The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-04-28

hrSt of April a Federal military Off
Ger, Captain Aware Del Castillo, evil
IDENTIFY instructed by the Federal mill
tary commander to tear down all
American flags, arrived at this consul
late general with a street mob, which
he had gathered, about -four o'clock
in the afternoon, and pounded in the
door and demanded that the Ameri-
can flag over this consulate general
be Immediately lowered or he would
10 it down. The other Federals
proceeded to tear down all American
f1ags, standing on them making
speeches throughout the city of Mon
terey, burning some of them and
tearing them up and leaving them
piled in the middle Of the streets.
Most Insulting Act.
1T was the most insulting act ! or
any of the people of Monterey ever
have witnessed. They then placed a
police guard in front Of this consulate
general and all the inmates in this
building We're considered prisoners.
Consul Humiliated.
THE next morning about 10 o'clock
a police lieutenant arrived with a
force of men and advised me that he
had been instructed to search the
building. The insulting search was
completed about noon, when your
Consul General was taken prisoner,
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carried first to the penitentiary and
afterwards to the state
place, which building had been for
sometime military quarters and forti-
fed and was the object of special at
tack by the then attacking forces.
While l was placed under heavy
guard in the grand reception of the
State palace, l fully realized that 1
| was constantly being considerably in
suited and greatly Inundated not on
account of my personality, but on ac-
count of my official position as rep
resentative IF the United States gov
eminent in North Mexico.
Was Held Prisoner.
AT about 8 O'Clock in the evening
| of April %. | was taken before the
military court and notified hat I was
charged with being in sympathy with
the Constituencies chiefs and Of
being friendly to certain Constitu-
tiOnalist generals and especially Gen.
Pablo Gonzales and Gen. Antonio
Villareal. ] was kept {. prisoner in
communicate until the evacuation Of
the city by the Federal troops and
until the arrival Of the Constitution
alist forces early this morning.
Left Alone i'm Building.
There were times during the
period when / was believed by many
that l would be shot or carried TO the
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Federals evacuated. However, tie
evacuation of the city took place last
night and ! was left entirely alone in
the State capital building as its sole
guardian for about six hours, without
being informed by any Individual or
officer of their departure"
Rebels Heard of Plight.
THE Constitutionalists forces, un-
der command of General Pablo Con
zales, General Antonio Nillareal. and
! General Castro. carried on "a success
full attack for about five days. which
resulted in the defeat of the Fedora
army, with heavy losses on the part 81
the Federals, and their complete rout
Constituencies officers informed
me that they heard hat was taken
prisoner and that the American fiae
ordered down from over this consulate
general.
VictOrS Are Courteous.
"A Constituencies oHcer. Naloi
FierroS, with a company of men. b"ok.
int the locked door early this morn.
ing. furnishing me with Il S2dG!e1
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