The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-10-06
LEADERS FACE
FIRING SQUADS;
SOLDIERS FLEE
Gomez Reported Dead and
Others Are Placed on
Trial by Federals.
GIVEN UP BY OWN MEN
Serrano, Regarded as Chief
Hope of Revolt, Taken
by Friend.
GIVEN UP BY OWN MEN
RY G. F. FINE


MEXICO CITY, Oct. 6.-Mexico's
abortiye resolution was believed to-
day to be practically at an end,
though so far as was known here
two of the leaders of the rebellion,
Gen. Arnulfo Gomez and Gen. Hec-
tor Ignacio Armada, still were at
large. Their capture seemed imn1i-
nent.
The Mexican ambassador at
Washington and the Mexican con-
sulate at New York reported last
night they had private advices that
Gomez had been captured, court
martialed and executed, but both
the embassy and the consulate specl-
fed that the advices were not Of
fetal.
The same report was circulated in
several towns along the Mexican
border. United Press dispatches
from Mexico, however, contained no
reference to the report and no con-
fimation of it.
Doomed to Failure
The revolutionary movement lea
by Gomez and Gen. Francisco Ser
rano early seemed foredoomed to
failure. Orders for their arrest, 1t
was learned today, were dispatched
as early as last Saturday. full
twenty-four hours before the re-
bellion of two regiments and two
battalions of the Mexico City gar
rison.
Gomez and Serrano learned OF the
governmental orders and fled the
CITY. Serrano went to Cuernavaca,
sixty miles from the capital, where
he thought he would be among
friends. He was trapped before he
could lift a finger. His arrest was
made by Gen. Juan Dominguez,
whom Serrano had regarded as one
of his best friends.
No details have been received OF
Serrano's execution. A reporter for
the newspaper Excelsior counted
nine wounds in Serrano's body. Five
thousand people attended the flu
neral yesterday of Serrano and his
thirteen followers, executed at the
same time.
: Expect Soldiers to Desert
AS News of Serrano's execution
spreads through the interior, OBJ
servers believe soldiers now with
Gomez and Almeda would desert.
Gomez never had anything like
Sarrano's support. Serrano had
been the chief hope of the rebellion
and with his death the rebellion
itself was wrecked.
The government issued a bulletin
last night in which it announced
the capture of Gen. Alfredo Rudea
Ouiniano, former leader OF the
26th Cavalry Regiment, and his i'm
mediate subordinate, Col. Florenclo
Anitua.
The bulletin referred to Quinjano
as zone of those chiefly responsible
for Sundays futile military upris-
ing" He was first officer of the 26th
Regiment of the Mexico City gar
rison which, with one other regi-
ment and two battalions, escaped
from the barracks.
Held by Own Men
Quinjano and Anitua, the bulletin
said, were captured by their own
men and turned over to General
Fscobar. The regiment formerly
commanded by Quinjano and AMI
tua now forms a part of Escobar's
federal forces, having decided soon
after their escape from the barracks
to stay loyal to the government.
They said they had been tricked by
Ouiniano into the uprising.
Ouinjano and Anitua were
brought to Mexico City last night
for court-martial. a.
Their trial, with that OF twelve
soldiers captured with QuinJano,
began last night at the Santiago
military prison and was still in ses-
sion at an early hour today. Quin-
ial1o is expected to be executed and
the court martial proceedings mere
" were to complete legalization OF
the sentence already passed.
The soldiers are expected to be
evouerated.