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Show ANGELES IS EXECUTED 8Y FIRING SQUAD Noted Mexican Revolutionary Revolu-tionary Leader Meets Death Courageously at' Dawn Near Prison. Brief Court Martial Is Quickly Followed by j Extreme Punishment; I Death at First Volley, i CHIHUAHUA CITY. Nov. 26. (By the Associated Press.) General Felipe Angeles, An-geles, revolutionist, was executed at 6:35 a. m. today inside the barracks of the Twenty-first regiment of cavalry by a firing fir-ing squad. Many spectators were present. pres-ent. General Angeles died without visible emotion or fear. General Angeles himself choEe the north wall to stand asainst to be killed and arranged ar-ranged details of his execution with Carranza Car-ranza officers and men detailed to the task. Opposite the revolutionary stool five soldiers with rifles ready. They fired one volley into the breast of Ai geiea, who fell j forward. He was then lying on the floor ) of the barracks. The side of his face was j on the floor. An officer stepped up to the already I dead man and delivered the "coup de I grace." This was a shot from the pistol of the Carran2a officer. It entered behind be-hind the right ear of Angeles. A military surgeon arrived and performed per-formed the legal autopsy. Later the body ; was taken to the home of a friend and ; buried from there. I General Angeles spent the few hours be- tween the time of being sentenced and the time of execution with friends and j a priest. During most of the night they ; discussed philosophy, mathematics, politics poli-tics and religion. The general appeared to have little concern in the fate awaiting him. He slept the hour and a half between 3 and 4:30 o'clock. Arising he dictated letters to Mrs. Angeles and his sons, AI-. AI-. bert and Manuel Caiero. He wrote oer-sonal oer-sonal letters and autographs for friends to be delivered aficr death which he carried car-ried witii him to his stand for execution. execu-tion. ANGELES KNOWN AS GENIUS FOR MILITARY MATTERS EL. PASO, Texas. Nov. 26. (By the Associated Press.) General Felipe Angeles, An-geles, Mexican revolutionary leader and enemy of the Carranza government, de-cared de-cared a patriot by his followers and friends, was executed as a traitor to the Mexican government by a firing squad at Chihuahua City. Mexico, at 6:35 a. m. today. However, ho had never recog- (Continued on Page 17, Column 1.) ANGELES IS EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD Leader of Mrun Kcvolu-tion Kcvolu-tion Meets DtMth With Calmness. (Continued Prom Page On nited the present preeminent as rightfully right-fully representing Mexico, Th specific iharge against Anvlfn I m iwfcatlta.. He was fcund guilt h .r Oarransa generals Miii'ii; , martial Chihuahua OH) ttt 10 ck last S(lt after . ,-., n Ul a had lasted 1 I? ' tght ami 4v far approxiniAl : : -nine bonis f a'ngeJee Uwouglnnit the w orld w , known as a mllttarv ne-Mi Ho wi ihe reauied friend of Americana anil during I Mb trial lauded tr tw9 Ho was !ho man who brought the I YWftCh T-nullnntcr it vi ii to t ho pen-I pen-I Hw that favo it tame a tie world ! most efficient puv cf arii'lerx . This tun wa one ol the nr. n.-r fuoi -- vs crk I '' ho n .. SSfaJHr of tho French Legion of Honor AngeJ came out of Mexu-o i:i in(; I JS bought a dairy farm near Kl 1...- I iSasr h want to work for tho French SMHa Inspecting muni tic jeivs days aftor tho world war ended I fttk tfc algning of tfce armistice. I JE) returned to Mexico as tho intellec I JJj leader of tho Villa inowme:it 1: w said Villa prom od on: fitfttgners arid inuives would be t ngvie joined him. Villa p roots freed v-:t ptv : : M Wished to Save People. ASsTsH had bwn quoted ss saying he 1 itTI a day of accounting between ike United States and Mexico had be.vi vostivned by the great wax and that ho I S3W to save his pv-i fiin tHu by I -llir-g the pooi'le to i , ; I gaWtng them into a sirvlo maaa for the I laitfx of all. Whoa he went across the 1 to ioin VUia ha said I 1 am going hack to lift r country lag of the depths of out lawlessness to I which shs has faJlen or else to 01 f I General Angeles was capture) w h I far followers No msIm a ysmr from the tune he en-I en-I tsred Me w-.ih high rosoJve. l!r- h.d asta hid r.g In a cave after leaving Ttfc's main body of troops. The two. I g was reported, tad disagree-'. or An-I An-I asjks's reprted opposition to ;he pU 1 as attack on Juarei In June, which led Anwi u .ui i,ni.i croseliiH tho Hlo too and driving off the rebela When 1,1 crossed ao: n nu l'vu 'ononed credibly, the far-;j far-;j KrHon bad hul & thousand aSHSf WUnltlOn and OOUtd huvs wiUH umd tho Invader but Utile longer ,ftjfl. Whatl discovered loal five Riitao among hia handful of foilowsra, .hi rirti asoapad the Carranaa net. mo i.wnakon, (Wevei. mitt nub- V . ,:u' four men uero left to him When ho ti,u,llv oapiurvd. Two wore tNQUted uniiuarUv . Tried u Uh Two Others, Tho other-two wont to trlnl With An-J An-J Ons, Major Nestor Bnotao de MUtanood also to death, hut RU Mntencg waa cororeuted by the Car- '' ' Kou.Trtla to twentv vomiV tmprlv onniout Tho soldier Antonio Tvlllo. a hoy but 17 eats old. muM serve alx Vars and eight months. The tiisl was haw ii relruw log Her roes (Theater of tho tteroea) in Chihuahua before a tnroiuj thai filled the theater to OHpaettj and h'lt huudiods ol fnsnds and CUT load out Bide, Many women wove In the audience audi-ence and a cotorie of suoiet IomiIoim us rell as others appeared to plead olem-encv olem-encv for Angeles, The pleas were UMvaUtngr, ai were n ir pit-as to Mexican oourti end lo the present president of the republic. A uoiog.ni hi of tho prominent eiiirens of Parrel, Mexico, nrenl lo Chihuahua to plead for Anseies. On different occasions occa-sions he had saved their Ipree when en-Aajujrered en-Aajujrered b) Vttla or hie followers. Oea-or. Oea-or. i Alvaro Obrecon, forma? mtnlater 'f war for Carranaa and now candidate foi nreeldenl of Mexico, owes his life to the Intercession of Angeles with Villa, it was saM. Another Trial Keoallod. I When the news reached Bl Paso early Wednesday morning of the execution at M'hihuuhua 'tty. Bl Paaoeng raoallea the urrost and exuw let ion in the united 91 tee court here some months ago of Colonel V'edorloo Vro antes, former chief 1 of st;ff to Angeles, and other VuBoles J adherents on the charge of set tins on foot a military expedition in this poun tr-. I'erevantes and those convtcled with him are now serving sentences at Leavenworth. Leav-enworth. When military Inlelllgenee of-t of-t leers of the United States government arrested them, a quantity Of equipment winch thev intended to takn to Aturelfl was selaeo. Cereeates and his ssao elates were arrested In the vicinity of Socorro. Texas. it area testified at this trial that An-f;r An-f;r Us rud gone to join Francisco Villa with a view of Inducing him to put an end to his outrages and conduct the revolutionary revo-lutionary fight against the Cnrr.ma government on a higher plane. ThOM acquainted Tn this city "ith the Angeles family recalled Wednesday the American atmosphere about the Angeles home here. General Angvles s library was well stocked with constructive American literature. Those nf the Angelea children chil-dren who were her and attended school in El Page plaved baseball and other American games. Mrs Angeles, during tl e activities of her husband across the border, mas said to receive frequent messages from the general and manifested manifest-ed creat interest in his welfare and that of Ms cause. Mrs. Angeles was of French ThenVrlal begsn at a. m. Monday and continued until after noon Aftsr a short r-N-e?s the trial con Untied, lasting until 4 o a m. esterday. when the prisoner were taken back to their unfurniahed Ioinninp; of Trial. Court reconvened at 10 o clo?k yesterday yester-day morning and continued until sentence sen-tence waa passed at 10:15 o'clock last night, with the exception of very short rDors'to the "Tl Sate of OS) Herds'-we-e opened to the public and the p.aeo Immediateiv filled to overflowing with persons of aU degree anxious to watch the r,i -a - tried. Exciterrent was high during the trial, and aocording to reports ree'hlng here by courier and otherwts. federal officials feared an attempt would be made to rescue res-cue Angeles and his followera Heavllv armed guards surrounded the buildings and were placed; about the t v.e-ater v.e-ater and on the etage. At -timse paraons tn the a'dlev halted the proceedings with pleas for rlemency. Many hundreds of women were present and from among these a coterie of social leader?, headed by Mrs. Ravllla. Mrs. Gal-van Gal-van and Mica Ignacia Ramlres. several times interrupted the court to plead for Angeles. Many pieas for clemency also were sent to President Carranra a: Mexico Mexi-co City. A delegation of French e ittsens. residents resi-dents of EI Paso. Texas, waited upon :hs court and presented a petition for clemency clem-ency because of his many services to France &nd the allies during the world war. in recognition of which he had bees made chevalier of the Legion of Honor. Tho paflUoo has fleet bssn made to the I sev'onJ criminal court, but was overrule,!, I th euurt declaring; It h:d no Jurisdiction, hecauee I k orfanae alleged asalnat An- I tlea had heen commit ts as t(nt t he i Amtnaodlnc aattltary officer of the dis-i trtct. Attempt to Save Him. Attorneys for Aiif elea yesterday tried deeperattiy to sa Angeles and Ills' W n penions. They appealed to the federal coup- at Juarrs. Mexico, and lo the au-premu au-premu court at Mexico City. They tried lo change th proceefUngs on a writ of amparo. similar to habeas corpus nrooed-Inga nrooed-Inga in the l.'nlted States, hut differmg In that siJille pro?efdinRa are stayed the defendant munt remain in jal!. pending dectsioii on the atnnaru appeal. This action led court officials at Juareg to announce tho trial hu J beeg Ooos pletd. Appeal of the Ktnch residents also went to Mexico I Sty, An answer to these petitions was received re-ceived late Tuesday evening from Mexico City, saytnc the auprunc court waa In re cess and therefore the petition should he filed with th- distr.ct court, the county court or the aaatfl martial itself. The district Judge at Juarvs. according to Chihuahua advices received today, also refused to set. The county OOtXn on-awered on-awered likewise. Thue th. ourts were ctoeed to the accused men. and the only avenue of legal escape was from President Presi-dent carranaa. Petitions also were forward: for-ward: to Mexico CHy by telegraph from Chihuahua by the French colony there, by o:ber foreigners and many Mexicans. Many hundreds of names were algned to the petitions, A delegation of cltlsens arrived from Parral to Intercede for General Angeles. It was composed entirely of prominent cltlzei.s who st different times had been saved from death at the hands of Francisco Fran-cisco Villa or his followers hy Genera! Angeles They were too late to be heard hy the court. Several students from the military collage of ChapuJtepec. the West Point of Mexico, from which General Angeles An-geles was graduated, wore, permitted to have a confidential talk with hlin. The former st intent went t the military cj1-legs cj1-legs while Angeles waa assigned there as an Instructor. Overcome by (irief. M'hn they wf-re ttahered into the prison 1 room, wgere their former professor wan under guard, they surrounded him, a:d, holding him rlose In their arms, they wept for several inluutea. too overcome with grief to talk. When they left, the general's ayes were Mill wet with tesrf. At a:4fi p. in. the court closed, and one hour later the Judge announced the verdict ver-dict as follows: "General Felipe Angeles, you have been found guilty of rebellion, and are condemned con-demned to death. "Major Ernesto Bnctao de Arcs, you have been found guilty of rebellion, not including the charge of desertion against you; you have been condemned to death, but your sentence is hereby commuted to twenty years" imprisonment. "Antonio E. Trlllo, you have been found guilty of rebellion, and not Including tlie charge of desertion against you. You are sentenced to serve six years and eight months." The prisoners then. In accord with the findings of the court martial, were delivered de-livered to the mill tare commander to carry out the sentences. The outcome, before dawn, proved the petitions for clemency unavailing. |