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nition for the soldiers of his revolution against the Diaz Gov-
ernment."
It so happened that the general store at Minera, among its
other merchandise, carried a bountiful supply of arms and
ammunition. One November evening in 1910, the storekeeper,
in a state of great excitement, hunted up "Meester Weelie" and
requested his presence at a transaction that had just been
requested. The superintendent accompanied the storekeeper
back to the store, where he found a small, sad-faced Mexican
gentleman, who in perfect English repeated his request for the
sale of as many guns as the store carried in stock. The small
gentleman made no attempt to conceal his identity, and the
superintendent, perhaps knowing or guessing the ultimate pur-
pose of the weapons, approved the sale. Thus Francisco I.
Madero, one of Mexico's greatest heroes, added 240 Texas 30-30
Winchesters, with ammunition, to the backing of his revolution.
The revolt began November 20; after nearly seven months of
fighting, Juarez fell, followed the next month by the capitula-
tion of the Diaz Government.' It is quite probable that the
30-30 Winchesters and the ammunition from Minera were used
well and often during those months of bloody civil struggle
across the border.
Minera's sister city over the Rio was the town of Colombia,
Coahuila, a community that took an active part in the Madero
Revolution and, in fact, changed hands several times during
the struggle. The broad, flat roof of the superintendent's house
at Minera formed a ringside seat for several engagements in
Colombia, and more than once the superintendent and his fam-
ily watched routed revolutionists fleeing at the point of bay-
onets as they attempted to run to the Rio and perhaps to safety
on the American side.
During one of these engagements, it was noticed that several
fleeing Maderistas were going to reach the Rio Grande, and Roy
sent his constable down to the water to intercept them if they
chanced to get as far as the American side. The constable, Julian
Alexander, stationed himself at the most likely landing point
and was soon helping the swimmers to dry land and safety.
The spectators hurried on down to the group and upon arrival
discovered that the constable was announcing to each half-
drowned revolutionist as he dragged him out of the swirling
brown waters, "I arrest you in the name of Weelie Roy."
'Manuel Calero, Un Decenio de Politica Mexicana (1920).
'EzcUclopaedia Britannica, XIV (1944), 610.516
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