Antonio Carrasco Reportaje

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Antonio GoodSoldier and Bad Out-law, Smoked a Ciga-

rette Theatrically andGave Orders to theFiring Squad That Ex- -

' ccuted Himtwenty year tho law sought

Full Antonio Currusco along tho

border. A year ago he

faced ik firing squad near Ojinaga,M.uco, theatrically smoking n cigarette,

ii 1 gave tho Bignal that ended his turbu- -

', t.ireor. A few days ago his son was...,,ed while trying to urengo his death.

No name w.i better known on the bor--.r than tliat of Antonio Carrasco, From

l' Kio to Nogales he was feared anddmlrcd by the Mexicans und denounced.!'! hunted by officers of the law. He

wanted in Arizona for train rol-.r- v

in Texas for killing a ranger and'V itoiii officers for many n moon- -'

smuggling expedition. For twentyvi.ir- - lie was nn outlaw on both sides of

international line.The story of his death reads strangely

n 'liMi modern days. For many yearst.ilo will live around the campfires

I 'in- - Southwest. In tho telling three.in es will often be repeated, Pancho!' r.ulo, Kmilio Salgado and Frank

Mn ioiub-- . Alvanulo was a follow out- -

.w .iiid rival who died tho day Carrascoa - Killed, Kmilio Salgado was tho scout

i inptured both and McCoombs the.I

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of fortuno who presided at thet of Antonio's life.u early days of tho Mudero rovo- -

Carrasco visile! Col. Joso do las inelioz, an insurgent leader, andii lii cervices,

i have fought for tho dictator Diazi, v weeks," he said, "I liavo foughttor many years I want to helpto to win and get a pardon so that

quit this life of a hunted coyote."-o of his record of many crimes

'i r was refused. Carrasco theneil about him a company of forty-'i- i

and proceeded to wago II little

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Domitiain's coronation imperial

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11 Itonie are now uvallubiem fur the first time.

two years Irof, Bonl'a"in limited to the area cov- -

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private war He was working for thepardon and disciplined his baud withhard hand. Good reports came to head-quarters of the work of Antonio, men woresorely needed and therefore he was ad-

mitted into the army of the itisurroctosAt that time Col. Sanchez was gather-

ing his forces for an attack on Ojiuagu,opposite Presidio, Tex. CarrascoV fatherhad been killed at Ojinaga many yearslefore by the rurales. The town isnatural fortress, built on a mesa wheretho Kio Grande and Rio Conchos join,und was garrisoned by 1,000 soldiersunder Gen. I.uque, a commander oftho iron handed type preferred by Diaz

Tho Maderistas advanced on the townand invited (ten. I.uque to come out andbattlo in tho open. Wisely he declinedand a long siege began Currusco wassent with company of men to occupyan Important position west of the townFor several days the fighting continuedand Carrasco proved himself goodsoldier as well as a bad outlaw

About this time Pancho Alvaradoin camp and asked ormisson to

fight with the revoltosos. He rankedsecond only to Carrasco in sinister repu-Mtio- n

and had no following Col San-chez refused to admit him into the rebelranks and expelled him from campThere was 11 feud of long standing be-

tween Carrasco and Alvarado and Panchoblamed tho reformed bandit for his ex-

pulsion.A fow days later terrified ranchman

brought tho nows into camp that Alvaradohad roblx-- his homo and burned thohouse. Kmilio Salgado was sent uponhis trail with orders to get him, aliveif ixissible.

Silgado was a noted character in Chi-

huahua. On his charo jacket he woreseveral medals won in roping und ridingcontests. Ho was chief of scouts fortho columns under Col. Sanchez andknow tho mountains anil trails as a cityman knows his homo street. Manytales are told of tho fighting abilitiesof Salgado, but ho was never a bandit.

Ho chose to go into tho mountainsafter Alvarado olono. Three days laterhe returned to camp with tho trussedoutlaw tied to his horso. A court-marti- al

was convened. Alvarado was triedand sentenced to death.

Tho execution of Alvarado was de-

layed by tho outbreak of Antonio Car-rasco. Grown tired of discipline, andfighting without the reward of loot he

room, with base of throne.

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perors, which are hotter known na thePalaco of Domlttan, owing to their re-

construction In A. D. 91 by the archi-tect Itablrlus. In the sixth century thepalaces were robbed their last trean-ure- H

and left to crumble Into plecen.When the Palatine wus excavated In

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TTinnf $ouad tiat Ex 0 c u i J fJnionio Carrasco,0 JWc Coomb on Z.ft ITncl"juinfied the reservation" and went ontho war path Willi n band of thirty-fiv- e

kindred spirits ho deserted his postand made raid through the country,looting several ranches and ending uttho little town of San Antonio, whero nmc-ca- l distillery was located Hero hoindulged himself in a protracted

and wantonly killed un old manwho was unarmed and harmless

Col. Sanchez was in a dilemma. Hisforce was nono too strong to hold thotrenches in front of Ojinaga and largeforce would lo required to round upCarrasco and his gang. Again KmilioSalgado offered to go and again ho wentalone. Ho rodo into San Antonio aiiddismounted in front of Carrasco's quar-ters with a dozen riflos covering him.

"If had come to fight Antonio wouldnot como nlono. como to talk," ho said."I was sent to ask you to como back totli firing line."

the sixteenth century the remain oftho Imperial palaces suffere-- l severelyand they were almost entirely obliter-ated after they had been strippedevery piece of marble and covered overwith the earth dug up a they wererepeatedly searched for objects value.

"I take no orders from Cruz Sandic.or any other man," replied Carrasco,

"Then will h; said that AntonioCarrasco was afraid of tho guns of themoclios and every man that is with youwill bo known all his life as a coward,"replied Salgado.

"I'll provo to you that am not afraidof Cruz Sanchez and will go Kick,"answered Carrasco.

With the bandit beside him and fol-

lowed by the baud of deserters, Salgadoreturned to the insurgent camp. Car-rasco rodo swaggering to headquartersand was greeted politely, and his menscattered to tho campllres to eat supper..Standing in the doorway of Col. Sanchez'sheadquarters he found himself looking

The basilica of Domitian's Palace.

The object of Prof. Donl's explorationwns to discover the traces of the palaces of Nero and Caligula and of therepublican houses over which the pal-aces were built. He also planned toexcavate down under the substructureof these buildings until he found the

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down half a docn title bariel?, and forthe first time in his career Carrasco wasdisarmed.

Then came his trial He made no de-

fence for his desertion or his crimes,denying (lie authority of Sanchez to tryhim and apparently indifferent to the re-

sult of the proceedings He was foundguilty of deserting his post in the faceof the enemy and of uiuider KikePancho Alvarado he was sentenced todeath

Again Antonio Carrasco and PanchoAlvarado had the same request to makeof Col. Sanchez.

"(live me a gun and let me chargeup the hill at the pelones. You know-tha- t

they will kill me lieforo I reach thetop," asked Carrasco

"Give 1110 a gun and let me go to thetrenches by ttie custom house, 1 willfight until they kill me," said Alvarndo.

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naturul soli in order to starch fur pre-

historic pottery and other traces of theearliest Inhabitants of the Palatine.

Prof. Uonl discovered and completelylaid bare Domitian's coronation room,where he found tho base of the Imperialthrone approached by three steps of

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vanulo was grouted. That of Carrascowas denied. That tho request of

w;ls granted will seem strange, lo the American soldier, but they doI tiling that way in Mexico. They lovethe wnyH of romance even in their modeof dying, as this war has many timesproved.

With a guard of four iusurrectos be-

hind liiin Alvarado was marched to thetrenches and handed an old WinchesterTwo hundred yards away were tho, sol-

diers shooting from their trenches.Alvarado filled the magazine of his

rifle und climbed to the top of the trenchCalmly he fired at the soldiers with asmuch emotion as If he was shooting ntducks in a pond. In the trench behindhim the awed insurrectos watched him j

Some say that he fired seven shots, others1. . .1 .1.-1 . tlnuiiy argue uiai jie nieti cigm lit imiue

a mark that even a .Mexican soldier couldnut miss and the bullet mercifullv hithim in the head. He fell backward,strangely huddled, into the trench.

I hat evening when told to prepaie fordeath Antonio Carrasco's first questionwas whether or not Alvarado was deadlie smili-- when told that his enemy hadpassed before him.

Cirnisco was told that he would beexecuted in the morning.

"Why not he "Imight not sleep well."

Many were afraid to take the responsi-bility of shooting Currasco, He hadmany friends and they would rememberFrank McCoombs wusrulected toconimandthe firing squad and live Mexicans werenamed by lot McCoombs was a man ofmuch experience in military killing. Hehad discharge papers from two armiesand had served in several of the littleLatin American wars.

Before d ing Carrasco distributed hisproperty. To his son he gave his pistol,to a friend his .iorse and to a newspapercorrespondent n sword that he had takenfrom a rural guard

Surrounded by the firing squad Car-

rasco was inarched up a dry arroyo sev-

eral hundred yards nway from the camp."This spot will do as well as any," he

said finally and halted. He asked per-mission to smoke a cigarette, and rolledand lighted one while the squad wasformed in line by McCoombs, about fifteenfeet distntit

"There is one request I want to make,"the bandit said ns lie took his place In thespot pointed out "Please shoot at my

One of the two Nympheea.

Kgyptlun granite. The exploration ofthe triclinium, or dining hall, of

led to the discovery of the twonymphwa, or rooms with fountains, thaiflanked It on each side, A large por-

tion of tho beautiful marble pavementof the dining hull has been found and

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Pancho Alvarado, Killedin Theatrical FashionWhile Charging theTrenches of theEnemy-Sto-ry of TheirExecution Reads LikeFiction

heart I don't want my face all torn up."A minute later he said with u sneer toone of his executiouers, "What are youtrembling for? I'm the fellow that'sgoing lo die. If I had a chance to killall of you I'd be glad 1 wouldn't shake."

Facing the squad and holding back hiscoat he ordered, "Aim here at my heart.Are you ull ready Then -- Fire."

Three of the six men fired. All of thebullets took elTect He fell and the cigar-ett- e

he had been smoking dropped ontohis skirt front and lay smoulderingMcCoombs stepped forward and flickedthe stub away with his hand,

"Another bad man gone to hell," hesaid, and shouldering hi- - gun started forthe camp, where his stipHr was wailing

This story is t jld by an eye witness.Antonio Carrasco and Pancho Alvaradowere bud men, who 'iad killed many menand lived beyond the law, but theyshowed that they could meet death them-selves gamely and gracefully

Kmilio Salgado is dead too. He wastrapped and killed not long ago in SunPablo Meoqui

When Oroco rebelled Kmilio was a cu(-ta- in

of the prison guard in the city ofChihuahua. He remained loyal to Mu-dero. A rush wns mode on the prisonby the friends of Antonio Kojus, whowas then a prisoner. Salgado foughtwith a handful ol men and many men werekilled in the streets before the prisonwas taken Kmilio escaped to Meoqui.

He was discovered by a man namedCanu, a lifelong friend of Carrasco. Aplot was made to supply Salgado withmescal and kill him while he was drunk.Kmilio obliged the plotters, by gettingdrunk, but killed lour of his enemies be-fore he finally fell

'I he son of Antonio Carrasco enlistedwith Oroco. lie was killed at Huncheriaa few days ago, lighting against the samecompany of men that had executed hisfather.

There is another Carrasco living Hetills a tiny farm on the American side of1 he Kio Grande and has taken no part inthe disturbance acro-- s. the river As hesays, he is not a fighting nun and Iiiinnever ill his life owned a gull

SU'eNES OF DOMITIAN'S GLORY IN ROME SHOWN iBY THE CAMERA IFOR THE HIRST TIME

carefully repuinil, while u portion of the,

wall with large windows overlooking thenyhpliieuni still hears traces of therare marbles used for decoration.

A portion of tho basllh-- inthe Ph luce of Domltlnn contains

of original parapet.