Revolutionary followers of Emiliano Zapata execute Mexican branch president Rafael Monroy and Vincente Morales, also LDS, after each tells Zapatistas: "I cannot renounce my religion."
[Source: On This Day in Mormon History, http://onthisdayinmormonhistory.blogspot.com]
According to the following article, the date should be July 17th. (DMQ, MH:EP, p.815, has the 27th.)
ReplyDeleteGrover, Mark L. (1995), "Execution in Mexico: The Deaths of Rafael Monroy and Vicente Morales", BYU Studies 35 (1): 6–28.
Encyclopedia of LDS History (Garr,Cannon,Cowan) also has the 17th.
https://byustudies.byu.edu/showtitle.aspx?title=6338
ReplyDeleteCorrection: should be "35 (3)" in comment 1.