1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:01,960 Speaker 1: This Day in History Class is a production of I 2 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:06,880 Speaker 1: Heart Radio. Hey everyone, I'm Eves and welcome to This 3 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:09,840 Speaker 1: Day in History Class, a podcast that really takes the 4 00:00:09,920 --> 00:00:15,360 Speaker 1: heart the phrase you learn something new every day. Today 5 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:29,120 Speaker 1: is April two. The day was April second, Irish mercenary 6 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:33,080 Speaker 1: Patrick Murphy accidentally dropped two bombs over the border town 7 00:00:33,120 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 1: of Naco, Arizona. The bombing of Naco marked the first 8 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:40,760 Speaker 1: time the US was hit with aerial bombs by foreign agent. 9 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:46,600 Speaker 1: Starting in early March of nine, General Hesus Maria Agieri 10 00:00:46,640 --> 00:00:50,720 Speaker 1: and General Gonzalo Escobar led a rebellion against the government 11 00:00:50,760 --> 00:00:55,680 Speaker 1: in northern Mexico. The Escobar Rebellion, as the conflict is known, 12 00:00:56,160 --> 00:01:01,320 Speaker 1: aimed to overthrow Mexican President ports Heat. Escobar accused Heels 13 00:01:01,360 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: administration of corruption and being an instrument of the former 14 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:09,959 Speaker 1: president Plutarko Elias Cays. The rebellion took place largely in 15 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:14,240 Speaker 1: the north Mexican states, including Sonora. The governor of Sonora, 16 00:01:14,360 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: Falstot Pete, supported the rebellion against the federal government. To 17 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 1: Pete sent his armies to invade Naco, a Sonora border 18 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 1: town that at the time was held by federal troops. 19 00:01:25,480 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 1: Who supported President hell Sonora was important because it was 20 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:33,040 Speaker 1: an international port of entry and a key railroad junction. 21 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:38,880 Speaker 1: Many residents of Naco Sonora fled to American Naco anticipating 22 00:01:38,880 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 1: the rebel attack. Others fortified their homes. The siege of 23 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 1: Naco began in late March of both sides began carrying 24 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:51,600 Speaker 1: out air attacks. Rebels bombed mostly on the outskirts of 25 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 1: Naco Sonora, and they also bombed the Southern Pacific Railroad yards, 26 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:59,840 Speaker 1: but they were also hitting the US side of Naco. 27 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:03,720 Speaker 1: One of the American mercenaries that the rebels hired was 28 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 1: Patrick Murphy. Before he turned up in Arizona, Murphy had 29 00:02:07,600 --> 00:02:11,720 Speaker 1: been charged with manslaughter in Alabama after his mechanic died 30 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:15,480 Speaker 1: in a plane crash. Murphy had a small biplane that 31 00:02:15,560 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: he used to carry out bombings for the anti government cause. 32 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:21,480 Speaker 1: He stopped his plane with bombs made of dynamite and 33 00:02:21,480 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 1: scrap metal stuffed into cylinders. Some of the rebels bombs 34 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 1: did hit trenches in Mexico, but others fell in Naco, Arizona. 35 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:33,640 Speaker 1: On April second, two of Murphy's bombs fell on the 36 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:37,960 Speaker 1: U s side. A photographer and a reporter were wounded, 37 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 1: glass shattered, and buildings. Murphy's bombing runs also damaged a 38 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:45,920 Speaker 1: post office and a car, though nobody died from them. 39 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 1: On the U S side, an article and the Independent 40 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:53,519 Speaker 1: Record out of Helena, Montana referenced the April second bombings, 41 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:57,359 Speaker 1: saying the following in retaliation for the bombing of Naco, 42 00:02:57,440 --> 00:03:02,320 Speaker 1: Sonora this morning by rebels, two Douglas bombing planes from 43 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:06,920 Speaker 1: General Abe Lardo Rodriguez's air squadron flew over the rebel 44 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:11,760 Speaker 1: camp southeast of Naco at noon today, dropping explosives. The 45 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: aviators reported by telephone to Rodriguez's headquarters at Mexicali, LC 46 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 1: across the line. From here, reporters and spectators gathered at 47 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:24,800 Speaker 1: the border to observe the rebellion, but by early April 48 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 1: Murphy's plane was shot down by a Mexican soldier. He 49 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:32,640 Speaker 1: escaped two rebel lines, then headed to the US, where 50 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:36,400 Speaker 1: he was arrested by American authorities for violations of US 51 00:03:36,480 --> 00:03:41,320 Speaker 1: neutrality laws. Along with other American mercenaries. He was taken 52 00:03:41,320 --> 00:03:44,760 Speaker 1: to jail in Nogalis, Arizona, but none of the Americans 53 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:48,920 Speaker 1: were ever prosecuted. The rebels were defeated in the siege 54 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:53,200 Speaker 1: of Naco, and the Escobar rebellion was suppressed by late April. 55 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:57,160 Speaker 1: What happened to Murphy after he left jail is unknown. 56 00:03:58,440 --> 00:04:00,880 Speaker 1: I'm Eve Jeff Cote and hopefully you know a little 57 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 1: more about history today than you did yesterday. If you 58 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 1: want to hit us up on social media, you can 59 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:09,960 Speaker 1: do so at t D I h C. Podcast. You 60 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 1: can also send us an email at this Day at 61 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:16,280 Speaker 1: iHeartMedia dot com. I hope you enjoyed the show and 62 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 1: we'll be back tomorrow with another episode. 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