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mother. daughter and son We're
wounded.
The daughter. Consuelo, aged Z,
died on the relief train. The mother,
Paula Cervantes, was wounded in the
spine by a bullet, and the son, An
tonic. aged 5, had both arms shat
tered.
Paula CerVantes, barely able to
speak, said the rebels and passengers
rescued some of the wounded, who
were piled with the dead along the
track until the flames made further
rescue work impossible.
Diego Nedo, former governor of
Sinaloa State during the Diaz regime.
who Travelled in Pullman with his
wife and children, told quite a diff
ferent story The rebels, he said, did
not rob or molest the passengers. but
courteousiy assisted them to carry
their baggage to safety.
The casualties, iii his opinion. We're
due to the desperate resistance offered
by the military guard and it's i'm
prudence in lighting inside the
coaches.
Catholic Rebels" Blamed.
Advices to the presidential office
daughter Of former President Ohre-
gon and the wife of an army officer,
as among the dead or injured
A statement issued from the presi-
Dental office charged Catholic
rebels' with responsibility for the at
tack, asserting that three Catholic
priests were among the leaders. 1t
said that Secretary of War Amaro had
ordered "the required measures for
an energetic pursuit of the priests
who received their instructions from
the Episcopate of Mexico City"
''As the only comment on this pain
full happening" the statement from
the presidential office said, eve desire
to call the attention of the people Of
this country who have common sense,
and especially of the poorer classes.
to which the passengers who We're
barbarously burned alive by this
church crowd belonged, TO the low
moral level of those who desire TO con-
stitute themselves into spiritual direc-
tors of our country and seize power.
This is not to be considered strange
because it is merely an exact repeu-
ton of proceedings which the Catho-
lie Church has always used from the
time of the inquisition TO the present
time.
Three Priests Named.
Gen. Jaime Garlic, chief of staff OF
the war minister, in report 10 the
president. said that THE bandits,
headed by the priests Vega, Pedroza
and AnguIo, and a lawyer named
LoZa. a commissioner of the League
for the Defense Of Religious Liberty,
with bandit nicknamed No. IA,
were fleeing to the nearby mountains
when he arrived on the scene with
a contingent OF troops.
There was some speculation today
as to whether the government might
arrest the members of the Episcopate
and other Catholic leaders in view
Of the statement from the presidential
office that the attacking party re-
ceived it's instructions from the Epis-
copate. At the private residence
where the members of the Episcopatc
have lived since the Episcopate head
quarters was closed, it was said that
the members were residing elsewhere.
Two aviation squadrons, totaling
eight planes, have been ordered 10
proceed to the scene Of the attack to
assist in the pursuit of the band. The
pursuit is under the personal direc-
ton OF Secretary OF War Amaro
President Gales is described as
burning with wrath and indignation.
He has ordered that no effort be
spared in the campaign TO round up
the attacking party.