Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-05-27
TALE
Of CARRANZA' s
FLIGHT TOLD BY
HIS COMP ANTON
Fall of JuarezY That FatefuI
Border City, Was the Sig
nal For First Chief to Get
Out of the Capital.
13 TRAINS WERE USED
TO TRANSPORT PARTY
National Treasure of Mex
leo, l8 to p Million Pc
$685. Carted Away Many
Fights Occurred En- Route

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FL Paso, Tex. May 26 Venus
tiano Carranza, MeNico's latest
| president to be assassinated, be-
! lteved until the last he could mar
shal his forces from some pace Of
refuge in the Puebla mountains
and sweep back the tide of revolt
I which finally engulfed his regime.
lie did' not fully know the extent
of the wave that had moved
against him, according to Felipe
| Ronquillo, former mayor of Jimi-
ine2, chihuahua. who accompanied
! him in his first week of flight
from the Mexican capital Senior
Ronquillo, in FL Paso today, de-
tailed the troubles that beset the
fleeing ru'cr until he was forced
to leave his military trains near
! RinConada.
Didn't Intend to Quit Country.
,Carranza never intended to leave
| the country he said.
The trains which carried the
president and his forces departed
from Mexico CITY May Z Ronqulllo
Iarrived in Mexico City May 5. the
great national holiday of Mexico,
to find the capital In gloom and
IoVerhung with an air of forebod-
Ing. Carranza then was busy or
ganlziug resistance TO the rebels.
ON May & rumors spread the first
CHER was preparing for flight and
the rumors were confirmed in the
public mind that day by heads OF
various government departments
moving their valuables and docu-
ments of state to the railway sta
lions, This was the day. according
to Senior Ronquillo. Carranza first
heard of the fall of Juarez, that
fateful city across from El Paso
that legend has coupled with the
phrase THAT he who takes Juarez
takes Mexico which again proved
true.
Used Twcuty-twO Locomotives.
The presidential train was made
ready the evening Of May 4 It con-
sisted of eighteen cars. the last
Pullman of which became the ma
tional capital through occupancy OF
|CarranZa Thirteen trains were
made up and twenty-five engines
were held ready to pun them from
the city. In one train was the
national treasure of Mexico, con-
sisting of eighteen to twenty mil
lion pesos. Carranza and his staff
arrived at the station in the early
dawn of May 8 and the movement
was begun. The trains, according
to Senior Ronquil'o, extended over
sixteen kilometers Of track. app OK
imately ten miles The presl-
Dental train was sixth in line
There was no demonstration as
the trains left. "The people ap-
peared oppressed" said Carranza's
local companion.
Rebels Capture Two Trains.
Beyond Via Guadalupe the first
.Ohregonistas attack occurred and
two trains fell into the rebels
hands The rear was again at
tackled at Apizaeo at sunrise of May
9, but the attackers We're easily
beaten off"
At noon OF that day the presi-
Dental encourage reached San
Marcus, where General Lopez,
commanding the advance guard.
had been in action since morning
with the rebels. The reinforce
night stop was ten kilometers short
Of Rinconada that night and In the
morning another attack broke
forth.
1T ended" said Senior Ronqulllo,
when General Murgia, personally
leading a Counter-attack with 1928
Juchteco Indians, captured two
cannon, two machine guns ana
enemy headquarters.
"At noon President Cai y 19a
himself appeared on the firm, Hue
His horse was shot but he siaid
at the front until the battle Was
over We captured $50 of ,se
enemy, including twenty-of itefs
Of high rank.
Dynamite Bomb Found.
Luckily before the train I w.
ment was resumed we found I
Mantle bomb on the track
which If exploded would ye
killed, us there"
About 500 Obregonistas pa tci-
pated in this attack. In some S9
they had obtained advance o'
nation that President Carr a44
would leave the capital and luew
the route he would tane. They fA1
placed guns on hills commani ms
the railroad had laid out sys-
tenn OF trenches on which our ,.s4
oners told us they had worked
eight days.
I'VE stayed a night and a day IN
Rinconada. and on the morning of
the 18th started for Esperanza. At
Aljibe we encountered strong
force under Gen. Guadalupe San
chez,
There was another all day fight.
At night the enemy withdrew only
to. renew the attack the following
morning. Early in the fighting.
Gen, Augustin MILAN was wounded
in the head and Col, Emelio Leon
of the Fl 'ty-seventh regiment. and
Lieutenant Colonel Torres OF
Icons staff were killed.
Train Catches Fire.
"At Rinconada the rebels had
captured two more trains at the
rear, considerably weakening our
force. on the morning of the 14th.
knowing that the attack would re-
commence with. the dawn. General
Murguia ordered all civilians.
among whom We're hundreds of
women and children, to leave the
trains. AS they were moving to
obey, train near that of the pres
idents caught fire.
Heavy smoke clouds rolled
along the right of way. Quick u