Show V VV V V V 4 V NEW LIGHT UPON THE V GOLIAD oIT g 11 MASSACRE SACR Dr E.- E. Ei El c Ci head of ot tho the history department of ot the U University Iret U et ot ha has liaa dis Q gr lii It hit his n govern govern- ar the thO l fI of if t tion on n I Colonel attach mont ment of 01 Ten j su hu surrendered at nt Goliad In n March lC loan This rh document nt If It genuine no proven th thit l J Kurren derod at nt It jt hIM heretofore hereto pratO fore rore bon d b by 13 nil Texan and American n that General 1 tho the M Mexican general n fAI to whom whon Tannin 1 nn n d In the of oC capitulation on to treat tho the no so prisoners pris onorA of ot war l Tannin c Induced hl his hlo mart man to surrender by thorn that they thoy veo to J honorable terms as prisoners of ot war ar A week after atter tho the surrender or March 27 7 1 Palm Paim Palm I men wore out and treacherously chatto chatto chat chot to death by order of ot Santa Arm Ann A few escaped by throwing themselves OV over tho rock rocky bluff blurt of ot tho the O n The Tho was an Inhuman not net whether In violation of ot tho the articles article of ot capitulation or not To his hs eternal honor General UrreA strove In vain to avert tho the cro Ho pleaded with Santa Banta Ana to spare mon men but the Mexican despot depot was Inexorable V General Cas Gas had hoisted tho the black blacic flag at the Alamo on hie his order and at Goliad nearly men V were were- ere shot down In ln cold blood to gratify his ferocity Mexican n authorities have havo always contended contended con con- tended that Fannin surrendered at discretion discretion dis dis- dis- dis and that the massacre of his command w was a not in violation of the articles of capitulation but the tho articles I th themselves have e never nover been printed d In any American history Professor Barker will bring a n. photographic COP copy of the cartel of surrender back to Texas that the signature to It may be compared with other signatures of ot FannIn In th the Texas archives Survivors Survivor of ot tho the massacre hav have always contended that tho the terms of surrender sur surrender render er were read rend at the tho head of each company the tho men inca laid down dOn their suns guns uns and that the articles provided ro thai that the prisoners were to b be given Ivon the usage of honorable warfare Unless given such terms the men had decided to fight to the death Either Fannie Fannin deceived his hla men or ho was deceived by the tho Mexican commander command or The Tho known facts acts of FannIns FannIn's surrender are re as follows Fannin and his command w were re on Col Coleto to creek near Goliad They were hard pressed by the Mexican army under the command of or General Urrea and were without food toad or water Colonel Colonl Fannin himself wa wan wounded and the tho situation was 0 desperate It seemed to bo be a n ques que then lion of ot dying on the battlefield of sur sur- rendering The members of Fannins Fannin's command were cre desperate Company by company the they discussed tho the situation Should they surrender Only a few days before had Kings King's 1 hand band boon been ma massacred near Refugio Other parties of Texans had met a a. similar fate Should they trust tho the Mexicans Mexicans' After discussing at length the question question question ques ques- tion of ot ir r. r they agreed to surI surrender surrender sur sur- render provided they might be assured I that the they were cre to he be treated as prisoners of or RI A l' l A e to the O or of th the rn most e cd nal nfl It If the tho they col gol hitI thic they t UrI At lin tiny rate rato Vi bet 1 tt ii 11 for th r VV t ibM hIlL rt the whoa thon th ei r wore ore 1 u 1110 d th t 1 was OJ e far and wide as CI n. n Olla gross n. n tute Whether it of was wa h not t. t It an t ot brutal or th that h of elvar ry TC Texans prom that time limo the they n neither i ex-i gave O r They l rust IntI an nn tn te Mexican honor there therel after th the tho Alamo I Re Rep r became the wa wa- cri for tor the th T At Ar Sa San ha had groM groat difficulty It In Anae Anns life His HIli Santa object in saving bloody tyrants tyrant lifo life was WaI getting r hi his nature to a treaty acknowledge of ot Texas s wAll the tho w All AU those tholo who figured In that nan u 11 drama o of the tho southwest passed aw sway away y and th tangled skein hate of Its history Js is only be IS elf beginning to be beun un uni raveled ravelo Barkers Barker's discovery disco 3 moves a n stain from tram the name of Ge Gen Gen- Gen i oral or Urr a. a but It does not lighten the black blaek tory story of t tho o massacre masS For I that Santa Ana J was solely responsible Ho lie mu- mu murdered unarmed prisoners in coW COd blood nI anti ll selected one ont of or the ann o 0 th tho Chri Christian as tho day dav on i to perpetrate an a. ai atrocity that covered oed his name with wits and ani left an Indelible stain hi his countries countr- escutcheon oakland Oakland Tribune t I |