men returned yesterday afternoon
without the federal commander, but
with report Of the destruction Of one
Of the retreating column at San Pedro,
twenty five miles east of Torreon. Az
ter fleeing from this city at the south
the federals split up into small detach-
ments and turned east for Saltillo and
Monterey.
Hernandez and Ortega, after a twen-
ty-five-mile chase, caught up with one
of the detachments at San Pedro
There were only 253 federals. but when
cornered they turned and made des-
perate ight against overwhelming
odds. One hundred federals were Killed
within ten minutes of fighting. The
rest threw down their arms and were
brought back prisoners. They were
ragged, thin with hunger and ex-
haustion, their hair and boards matted
with blood and dirt. Despair was writ
ten on every feature.
Dsath in Path Of Flight.
Columns Of constitutionalist cavalry
continued to scour the country In every
direction for fleeing federals. 1t will be
morning before anything definite <wiil
be known or how many got away.
Officers who returned from the pur-
suit said that the trails leading east
ward were strewn with dead and
wounded: that everywhere were rifles
pistols and other equipment Of the fus-
itives, thrown away In fight.
Save that they have q fair chance tc
recuperate and rest. the constitutional
list army is not in much better shape
than the federals they defeated.
General Villa admitted 500 Of his
men were killed and 1900 injured. but
it was believed generally the figures
would be much larger The Ill and
wounded were quartered wherever
places could be found for them. Hos
pital supplies were rushed to Torreon
from Ell verjel and Bermsjillo and
army surgeons and local physicians
worked day and night.
villa tried to patch UP trains and
start them northeast along the Mex.
ican international railway toward
Matamoras. east along the coahuils
and Pacific toward 5Saltillo and south
along the Mexican Central in IN effort
to catch up with the federals who got
away. and among whom he believes IL
General velasco. 4 =.
lee cannsn Starts. Fss Dersnuda.
New York, April Joseph 9. Can
non, former speaker Of the house Of
Representatives sailsd for Bermuda to
day. He vent, he saiA. TO sec whether