Nogales international., 1926-10-17

sleep in COMPARISON.
"Well the Yaquis, being Of the
superstitious turn Of mind, beat
it in as many different directions
as there were individuals to, and
directions to follow. A hundred
different streaks Of lightning hit
within two hundred yards Of the
train, and when the first grand
fusilade of Jupiter Pluvius was
over and there was lull in the
performance, not Yaqui was to
be seen and there was about q
foot of water standing where
the Yaks had been in line and
waiting for TEN to come. How
do you account for it? If it
were mere coincidence that
just at the very minute that 800
waiting murderous vagabonds,
were to attack and slaughter 800
unarmed and helpless inoffend-
ing men, women and children,
that Offended Heaven, should
press tn button, and turn loose
this meteoric-electric bedlam, and
frighten these lice till their
black hearts shiveled with fear,
and their cowardly legs, ran
away from the wrath that threat
red them, then and in that event,
/ take off my hat, to Mr.. Coin
cidence.
'But the we'll planned attack,
was like all other plans that have
been suddenly frustrated and
miscarried; it had to be re-plan-
ned, and changed in some re-
spects. The idea now, was to
wait for the arrival of the
renegade snovab;h, who had gone
to Hermosillo to receive the
monthly stipend of 10000 pesos
which the Mexican Government
has been handing over to these
lazy leeches for the past six
years, as the price Of good be-
havior, to arrive, which was sup
posed to be at about 8 A. NJ, as
they had been informed by wire
that the said chief with the swag,
would come on special train at
about that hour.
"The Yaquis, being of a give
and take disposition, were per-
suaded, that it would be sort Of
hogging the pleasure if they
were to go ahead with the mas
sacre, before the missing chief
should be present to take part in,
and enjoy the fiesta. So they
waited.
"But here again, is what hap
pened: The Yaqui upon arrival
of the train at Vicam at noon on
Sunday, at once placed under
arrest, tn engineer and firman,
and placed them about fifty feet
away from the engine, under a
tree. I saw them there, but
thought they were there merely
to be away from the heat Of the
engine. The Yaquis, also had
complete charge Of the telegraph.
No wire could be sent to Hermo-
sillo or elsewhere, without their
permission, or censor. Obregon
had tried by various hooks and
crooks to hint to General Manzo
at Hermosillo, that he was stand
ing in boiling oil, but after the
Yaqui censor was through with
the telegram, it would read that
he, Obregon, was up to his neck,
at the pie counter. Well at
length, Manzo wired to Obregon,
asking him what was up. His
reply from Obregon was that he
was merely taking a rest.
"Now that little bit Of sarcasm.
at the behest Of the local Direc-
tor of Festivities, aroused Man
xo's suspicious, and he at once
entrained his TOO valientes and
beat it for Vicam as fast as the
iron horse could gallop.
"The Yaks knew that there was
a train coming, but they were
not just as sure as sure could
be, that there was not some more
than their beloved snovabih on
the train. So at about half past
three in the morning, (Monday)
seeing the headlight in the West,
they sent a hundred Of the flow
er of their riff-raff out about a
kilometer, to wait, and If there
were other than one car, with the
train, they were to open fire and
stop the train.
"BUT, when the train came
upon them, it was not at q snail's
gallop, but she was merely hit
ting the high spots. Well they
opened fire, as planned, but the
train was going at such a speed
that few Of their bullets ever
overlook it, and just as the sound
of the musketry of the attacking
party, half a mile to the west,
reached our ears, the train was
with us, and the other TOO Yaks
who had remained there with az,
to watch over us and care for US,
opened fire ON our train, all along
tn line. The firing did not last
more than about three minutes,
but in that time, the Yaks had
fired several thousand shots, q
thousand bullets had hit the
train, and the women and chill
dren had delivered at the least
ten thousand screams. So ended
the battle. Wounded none.
"Rllt do not have the idea that