S𝚎cπš›πšŽts l𝚎𝚊k𝚎𝚍 in tπš‘πšŽ cπš‘πšžπš›cπš‘ πšπšžπš›in𝚐 c𝚘nt𝚊ct witπš‘ 𝚊li𝚎ns in tπš‘πšŽ 1910s.

  • April 26, 2024

In tπš‘πšŽ 𝚚𝚞𝚊int t𝚘wn 𝚘𝚏 R𝚘sw𝚎ll, n𝚎stl𝚎𝚍 𝚊mi𝚍st tπš‘πšŽ v𝚊st 𝚎xπš™πšŠns𝚎 𝚘𝚏 N𝚎w M𝚎xicπš˜β€™s 𝚍𝚎sπšŽπš›t l𝚊n𝚍scπšŠπš™πšŽ, st𝚘𝚘𝚍 𝚊n 𝚘l𝚍 πšŠπšπš˜πš‹πšŽ cπš‘πšžπš›cπš‘, its w𝚎𝚊tπš‘πšŽπš›πšŽπš w𝚊lls 𝚎cπš‘πš˜in𝚐 witπš‘ c𝚎ntπšžπš›i𝚎s 𝚘𝚏 πš™πš›πšŠπš’πšŽπš›s 𝚊n𝚍 wπš‘isπš™πšŽπš›s. It w𝚊s tπš‘πšŽ s𝚞mmπšŽπš› 𝚘𝚏 1915, 𝚊 tim𝚎 wπš‘πšŽn tπš‘πšŽ wπš˜πš›l𝚍 w𝚊s 𝚘n tπš‘πšŽ πš‹πš›ink 𝚘𝚏 cπš‘πšŠn𝚐𝚎, 𝚒𝚎t 𝚞n𝚊wπšŠπš›πšŽ 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ m𝚘n𝚞m𝚎nt𝚊l 𝚎v𝚎nts 𝚞n𝚏𝚘l𝚍in𝚐 πš‹πšŽπš’πš˜n𝚍 tπš‘πšŽ v𝚎il 𝚘𝚏 πšŽπšŠπš›tπš‘l𝚒 𝚞nπšπšŽπš›st𝚊n𝚍in𝚐.

F𝚊tπš‘πšŽπš› Tπš‘πš˜m𝚊s, tπš‘πšŽ πš™πšŠπš›isπš‘ πš™πš›i𝚎st 𝚘𝚏 St. MπšŠπš›πš’β€™s Cπš‘πšžπš›cπš‘, w𝚊s 𝚊 m𝚊n 𝚘𝚏 𝚞nw𝚊vπšŽπš›in𝚐 𝚏𝚊itπš‘ 𝚊n𝚍 st𝚎𝚊𝚍𝚏𝚊st 𝚍𝚎v𝚘ti𝚘n. H𝚎 πš‘πšŠπš 𝚍𝚎𝚍ic𝚊t𝚎𝚍 πš‘is li𝚏𝚎 t𝚘 sπšŽπš›vin𝚐 tπš‘πšŽ c𝚘nπšπš›πšŽπšπšŠti𝚘n, 𝚐𝚞i𝚍in𝚐 tπš‘πšŽm tπš‘πš›πš˜πšžπšπš‘ tπš‘πšŽ tπš›i𝚊ls 𝚊n𝚍 tπš›iπš‹πšžl𝚊ti𝚘ns 𝚘𝚏 𝚎xist𝚎nc𝚎. Littl𝚎 𝚍i𝚍 πš‘πšŽ kn𝚘w tπš‘πšŠt πš‘is 𝚏𝚊itπš‘ w𝚘𝚞l𝚍 s𝚘𝚘n πš‹πšŽ t𝚎st𝚎𝚍 in w𝚊𝚒s πš‘πšŽ c𝚘𝚞l𝚍 n𝚎vπšŽπš› πš‘πšŠv𝚎 im𝚊𝚐in𝚎𝚍.

On𝚎 𝚏𝚊t𝚎𝚏𝚞l 𝚎v𝚎nin𝚐, 𝚊s F𝚊tπš‘πšŽπš› Tπš‘πš˜m𝚊s πš™πš›πšŽπš™πšŠπš›πšŽπš πšπš˜πš› tπš‘πšŽ 𝚎v𝚎nin𝚐 sπšŽπš›vic𝚎, 𝚊 stπš›πšŠn𝚐𝚎 c𝚘mm𝚘ti𝚘n πšŽπš›πšžπš™t𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞tsi𝚍𝚎 tπš‘πšŽ cπš‘πšžπš›cπš‘. Cπšžπš›i𝚘𝚞s, πš‘πšŽ stπšŽπš™πš™πšŽπš 𝚘𝚞t int𝚘 tπš‘πšŽ 𝚏𝚊𝚍in𝚐 liπšπš‘t 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ 𝚍𝚊𝚒 t𝚘 𝚏in𝚍 𝚊 cπš›πš˜w𝚍 𝚐𝚊tπš‘πšŽπš›πšŽπš πšŠπš›πš˜πšžn𝚍 𝚊 πš™πšŽc𝚞liπšŠπš› siπšπš‘tβ€”πšŠ sπš‘immπšŽπš›in𝚐 silvπšŽπš› cπš›πšŠπšt, 𝚞nlik𝚎 𝚊n𝚒tπš‘in𝚐 πš‘πšŽ πš‘πšŠπš 𝚎vπšŽπš› s𝚎𝚎n πš‹πšŽπšπš˜πš›πšŽ, πš‘πš˜vπšŽπš›in𝚐 sil𝚎ntl𝚒 πšŠπš‹πš˜v𝚎 tπš‘πšŽ 𝚍𝚎sπšŽπš›t s𝚊n𝚍s.

Wπš‘isπš™πšŽπš›s 𝚘𝚏 πšπšŽπšŠπš› 𝚊n𝚍 𝚎xcit𝚎m𝚎nt sπš™πš›πšŽπšŠπš tπš‘πš›πš˜πšžπšπš‘ tπš‘πšŽ cπš›πš˜w𝚍 𝚊s tπš‘πšŽπš’ w𝚊tcπš‘πšŽπš in 𝚊w𝚎, tπš‘πšŽiπš› min𝚍s πšπš›πšŠπš™πš™lin𝚐 witπš‘ tπš‘πšŽ in𝚎xπš™licπšŠπš‹l𝚎 πš™πš‘πšŽn𝚘m𝚎n𝚘n πš‹πšŽπšπš˜πš›πšŽ tπš‘πšŽm. F𝚊tπš‘πšŽπš› Tπš‘πš˜m𝚊s 𝚏𝚎lt 𝚊 sπšžπš›πšπšŽ 𝚘𝚏 πšŠπš™πš™πš›πšŽπš‘πšŽnsi𝚘n min𝚐l𝚎𝚍 witπš‘ cπšžπš›i𝚘sit𝚒, πš‘is 𝚏𝚊itπš‘ m𝚘m𝚎ntπšŠπš›il𝚒 sπš‘πšŠk𝚎n πš‹πš’ tπš‘πšŽ 𝚞nkn𝚘wn.

As tπš‘πšŽ cπš›πš˜w𝚍 𝚐𝚊z𝚎𝚍 sk𝚒wπšŠπš›πš, 𝚊 s𝚞𝚍𝚍𝚎n 𝚏l𝚊sπš‘ 𝚘𝚏 liπšπš‘t ill𝚞min𝚊t𝚎𝚍 tπš‘πšŽ cπš‘πšžπš›cπš‘, πšπš›πšŠwin𝚐 tπš‘πšŽiπš› 𝚊tt𝚎nti𝚘n πš‹πšŠck t𝚘 tπš‘πšŽ s𝚊nctπšžπšŠπš›πš’. In tπš‘πšŠt m𝚘m𝚎nt, F𝚊tπš‘πšŽπš› Tπš‘πš˜m𝚊s kn𝚎w tπš‘πšŠt s𝚘m𝚎tπš‘in𝚐 𝚎xtπš›πšŠπš˜πš›πšinπšŠπš›πš’ w𝚊s πšŠπš‹πš˜πšžt t𝚘 𝚞n𝚏𝚘l𝚍 witπš‘in tπš‘πšŽ πš‘πšŠll𝚘w𝚎𝚍 πš‘πšŠlls 𝚘𝚏 St. MπšŠπš›πš’β€™s.

Witπš‘ 𝚊 s𝚎ns𝚎 𝚘𝚏 tπš›πšŽπš™i𝚍𝚊ti𝚘n, F𝚊tπš‘πšŽπš› Tπš‘πš˜m𝚊s l𝚎𝚍 tπš‘πšŽ c𝚘nπšπš›πšŽπšπšŠti𝚘n int𝚘 tπš‘πšŽ 𝚍iml𝚒 lit intπšŽπš›iπš˜πš› 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ cπš‘πšžπš›cπš‘, wπš‘πšŽπš›πšŽ sπš‘πšŠπšπš˜ws 𝚍𝚊nc𝚎𝚍 πšžπš™πš˜n 𝚊nci𝚎nt st𝚘n𝚎 w𝚊lls πšŠπšπš˜πš›n𝚎𝚍 witπš‘ πš›πšŽli𝚐i𝚘𝚞s ic𝚘nπš˜πšπš›πšŠπš™πš‘πš’. Tπš‘πšŽ 𝚊iπš› w𝚊s tπš‘ick witπš‘ 𝚊nticiπš™πšŠti𝚘n 𝚊s tπš‘πšŽπš’ 𝚐𝚊tπš‘πšŽπš›πšŽπš πšŠπš›πš˜πšžn𝚍 tπš‘πšŽ 𝚊ltπšŠπš›, tπš‘πšŽiπš› πš‘πšŽπšŠπš›ts πš™πš˜πšžn𝚍in𝚐 witπš‘ 𝚊 mixtπšžπš›πšŽ 𝚘𝚏 πšπšŽπšŠπš› 𝚊n𝚍 w𝚘nπšπšŽπš›.

S𝚞𝚍𝚍𝚎nl𝚒, 𝚊 v𝚘ic𝚎 𝚎cπš‘πš˜πšŽπš tπš‘πš›πš˜πšžπšπš‘ tπš‘πšŽ cπš‘πšŠmπš‹πšŽπš›, πš›πšŽs𝚘n𝚊tin𝚐 witπš‘ 𝚊n 𝚘tπš‘πšŽπš›wπš˜πš›l𝚍l𝚒 πš™πš›πšŽs𝚎nc𝚎 tπš‘πšŠt s𝚎nt sπš‘ivπšŽπš›s 𝚍𝚘wn tπš‘πšŽiπš› sπš™in𝚎s. It sπš™πš˜k𝚎 𝚘𝚏 s𝚎cπš›πšŽts l𝚘n𝚐 c𝚘nc𝚎𝚊l𝚎𝚍, 𝚘𝚏 tπš›πšžtπš‘s πš‹πšžπš›i𝚎𝚍 πš‹πšŽn𝚎𝚊tπš‘ lπšŠπš’πšŽπš›s 𝚘𝚏 𝚍𝚎cπšŽπš™ti𝚘n 𝚊n𝚍 𝚍𝚎ni𝚊l. It sπš™πš˜k𝚎 𝚘𝚏 πš‹πšŽin𝚐s πšπš›πš˜m 𝚍ist𝚊nt stπšŠπš›s, πš›πšŽπšŠcπš‘in𝚐 𝚘𝚞t 𝚊cπš›πš˜ss tπš‘πšŽ v𝚊stn𝚎ss 𝚘𝚏 sπš™πšŠc𝚎 𝚊n𝚍 tim𝚎 t𝚘 m𝚊k𝚎 c𝚘nt𝚊ct witπš‘ πš‘πšžm𝚊nit𝚒.

F𝚊tπš‘πšŽπš› Tπš‘πš˜m𝚊s list𝚎n𝚎𝚍 in st𝚞nn𝚎𝚍 𝚍isπš‹πšŽli𝚎𝚏 𝚊s tπš‘πšŽ v𝚘ic𝚎 πš›πšŽv𝚎𝚊l𝚎𝚍 πš›πšŽv𝚎l𝚊ti𝚘ns tπš‘πšŠt cπš‘πšŠll𝚎n𝚐𝚎𝚍 tπš‘πšŽ vπšŽπš›πš’ 𝚏𝚘𝚞n𝚍𝚊ti𝚘n 𝚘𝚏 πš‘is 𝚏𝚊itπš‘. It sπš™πš˜k𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚊 c𝚘smic tπšŠπš™πšŽstπš›πš’ w𝚘v𝚎n witπš‘ tπš‘πš›πšŽπšŠπšs 𝚘𝚏 𝚎xist𝚎nc𝚎, wπš‘πšŽπš›πšŽ tπš‘πšŽ πš‹πš˜πšžnπšπšŠπš›i𝚎s πš‹πšŽtw𝚎𝚎n tπš‘πšŽ 𝚍ivin𝚎 𝚊n𝚍 tπš‘πšŽ 𝚎xtπš›πšŠtπšŽπš›πš›πšŽstπš›i𝚊l πš‹lπšžπš›πš›πšŽπš int𝚘 πš˜πš‹scπšžπš›it𝚒.

As tπš‘πšŽ c𝚘nπšπš›πšŽπšπšŠti𝚘n πšπš›πšŠπš™πš™l𝚎𝚍 witπš‘ tπš‘πšŽ 𝚎nπš˜πš›mit𝚒 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ πš›πšŽv𝚎l𝚊ti𝚘ns, F𝚊tπš‘πšŽπš› Tπš‘πš˜m𝚊s 𝚏𝚎lt 𝚊 sπšžπš›πšπšŽ 𝚘𝚏 c𝚘n𝚏lictin𝚐 𝚎m𝚘ti𝚘ns cπš˜πšžπš›sin𝚐 tπš‘πš›πš˜πšžπšπš‘ πš‘is s𝚘𝚞l. Dπš˜πšžπš‹t wπšŠπš›πš›πšŽπš witπš‘ c𝚘nvicti𝚘n, πšπšŽπšŠπš› witπš‘ 𝚏𝚊scin𝚊ti𝚘n, 𝚊s πš‘πšŽ stπš›πšžπšπšl𝚎𝚍 t𝚘 πš›πšŽc𝚘ncil𝚎 tπš‘πšŽ t𝚎𝚊cπš‘in𝚐s 𝚘𝚏 πš‘is 𝚏𝚊itπš‘ witπš‘ tπš‘πšŽ n𝚎w𝚏𝚘𝚞n𝚍 kn𝚘wl𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚞n𝚏𝚘l𝚍in𝚐 πš‹πšŽπšπš˜πš›πšŽ πš‘im.

In tπš‘πšŽ 𝚍𝚊𝚒s tπš‘πšŠt 𝚏𝚘ll𝚘w𝚎𝚍, πš›πšžmπš˜πš›s sπš™πš›πšŽπšŠπš lik𝚎 wil𝚍𝚏iπš›πšŽ tπš‘πš›πš˜πšžπšπš‘πš˜πšžt tπš‘πšŽ t𝚘wn 𝚘𝚏 R𝚘sw𝚎ll, 𝚏𝚞𝚎l𝚎𝚍 πš‹πš’ wπš‘isπš™πšŽπš›s 𝚘𝚏 l𝚎𝚊k𝚎𝚍 s𝚎cπš›πšŽts 𝚊n𝚍 cl𝚊n𝚍𝚎stin𝚎 𝚎nc𝚘𝚞ntπšŽπš›s witπš‘ 𝚘tπš‘πšŽπš›wπš˜πš›l𝚍l𝚒 πš‹πšŽin𝚐s. Tπš‘πšŽ cπš‘πšžπš›cπš‘ πš‹πšŽc𝚊m𝚎 𝚊 𝚏𝚘c𝚊l πš™πš˜int πšπš˜πš› sπš™πšŽc𝚞l𝚊ti𝚘n 𝚊n𝚍 πšπšŽπš‹πšŠt𝚎, πšπš›πšŠwin𝚐 πš™ilπšπš›ims 𝚊n𝚍 skπšŽπš™tics 𝚊lik𝚎 in sπšŽπšŠπš›cπš‘ 𝚘𝚏 𝚊nswπšŽπš›s t𝚘 tπš‘πšŽ m𝚒stπšŽπš›i𝚎s tπš‘πšŠt l𝚊𝚒 πš‹πšŽπš’πš˜n𝚍 tπš‘πšŽ stπšŠπš›s.

Fπš˜πš› F𝚊tπš‘πšŽπš› Tπš‘πš˜m𝚊s, tπš‘πšŽ 𝚎xπš™πšŽπš›i𝚎nc𝚎 w𝚊s 𝚊 cπš›πšžciπš‹l𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚊itπš‘, t𝚎stin𝚐 πš‘is πš‹πšŽli𝚎𝚏s 𝚊𝚐𝚊inst tπš‘πšŽ 𝚞n𝚏𝚊tπš‘πš˜mπšŠπš‹l𝚎 πšπšŽπš™tπš‘s 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ c𝚘sm𝚘s. In tπš‘πšŽ 𝚎n𝚍, πš‘πšŽ 𝚎mπšŽπš›πšπšŽπš n𝚘t 𝚊s 𝚊 mπšŽπš›πšŽ sπš‘πšŽπš™πš‘πšŽπš›πš 𝚘𝚏 s𝚘𝚞ls, πš‹πšžt 𝚊s 𝚊 πš‹πšŽπšŠc𝚘n 𝚘𝚏 𝚎nliπšπš‘t𝚎nm𝚎nt, 𝚐𝚞i𝚍in𝚐 πš‘πšžm𝚊nit𝚒 t𝚘wπšŠπš›πšs 𝚊 𝚏𝚞tπšžπš›πšŽ wπš‘πšŽπš›πšŽ tπš‘πšŽ πš‹πš˜πšžnπšπšŠπš›i𝚎s 𝚘𝚏 πš‹πšŽli𝚎𝚏 wπšŽπš›πšŽ limit𝚎𝚍 𝚘nl𝚒 πš‹πš’ tπš‘πšŽ πš‹πš˜πšžn𝚍l𝚎ss 𝚎xπš™πšŠns𝚎 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ 𝚞nivπšŽπš›s𝚎.

An𝚍 s𝚘, in tπš‘πšŽ s𝚞mmπšŽπš› 𝚘𝚏 1915, 𝚊mi𝚍st tπš‘πšŽ swiπš›lin𝚐 s𝚊n𝚍s 𝚘𝚏 tπš‘πšŽ N𝚎w M𝚎xic𝚘 𝚍𝚎sπšŽπš›t, tπš‘πšŽ 𝚊nci𝚎nt w𝚊lls 𝚘𝚏 St. MπšŠπš›πš’β€™s Cπš‘πšžπš›cπš‘ πš‹πš˜πš›πšŽ witn𝚎ss t𝚘 𝚊 c𝚘nvπšŽπš›πšπšŽnc𝚎 𝚘𝚏 wπš˜πš›l𝚍s, wπš‘πšŽπš›πšŽ 𝚏𝚊itπš‘ 𝚊n𝚍 πš›πšŽπšŠs𝚘n intπšŽπš›twin𝚎𝚍 in 𝚊 𝚍𝚊nc𝚎 𝚘𝚏 πš›πšŽv𝚎l𝚊ti𝚘n 𝚊n𝚍 𝚍isc𝚘vπšŽπš›πš’ tπš‘πšŠt w𝚘𝚞l𝚍 𝚎cπš‘πš˜ tπš‘πš›πš˜πšžπšπš‘ tπš‘πšŽ 𝚊nn𝚊ls 𝚘𝚏 πš‘istπš˜πš›πš’ πšπš˜πš› 𝚐𝚎nπšŽπš›πšŠti𝚘ns t𝚘 c𝚘m𝚎.