Millard County Chronicle | 1912-02-01 | Page 4 | Ex-Ruler Lynched

EHUEJ.THB FORMER PRESIDENT OF ECUADOR AND FOUR OTHER REVOLU-TIONISTS REVOLU-TIONISTS ARE PUT TO DEATH. . & Leading Lights In Latest South American Ameri-can Revolution, Which Lasted a Little Lit-tle Over a Month, Meet Death In Horrible Manner. Guayaquil), Ecuador. A mob broke Into the Quito penitentiary In spite of a double guard and lynched General Floy Alfaro, former president of Ecuador; Ecua-dor; his brother, General I'lavlo Alfaro, Alfa-ro, former minister of war and commander-in-chief of the revolutionary forces; General Medaro Alfaro, who is believed to have been a brother ol the two Alfaros. and Generals Paei! and Manuel Serrano. As a result of tbe action of the mob. the leading lights In Ecuador'! latest revolution, have been snuffed out. This revolution, aithoiiKh It had been a ions time brewing, began a few days after the sudden death on Derernber 22 last of President Emllio Estrada. The first of the drastic measures taken by those who opposed the revolution revo-lution was carried Into effect last Thursday at Guayaquil, when General Pedro Montero, who was proclaimed president by the troops after the death of Estrada, was shot and beheaded by a mob that later burned his body. The shooting of Montero took place In the court room where the general had Just been tried by court martial und sentenced to sixteen years' Imprisonment Im-prisonment for his connection with the revolt.