Evening star., 1927-04-21
BANDITS OUTRAGE
IS LAID TO PRIESTS
Gales BIames CIerics for
HoId-up of Train and
Killing of 100.
By the Associated Press.

/ MlLA1CO III i, April @1.~-SuT-
viyors of Tuesday nights train trag-
| edy in Jalisco State, arriving in Mex
Iico City today, estimate the total dead
at about 100, of whom 46 were mem
! bers of the soldier guard and from so
I to so were passengers. From five to
seven Americans were on the train,
/ but none was injured.
| The survivors, who reached the
/ capital on a relief train. said the ban
dts or rebels who derailed the engine
and then attacked the train. shouted:
Long live Christ the King
They robbed the express coach of
! 200, 600 pesos, but did not lock the
passengers in the burning coaches, as
stated in previous reports, After rob-
bing the passengers, they ordered
them to leave the coaches. which were
then set aflre.
Wounded Trapped in Coaches.
Some of the passengers and soldiers.
however, We're SO severely wounded as
TO he unable TO move. These were left
within the coaches and were burned
10 death. Three wounded soldiers
survived of the military escort. these
three saving their lives by discarding
their Insignia and posing as civilians
The attackers poured heavy rife
fire through the coaches Immediately
after the derailment Of the train,
which was bound from Guadalajara TO
Mexico City. The soldier guard re-
turned fire from the windows and
platforms Of the coaches until over
come. The bullets Of the attackers
are said to have caused the majority
&C the deaths among the passengers.
The charge that Catholic priest
directed the attack against the train
was made by Patficio villaIobos of
Tepic, q passenger in the second
class coach, who was among the
wounded brought TO Mexico City. This
priest he said, rode around the scene
Of combat in an automobile. Another
priest, he charged, boarded the train
after the military escort had been
| silenced, ordering his men to kill all
| passengers suspected of being soldiers.
Knife Fallen Bodies.
Villalobos had one leg shattered. He
escaped death in the fire through the
| assistance of woman and Sergt.
| Isi6ro Anduaga, one of the three sur
vivors of the military escort.
| Sergt. nduaga, with five soldiers,
| fought from the military car until his
/ comrades We're killed. Then, unable
| to prevent the rebels from entering
! the car, he dropped to the floor, sham
ming death.
The rebels entered and knitted the
bodies Anduaga received thrusts in
| the ribs and legs. Two rebels re-
mained in the car until II was IN
/ flames. After they left Anduaga
/ crawled outside, met yillalobos and
assisted him to safety.
Sergt. F'ilberto Cabrera, another sur
vivor, also said a priest directed the
attack from an automobile. The reb-
els, he added, forced the passengers
! to shout, Long live Christ the King,
/ killing those who did not obey
promptly.
Captured in Mountains.
Cabrera wounded, fed to the noun
tajns but was captured and conducted
/ fo the rebel camp. Shortly afterWard,
he said, he was told, THE padre says
/ YOU can go" and he returned to the
scene Of the disaster.
| Manuel Garcia of Peniamo, track
worker. who suffered bullet wounds in
the arm and leg, said the rebels in
vaded the cars, stabbing all passengers
| whose dress indicated they might be
soldiers. They robbed the passengers
| of clothing and valuables and after
ward ordered everybody off the train.
| Many of the wounded were unable TO
get out. and were burned alive.
BassiIio Manin. an Italian, was
slightly wounded. He claims the fight
lasted over two hours and that many
| of the passengers were wounded be-
cause part of the military escort
fought inside the cars until the rebels
climbed in. Then the fight continued
| among the covering passengers.
The rebels, he says, mercilessly
butchered the remaining soldiers and
| passengers mistaken for soldiers. They
did not leave until the arrival of mill
tary train.
Survivor Becomes Insane.
Antonio DiaZ, a member OF the Re-
eioual Confederation of Mexican Work
| ers. returning TO Mexico City after a
HOLY week vacation, became insane
when his wife was killed and his
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