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Show "Rebel's" Good Reason for Self-Accusation Just after the assassination of President -Elect Obregoti of Mexico, people were seeing rebels In every stranger, but there was real surprise f.t police headquarters In .Mexico City when a man with battered title and full cartridge belt presented himself him-self and told Senor Robelo lhat he was a rebel. They took him at his word and locked him up. but the chief, in the meantime, sent out detectives to get i a line on the man. A week later, having reported that they could find nothing concerning him, the chief brought the self-sentenced prisoner before him. He was the picture of misery and squalor. "Where did you fight, as a rebel?" ashed the assistant chief of public safety. "Nowhere, senor," was the surpils-Ir.g surpils-Ir.g reply. "What? Then why give yourself np as a rebel?" "Because," sighed the wretch. "I would rather be shot than go back to my wife," |