The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-07-11

III a visitor should start a campfire
anywhere on the island he would he
running n risk. for so great is the
quantity Of ammunition that has been
smuggled thus far on its way to rev
dictionary war and buried. thn any
such fire might cause an explosion.
1t was in the moonshine of "A clear
November night in 1911 that a boat
drifted down the Rio Grande from the
American side, pulled up among the
cattails of the north shore of the ISL
n and was beached beneath a great
cottonwood tree that stood out against
the sky as "A landmark. Two men
stepped ashore and waited in the
shadows.
Fifteen minutes later two riders
splashed into the water from the Mex
lean side, ~floundcred through the
stream that but came Ia the stlrrups
and pointed the noses of their horses
for the same huge tree. Nearing 1t
they halted.
Reyes" said n voice from the dark
ness.
Gomez" responded n rider.
A small. dark man emerged from
the shadow Of the cottonwood and
helped the riders to dismount. one of
these latter proved to Ice a woman,
who vas treated with great courtesy
by the small man. When the horses
were tied the four seated themselves
beneath the tree in a spot where the
underbrush shut out the world.
The bearer OF new and evidently
the leader of the party was the small.
dark man. AS it afterward developed
he was DR.. Rafael Flores of El Paso.
DIR. Flores was about 60 years Of age.
thin inc wiry. with refined and almost
classic features. lie was "A practising
physician in the border city.
The man who had come with him In
the boa was named Comacho. He
was short, square built, deeply peck
marked. He was notorious along the
border, particularly in Lower Califor-
MA. He was m expert with explo-
sives II was suspected of having
been ~onnected with many deeds.
The man who came ON horseback
was huge and heavy and wore a rcd
flannel shirt. He it was who had led
the assault on Juarez when the troops
Of Francisco villa captured thai city
early i'm the Madero campaign. lie 1t
was who inflicted some Of the early
atrocities upon prisoners, who piled
the torch and who had to be discour-
aged in his activities by even his IAN
dit associates. Red Shirt Pena he
had since been called.
His speciality was smuggling fire.
arms over the border. He had sixty
loyal followers in the vicinity Of FL
Carmen.
And the woman-Senorita Josefa
Calderon was the name by which she
was known. She was from the in
terror and was something of a mys-
terry, but the current belief was that
she was n sister of Gen. Orozco. That
uncontrolled chief of rebels was even
then stationed at Juarez in command
OF Madero troops II was vacillatinE
etween allegiance to the new Presi-
dent and the leading of 4 revolt
against him. Senorita Caldcron was
thought to be his messenger.
"There is news" said DR.. Flores. as
soon as the party had settled itself.
Gen. Reyes Is in san Antonio. lie
arrived at New Orleans a week ago.
came on to San Antonio. where he
was given a great demonstration. lie
has opened revolutionary hcadquar-
ters there and every mail brings let
ters and every train brings messen-
gers assuring him of support in over
throwing Madero.
"He has arranged for money 10
finance the movement. The friends
of Emilio Nasquoz Gomez are at
work along the border. The Amer
lean financial interests in Mexico are
back of us We are To open head
quarters in II Paso ana begin the
active organization of our forces
But the money said Pcna. 1--WE
a do nothing until We have money
with which to buy ammunition
"The money assured the doctor,
lis to he Immediately forthcoming. In
that connection | have a mission for
the Senorita Calderon. she is to go
Immediately to san Antonio to report
TO the chief and to get the money"
when the money arrives said
Comacho, "all things will he possible.
There Is dynamite cached AT Newman
and more at A~lamaCordo. Ramon
Sanchez has other stores of it at
Phoenix. We can start action AT halt
a dozen points and wake every doing
peon in Mexico.
Provide The money, doctor, n
will guarantee to wake up two ma
lions. mere IL niue question OF get
ting results either through the over
throw of Madero or Intervention by
the United States"
Likewise will the arms begin tc
cross the river as soon az they may
be bought" volunteered Pena. 81
nave many men ready t, travel back
and forth each will carry n CUR
and a box of cartridges each trip"
And the senorita?" asked DIR
Flores. "Can she go for us to San An,
tonio?"
las the senior wishes said tina
young woman. But where shall | re
port on my return"
Back To my residence" said tn,
doctor, there is n small building open
ing into the alley. There are no win
dows. We will meet there"
After "A long discussion of the de
tails Of the organization Of the junta
this first gathering of the ConSpirator
broke up,
II was a week after this meeting 4
the Rio Grande that Archie DObh'
special agent of the Department q
Justice, assigned particularly to tn
Mexican border TO look after viola
tions of the neutrality laws, began
notice the frequency with whic
groups Of MeXicans were TO be see
engaged in earnest conversation in IN
streets Of FL Paso. About the Orn
dorff Hotel there We're in eyidcnC
groups Of seemingly wealthy ranc
owners, ldling abOu the tleNiCan 81