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Show AWFUL ACT Zapata's Band Puts Men, Women and Children Chil-dren to Death. Mexico City, July 22. The dead as a result of Saturday's attack by Zapatistas Zapa-tistas on the Mexican Cuornavaca train near Parres on the edge of the federal district, today number eighty-four. eighty-four. Three of tho wounded died in the railway hospital. A second relief train which reached reach-ed Mexico City early Sunday brought 23 passengers who had escaped the butchery, and made their way into Tres Marias, a few miles away. Eleven Elev-en were accounted for last night. It is estimated that the train carried car-ried approximate 75 passengers in addition to the fifty soldiers of tho escort. Forty-three soldiers were killed. kill-ed. Nino bodies of passengers were found near the wreck. Of the remaining re-maining 32, a majority aTe believed to havo been killed or wounded and consumed in the burning cars which were fired with oil taken from the tank of the locomotive. Before the attack on the train became be-came known the Zapata horde had routed a small garrison of federals at Parres. Many women of the camp fell into their hands and were subjected to Indescribable barbarities. The wife of the chief of tho detachment wag fouud disemboweled and otherwise mutilated. Captain Nunez, in charge of tho esr cort on tho ill-fated train, is said to have fought heroically. After he had recolved wonndB he continued firing until four bullets pierced his heart. The Zapatistas robbed the dead and living and looted tho express car. Child Killed Flrat. Among the first to fall was the 10-year-old daughter of Captain Nunez. She was sitting near a window and the first volley from the attacking band literally riddled the child with bullets. "From tho time tho train stopped untl after the attack ended," said one of the soldiers today, "there was a veritable rain of bullets. At lea6t 500 rifles were in the firBt volley and the car in which wo were traveing was the target. Most of the bullets came through the roof. "Tho second lieutenant lieuten-ant had eighteen bullets through his body. The first lieutenant was alio wounded almost at the first shot "The captain was traveling in the first-class coach, two cars back, and his child was lying dead before him By the time he could get through the two cars crowded with screaming women and children, 30 of the men were down. When he arrived we were firing from the car windows. "The only targets we had were straw hats on the embankments which we found out afterwards were left there by the enemy as decoys. When we ent outside wo were overwhelmpd and unable to use our guns in the hand-to-hand fight. ' A Spaniard who was on the train, a land owner of Morelos, known to the rebels, had a narrow escape A priest interceded for him and his life was spared. Witnesses say the prle3t walked into the thick of the fray and sought out De Lao, tho leader, and said to him: "Genevevo, what are you doing0 Would you have the blood of innocent peoplo on your soul?" The execution then was stopped The Spaniard said most of tho rebel:? were boys, scarcely out of their teens The rebols. ho said, had well-filled cartridge belts nv . |