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Show l3 Young Eyring had feelings of wonderment and concern, but his father after a short conversation with their leader continued with his son without incident. The revolutionaries however continued to be a menace for the [Eyrings with more worthless receipts for cattle and numerous exchanges of poor horses for well-bred Eyring horses. The violence toward the colonists increased as time passed and came ever closer to the Eyring family. A Mexican rebel by the name of Toribio Lara, who had been convicted of theft on at least three occasions against the people of Juarez and had each time been released without punishment, came from Casa Grandes intoxicated. He attempted to break in the door of Eyring's grandmother, Mary B. Eyring. Lara had threatened to kill Mrs. Eyring unless she gave him $100, a gun and ammunition. Only the intervention of neighbors prevented the execution of the deed.27 The neutrality of the Mormons was seriously hampered when a Mexican, Juan Sosa, was killed in Juarez. warm July day in l9l2. Eyring recalls hearing the shot that Sosa had been accused of a number of theft crimes and his arrest was ordered by the acting presidente of Colonia Juarez, Charles E. McClellan. A committee of men was asked to aid the city marshal in arresting Sosa, but as one of the men was climbing through a barbed wire fence, Sosa hit him with the end of his shovel, causing a serious wound. of the posse. In defense, shots were fired at Sosa by several members When it was over Sosa lay dead on the gound. The killing came very close to bringing Mormons and rebels into direct conflict. After several days of intense negotiation, Mexican officials dismissed members of the posse, who had been transported to Casa Grandes for a hearing before rebel General Jose Inez Salazar.28 Throughout the early stages of the revolution, Mexican rebels had |
