Arizona republican., 1919-05-10
BANDITS RAVAGE CANANEA WHILE
 CITIZENS SLEEP
Daring Band of 22 Complete Neat, Quick Job Military Trains On Way To Terri fled City-Seven Dead Stores Filtered

DOUGLAS. May 9.-With two mili- tary trains bringing soldiers from No gales and points south Of there, to Can auea, late today, and a home guard for matiOn under way in the town. the feeling of trepidation exhibited earlier in the day, aS a resudt of a bandit raid eaIF this morning, was largely dis pelled. 4 public meeting for the forma- ti0n of the home guard and to formu- late 90 program of defense for the mu- nicipality was held this afternoon, hay ing been called by the presidente's mu- nicipal of Cananea. Early reports of thc Kidnapping of this official were without basis, it was learned. The re- V,sed death list is five including the chief of police and four of his men.
 Nothing has been heard of the ban dits since they rode past the Capote mine of the Cauanea Consolidated Copper company, and headed toward JOS Nogales ranch. about g. miles southwest Of Cananea. The leader of the band is Jose Maria Suarez, who signed receipts for money taken from the BancO Mercantile, and goods taken from four stores, adding after his sig nature Viva Villa" Several members of the band also are said to have been recognized as residents of Cananea.
 The people of Cananea are under the impression that the raid was organized for the specific purpose of rescuing from jail Major Agulrre, brother of Lieutenant Colonel J. M Aguirre of inc Carranza army, who was arrested on Cinco dc Mayo, May 5, for shooting 14d rtr.lf lfra- However. Aguirrc appeared in Naco, Sonora, today, and cIa1med to have walked anu ridden horseback from Cananea- He is said to have stated to MeXicans with whom he talked that he was badly frightened by the raid and made his escape from the crowd as soon as possible. Late this afternoon. he is said to have lert by automobile, expressing the intention of returning to Cananea and surrendering himself to the authorities
 Afraid of Night Attack
 Fearful of a recurrence tonight of the raid made early this morning by band Of 22 bandits, under leadership of Mexican who signed Jose Marea SuaSez, Viva Villa" to a number of re- Ceipts for goods, stolen from stores of Cananear Sonora, the presidente mu- nicipal was sending messages to Agua Prieta, Nogales and Hermosillo urg- ing that assistance be sent him at once
 Captain Tato, comnGpder of the Agua Prieta garrison, as yet is unde- cided as 10 his course, awaiting orders from military headquarters in Hermo- sillo. His force consists of approxi- mately 70 gendearns, fiscal guards, hftrH4 .1f town.
 The revised death list at Cananea is seven, including the chief of police, four polcemen and two civilians. Twen- y-two arc said O have been wounded.
 The raid started at 1:3O this morn ing and came to conclusion at 4:30. The raiders first appeared in Ronquillo, the business section of the munich pality. After an unsuccessful endeavor 1o open the vault of the Banco Mercan- tile owned by Frank Proctor of Los Angeles and J. NJ Gibbs, American consular agent and a resident of Can snea, the bandits went to the home of J.'NI. Pareta- the cashier, forced him to dress and go to the bank with them. When he attempted to demur, they are said to have exhibited a businesslike
 
 to blow him and his family into eter- nity," unless he consented to do their bidding. First reports were that ap- proximately Si0000 was taken from the safe, but late this afternoon a message from Naco said Mr. Pareta estimated the amount stolen from the bank at 122.000, American gold.
 Create General Havoc
 Four stores are said to have been footed, among them La Francesa. ovnFd by Felix Brothers, the store of Said Tabet that of Hopkins Brothers, and a Mexican jewelry store. It is rum ored, but not confirmed, that two oth- CT stores were robbed. La Francesa store was robbed of goods valued at 5000, while several thousand dollars worth of goods was stolen from the other stores. No violence was done to Americans or other foreigners.
 The prisoners were liberated from the two jails and three policemen, sur prised and disarmed by the bandits were locked up in cells. These men when released, claimed to have recog nized at least three of the robbers as Cananea men, and it is the belief ol