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The Milwaukee Leader
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
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In Juarez, Mexico, two brothers, Bernardo and Frederico Duran, were executed by firing squad in a cemetery for murdering American ranchman Bert Akers, heightening anti-American sentiment amid Mexican troubles. About 50 Americans, including women, witnessed the event.
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Slayers of Americans Executed in Cemetery—Stir Hatred of Yankees.
EL PASO. Texas, Jan, 24.—Ill feeling against Americans in Mexico has been increased by the execution of two Juarez Mexicans for the murder of one American. Bernardo and Frederico Duran, who died with a curse on their lips for Americans, had many friends in Juarez, and reprisals are feared today.
Their execution by a firing squad for the killing of Bert Akers, American ranchman, last Friday, was one of the most gruesome incidents of the Mexican trouble seen near El Paso.
EXECUTED IN CEMETERY.
The execution took place in the Juarez cemetery, Sunday, at 5 a. m., the fashionable hour for such parties in Mexico. The two corpses were publicly exhibited all Sunday in Juarez. The captain of the firing squad. who had embraced them a moment before the execution. put his revolver to their heads and gave each of the brothers the "mercy shot." the riflemen's bullets having failed to bring instant death.
WOMEN SEE KILLING.
About 50 Americans, including several women, witnessed the execution and heard the Durans hurl vile oaths at the Americans. Frederico. the elder Duran. died protesting his brother's innocence and declaring against the forfeiting of two Mexican lives for one American. American officials fear today that the two alleged cattle thieves will become martyrs to the Mexican peons.
"We are dying for the cause of Mexico against Americans," shouted Frederico, just before the firing squad carried out the Carranzista orders.
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Juarez, Mexico
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Sunday, At 5 A. M. (Execution); Last Friday (Killing)
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bernardo and frederico duran executed by firing squad with mercy shots; bodies exhibited; fear of reprisals and martyrdom among mexican peons.
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Two Juarez Mexicans, Bernardo and Frederico Duran, were executed by Carranzista firing squad in Juarez cemetery for murdering American ranchman Bert Akers. About 50 Americans including women witnessed; Durans cursed Americans and protested innocence; captain gave mercy shots.