Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1920-06-02
SEND GARRANzA'S
BODY To CAPITAL
Special Train Carrying Remains
10 Mexico City.
Wks AsSESSINsTED BY ADD
Fugitive President Of Mckee and Sew
srsI e Ais Friends Made Prison
ers ard Then Executed ~
General reFrers-

keuustlnuU C1rrHuza j. "a its way 70
tts capital.
Accompanies the dead president
are seven other caskets, containing tue
bodie- q Ms most intimate followers.
A small group q thlTty-iwo chief
tEtus. two civilians and the eighi cot-
uUs are al that remain - 700 pow
erfulIy armed CRACK troops and huge
crowd of the former presidents saiel-
lItes Who ted from Mexico City. carry
ing q nations loot and treasure
Here la the capital are confusion
and q vague sense ~ terror 81 the con-
sequence az home and abroad
Its q delicate situation" sruveiy
declared Col B.ulto RAmiers. chief u
Ubre-uu'~ stan.
T~o verEicns q Killings
There are two versions az stan head
quarters as 80 how the killings too6
place. one-and It's the one that 'he
revolutionary leaders are praying -
tEg correct une-is that Carranza and
lls seven followers were casualties IN
q REGULAR battle. The other most ike
d. version Is that Gen DOdolf0 Her
r,ru made the eight men prisoners and
ASH ssinated them.
The dead. In addition 20 Carranza.
probably include LUIS Cabrera, secre-
tary % the treasury; Gen Francisco
MurruIa. Carrunza's commander In
chief. AEuirre BerlanEa- secretary OF
the Interior; Alfonso Ca1reru. brother
Uf Luis. former governor ~ the state
q Puehla. and be man who arrested
Consul jenkins and caused oil the
trouble over the kidnapping; and Gen
eral urnuizO. sUbsecretary q the war
department.
Herrera the Key Figure.
AZ the lutle town 81 Tiexicaltennngo
In northern Puebla. near the great
light and power plant al Necaxn which
supplies Mesico CITY, occurred the
tragedy Ga the explanation ~ which
hIuges tie fate q Mexico. EncircIe
by pursuing revolutionary forces IN
der Gen. Jesus NOvca. and realizing
that escape vas impossible. one or
two things took p.ace-eIther the rebel
trnors commanded by General Her
rrra discovered aud attacked the pres
IdeutInl party and Carmnz1 and his
seven companions were killed In bat
tlc. ur Herrera. as q member ~ Car
ruuEa's fugitive group. turned on his
chief aud murdered them.
Hcrreru's status viii decide wheth-
az the drama was the unavoidable out
rome az war or pure murder.
Rebels Appear IN Clear.
Ia either event Do b. difficult % see
fust how the revolution headed by
ubrexnu can BE- blamed. Herrera was
"a Mexican retel against CarDuzn. His
forces operated .n the state ~ Vera
Cruz on the southern friuEes ~ the
Manuel pelucz Uu zJue around Tam
uss-u. LAST November Herrera took al
vantage OK lA amnesty decree issued
~ Carranza and surrendered 20 the
federal government
His fClvrs were Incorporated In the
regular army and they passed sut o.
the umcllEhI
When CarrauEa evacuated Mexico
City. Herrera accompanied him. At \
great battle "a Rinconada. when Gen.
Ja.nto Tuevino. operating under OBJ
REGION. dlsastr0usly defeated the forces
a. Murgual and the presidential fugl-
tlves abandoned the u special trains
and plumber. Herrern-nnd here Is
the crucial spot IN the whole affair
= said Ca have deserted tie Carran-
gistas and jOlusd General Mariel. an
ether ObrcEou commander. az the en-
gaEement-
Herreru then is said % have Joined
en- the pursuit a. the president.
He Is then supposed 20 have opened
un attack at dawn Friday. probably
While the Carrauzn camp WAS asleep.
Violated obrepon's or6ers7
The fact that only important Per
sons we're killed. and apparently no
soldiers were either attackers or at
tarked and NO other member OF the
Carrnura crowd was even injured.
seems "a bear ont the version that
Herrera either re5o.ned Carranza aft
sr Rlnccnada. then turned on him. cr
never Gid desert him and become an
Obre<oulsta-
where the revolutionary party can
b. linked VI with the affair lies IN the
possibility that Herreru did attack as
az obreEonista and captured and exc
ruted the victims. In this event he
violated ObreeOns orders "a an his
generals not q harm President Car
rama or Ms followers. but 10 give
them all guarantees - safety.
m Herrera did this he obviously
would Re arrested he has not been
arrested. and ObreECu's chief ~ star
told ne be- wouldn't BE-. a. Il was 4
formal battle and the casualties. re
ersstahle a. they are ccUld not be
avoided