Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 April 1896 — MASSACRE IN MEXICO. [ARTICLE]

MASSACRE IN MEXICO.

Zimatlan Indiana Slaughter All Officials In Juqnela. A telegram from Oaxaca City, Mexico, says that the rebel Indians at the town of Juquela killed allthe town councilors, school teachers, local priest, chief of police and the telegraph operator—in fact, everyone holding a Government place. The people are in terror and troops have been sent for the relief of the town. The Indians began their plotting in Holy week, instigated by Indian lawyers, who informed them that thd new State taxes were unconstitutional, but the authorities paid no attention to the excitement among them, considering they were engaged in their usual drunken celebration of the season. But, procuring arms and matches, they made a rush for the town hall, and the prefect hastily closed the doors, they soaked,with petroleum and burned, thus effecting an entrance. They sacked the place, and, penetrating the private apartments of the prefect, grossly maltreated the women of hi* family, and then, turning attention to the officials armed servants, killed and wounded sacral. The Indians were possessed with fury, and it was absolutely impossible for a respectable inhabitant to control them, as all were drunk and maddened. The mob, after sacking the town hall, went to the Federal stamp office and assailed it, burning down the outside door with petroleum, which also communicated fire to the entire house, placing Collector Graciada, who was on the roof with his clerks, in a, condition of the utmost peril. They managed to escape by the rear, jumping for their lives. ’ Many shops were burned after being sacked, and the In*

dians decorated themselves with stolen finery. They all fled on the approach of the sdidlers, and are now in the hills.