GARRISON REVOLTS.
NINETY-FIVE EXECUTED. SHOT AGAINST BARRACK WALLS. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received 11.15 a-m.) MEXICO CITY, February 25. The Federal Garrison at El Paso, a town on the Rio Grande, near the Texan border, revolted, but were overcome by their comrades.
The Commander had 95 of the revolters tried by court-martial, and they were ordered to be shot.
The condemned men were lined up against the adobe walls of the barracks and executed. They met death bravely.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 49, 26 February 1913, Page 5
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