The Oskaloosa herald., 1914-03-19
HUERTA PRISONERS
OF u S. ARE FREED
U. S. Judge Grants Writ to 5000
Held at Fort Bliss.
DEMANDS CARRANZA EXPLAIN
Rebel Commander Ordered to Punish
Slayers Of F. T. Cromwell, an
American, Who Was Slain by
Troops in Sonora.

Fort Worth, Tex, March 1S.-Judge
Edward Meek, in the Federal district
| court here, granted writ of habeas
corpus on behalf of the 5000 Mexicans
held as prisoners by the United States
government at Fort Bliss, FL Paso.
Asks Delegates to Washington.
Washington, March 1S.-Representa-
tive Bartholdt of Missouri introduced
a resolution calling upon President
Wilson to invite General Huerta, the
constitutionalists and all other war
gates to conference in Washington
to discuss the restoration of peace in
Mexico.
San Diego, Cal, March 1S.-District
Attorney III. S. Utley was advised that
Governor Johnson had requested Fran
Lower California, to deliver up Mexi-
can named Gutierrez, who has been
Identified as one of the bandits who
murdered Postmaster Frank " Johns
ton at Tecate.
Il do not expect extradition TO be
said District Attorney Utley. The
only means of protecting American
lives and property along the border, as
! see it, is by force of arms"
Residents of Tecate are fully armed
and an outbreak against the Mexicans
is feared unless something is done for
their protection.
The charred remains of the United
States flag, burned in the post office
with Johnston, we're taken. to Los
Angeles.
Carranza Must Explain.
General Carranza will be called upon
TO explain the killing of +. T. Crom.
we'll and punish the slayers II the Of
fetal investigation set on foot con-
firms the press dispatches stating that
the American was executed by consti-
nationalist soldiers In Sonora. If the
constitutionalists provisional presi-
dent follows the same tactics that he
used after the death of William S. Ben.
ton, the United States will take sharp
action.
Anxiety over the Mexican situation
increased as a result of the dispatches
announcing the execution of Cromwell,
the murder of Oscar Allen, another
American, at Pearson, Chihuahua, and
the murder of Postmaster Frank John
ston at Tecate, Cal The California
murder is not regarded as a political
crime, but the government will give
its aid to the state of California in
bringing Johnston's slayers to Justice.
TWO More Americans Slain.
El Paso, Tex, March 1S.-Two more
Americans have been murdered by
Mexicans and third is held prisoner
by Notwithstanding to information
which reached here.
+. T. Cromwell, an American miner.
was murdered by constitutionaIists, &C
cordng to a dispatch from Nogales,
Sonora
The dispatch said that he had been
executed by soldiers under Col. Plu.
tarco Elias Gales, who had acted on
orders received from Gen. Venustianc
Carranza in person.
Villas FORCES Hard Pressed.
FL Paso, March 1S.-That General
Villas forces at Escalon, the rebel
base OF supplies for the campaign
against Torreon, are being hard pres
sed by the tederals, was tho inter-
probation of the fact that not single
word of news has been allowed to
of lttn hn Ia
for "a hours. The last dispatch re-
ceived was, however, fraught with i'm
portant advices. A local correspond.
ent using harmless looking code
sent through the news that villa was
compelled to fight desperately against
the federal attack at Escalon and the
federals from Torreon were attempt
ing to get to the rear OF the rebel
miles north of Escalon. The federal
advance to that point through the
valley of the Rio Florida was pro-
ceeding rapidly when they encount.
rered rebel forces.
t4e Mutineers Slaughtered
Mexico City, March Is.---ln squads
of dozen men each. 149 mutineers
/ "IiO bahNh iloli
at Jojutla today, lined up against
a stone wall and executed. II re-
quired less than an hour for the
slaughter of the men who rebelled
against serving in army of General
Huerta and the soldiers pumped bull
let's into the bodies of their former
comrades as fast as they were lined
up. The bodies were piled high
along the wall when the last squads
were brought out and those going to
death were forced to walk over the
forms OF the executed men who only
few minutes before had faced the
rifles of the firing squad. With the
last OF the mutineers dead, the bod
les were piled in one trench. Huerta
' has ordered the strictest discipline
In all garrisons and stone wall and
Hrinp Guuad aWait all who po,tfiuy