El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-18

! GrandeS, which Is being held as rear
outpost in case retreat should be
necessary. He has a small force at
this place.
CREIGHTON'S DEATH.
The railroad men brought further
details of the death of captain Oscar
G. Creighton, the dynamite devil. His
men were entrenched in arrOyOs at
Bauche Saturday and Creighton was
riding along on the sOrreI pony which
has become almost as famous as the
man himself. He was encouraging the
men to greater action and defied the
federals with taunts and jeers be-
cause they could shoot no better. He
was firing all the time at the federaIs
and is thought TO have bOwIed over
Capt. Jimenez with a shot from his
1920, when bullet caught him be-
tween the eyes. He reeIed and fell
from HIS horse almost into the trenches
where his men were fighting.
REBEL OFFICER KILLED.
Capt. EscaderO, an ex-federaI officer
who was fighting with Creighton, was
killed In almost the same manner and
can named Welsh, who is said to have
been from Ell PasO was shot IN both
hands Saturday but will recover. Six
other insurrectOs were wounded in the
fight. A federal officer, probably Lieut..
Miguel BaturOni is now a prisoner In the
rebel camp, having been captured with
two privates after he had been wound
ed.
Creighton was In command of the
train of four cars which WIS run up
from the south Saturday morning and
WAS. dynamited near Bauche. The
train had two cars of ties in front of
the engine a preventive against a
dynamite mine and his men were rid
ing on the two rear ears. Upon the
arrival in Bauche the insurrectOs took
few shots at two ruraIe scouts who
turned and rode frantfcaIIy into
Juarez to give the alarm. He then
detrained and prepared TO fight from
an arroyo.
rIOm the Rebel Camp.
prisoner of war for three days,
by a renegade Swede named
Johnson, with six shooter at his
head and forced to run the troop train
engines between Casas Grandes and
Bauche, Bob Nixon. rOundhouse fore
man for the Mexico North Western at
Pearson, arrived in FL Paso Monday
after having eluded the rebels at Sa-
peIG. walked to Juarez by way Of the
Flores ranch. and waded the river.
Suneurned until his face is the color
of ripe tomato. Nixon is afraid to
laugh over his experiences for fear
Of cracking his face. He was routed
from his box car home in Pearson early |
morning and told to get busy
and run the troop train to BauSS~a. He
told them that he was not an engineer
but car builder. but Oscar Creighton I
him to get busy and stationed
Johnson, with six shooter over Nixon. F!
Creighton's Death.
Creighton was killed Saturday after /
noon about o'clock. Nixon saws He !
did not see the fight at Bauche as he /
had backed down to Sapello Saturday !
afternoon at l o'clock Leggings. belt, /
gun and packet of letters belonging I
to Creighton were brought back about i
o'clock Saturday night by the rebels. 4
who retreated from Bauche with their (
wounded, Nixon says. Creighton was 4
riding Niger Bills" black horse.
borrowed" from the Corralitos ranch, /:
when he was killed
The effects of Capt Escadero. the ex- 1
federal who was killed beside Creigh- |
-on, were also brought in at the same !
time
Creighton chin Headed,
Creighton was crazy kind of /
,uss." Nixon said. we fit all the way /
I'D the line and I talked back to him
md called him some pretty hard names,
INT he was always as polite as you
please. and called me Mr. Nixon He
aid he was an engineer that had gone
o Yale. but told him he was too thin
n the forehead for an engineer. It is
wonder he did not kill me on that
rip. for sassed him something scan
Ialous. but we got along pretty WE'LL
Nixon ran the train which took
'reighton and his crowd to Bauche Fri
lay morning. This train consisted of
i've cars in front of the engine two
f which were loaded with railroad
les. This was done to explode any
mines that might have been planted
long the track and to prevent the en-
line and train FROM being wrecked.
Behind the engine was one car of dy-
amite and one car for the insurrec-
os. The train arrived in Bauche at II
m. Friday. Nixon says. Creighton was
ccompanied by Can't. EscaderO. San
os Ponce and about Is men acting as
couts. Their horses were carried in
he cars and were unlOaded there. The
rain backed TO SapelIo at 2 o'clock
'riday afternoon and made three trips
uring the entire time they were at
he front, bringing up more men each
ime.
Rebels Have a Cannon. r
Garibaldi, in command of the rebel
rmy at the front was at SapellO when
IiXOn. his conductor. J. F. Webster.
nd the two MeXicans who were help
lg. took French leave for JuareZ and
he states. Garibaldi had just returned {
rom Bauche early Sunday morning | !
Then the railroad men left. Previously !
e had told Nixon that he expected to /
tack Juarez and that he would prob
bly, attack from the west in order to
void shooting any bullets into Ell PasO
IaderO was not n SapellO when the
abroad men left Sunday morning,
nd the two machine guns with Amer
AN operators and two cannon were
)aded in a box car further down the
ne awaiting orders to move them up.
Madero has a total force of about |
1OA in northern Chihuahua. Nixon says