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Show JESUS CARHANZA IS PUTJO DEATH Mexican Chief's Brother and Latter's Son Executed by Rebel Leader Santibanez Laredo, Texas, Fob. 1. General Jesus Carranza, bis son Abelardo, nnd Ignnclo Peraldl member of his stu., woru executed by Gcnoral Santibanez former constitutionalist general, now allied with Zapata, according to a telegram received by tho widow of General Carranza from tho first chief at Vera Cruz. Mrs. Jesus Carranza, refugee at Laredo, In giving out tho information of the death ot her husband said General Venustlano Carranza, tho first chief of tho Mexican constitutionalists, constitu-tionalists, had telegraphed her ho would send troops to recover tbo body. General Jesus Carranza and his staff wcro taken prisoner by ouvon-tlon ouvon-tlon troops recently near San Oer-unlmo Oer-unlmo on tho Isthmus of Tehuantcpec, and his staff according to reports, wero executed Immediately. I Jesus Carranza, ills son Abelardo and Peraldl, a ro'atlve, were held prisoners by Santibanez who had thrown his forces to tho Zapata contingent. con-tingent. Tho father, mothor, wlfo and othor members of General Santtbancz's family fam-ily wero recently reported captured hi tbo stato of Jalapa and teut to Vera Cruz, whoro constitutionalists ' said thoy would hold them pending disposition of Jesus Carranza. Jesus Carranza was executed because be-cause General Venustlano Carranza refused to pardon Santibanez and receive re-ceive him again us ono ot his generals. gener-als. Tho first chief's roply to Santtbancz's Santtban-cz's demand was that his brother was willing to dlo for tho causo It nccusBary, nnd that ho, Venustlano Carranza, would havo to see him dlo rather than pnrdou Santibanez. Tho order went forth from Venustlano Venus-tlano Carranza Immediately, howover for troops to bo ruBhcd Into Tohuun-tepee Tohuun-tepee to rescue tho captain general und his staff. Apparently they arrived ar-rived too lato. m |