1895 
were felt at a long interval and after the second one I must confess 
Jamiltepeo 
(Oaxaca) 
that I slept hut little for the uncertainty was too great. A shook much 
milder than those of Bovember 2 or December 30 would taring the roofs of 
these half ruined buildings down over oneb head. 
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At .Ayutla, Guerrero, on February 15, *95, at 12*47 p.m. an earth- 
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qualcc was felt; tfosvfc lasted 28 seconds and a*fc 10 % 10 sasic day anotthex* 
one lasted 45 seconds. The last was very strong and accompanied by a 
loud subterranean noise ending with a report like a cannon shot. (Ex¬ 
tracted from Mexican newspaper). 
The Jefe here came to this place last April to replace the former 
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Jefe who had been assassinated by robbers in revenge for an effort he 
had made to capture one of them. The present man is an old soldier 
of the revolutionary days and he at once put in practice a military 
regime. He ordered Shot at once all known robbers or bandits as soon 
as they were caught and as a result over 25 have been disposed of since 
the arrival of this Jefe. He has the country searched for them at short 
intervals and the result is that the district is becoming tolerably 
peaceable and honest. Before his arrival the thieves came into the towns 
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at night and stole horses and mules out of corrals and committed other 
depredations. The Jefe admitted to me that he had the thieves shot 
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'’for what can you do with such people" he added in deprecation. He 
added that when he came here the local officials such as Presidents8, 
etc., were in league with the thieves. That his measures have been well 
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taken I can testify from what I saw. In Llano Grande the people said 
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we need not fear having our things stolen for "the Jefe is very severe 
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now and robbers are shot since he came". The same idea was expressed 
elsewhere and the only oause of honesty among the people seemed to be 
in their fear of the punishment they were likely to get. From what I 
saw of the Jefe, I took him for a plain, straight-forward man with re- 
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