Bisbee daily review., 1912-10-06
CAMPAS HATRED IF AMERICANS
STORY 0F BRUTALITY PUT UPON
 FATED MAN |NALTAR D|STR|T
NOW THIS ARRANT COWARD AND NHUMANE. EGOTIST IS BEING ENTERTAINED ON AMERI-
 CAN SOIL BY REBEL SYMPATIlIZERS

officer; and he yells back. You
 . - of an American, am the head
 officer and if you don't mind me will
 kill you right here
 In the meantime he was batting | himself on the bosom and spoke 70 | the men in Spanish when one of them struck me over the right shoulder and chin with a quirt, another poked me with the muzzle of his rifle and an- other struck me with his fist It was
 then that l raised my hand and ad- dressed the man on the front seat who spoke such good English and said: This is not necessary, I am not trying to resist orders and that if
 he would have the men step back and allow me to start the machine would go where he directed. He then started in with more abI- sive language and said he would show the Americans who was JOSS
 and would run them all out of the
 country if he had to kill them. 1 ans
 wered that it was all very well. that had got to where he stopped me
 without further compulsion than his officers command, and that if he want
 ed my services l was willing to act, that I begged his pardon, not knowing in the first place that he was the
 commanding officer. I then told him that I was an American citizen and
 helpless to resist.
 He then ordered the men away
 and I started and he directed me to
 a place directly in front of headQuar-
 teTs where l was going when he first
 stopped me. The time of day was
 now about 6: 30 D. m, and I stood ia that position until a. m. the next
 morning and in the mean time one of the men was kind enough to tell
 me that my boss was General Campa
 and then take my overcoat-
 While ! was waiting there and at about 12 pm. Campa and two other Mexicans made short speeches Tn
 Spanish and which | could not m.
 derstand, but friend. a Mexican that
 lives in Altar, came to me and said
 that l was in very much danger Of
 my life as Campa had spoken very
 bitterly of the Americans and said
 that he intended to kill them all If
 necessary to accomplish his purpose.
 All about me was great excitement as the rebels were burying their dead and preparing to leave.
 They loaded the automobile with provisions and two wounded men who were both armed At a. m. the advance guard started and I was or dered next and We proceeded to @ small town called PitiGuito, IS miles east of Altar, arriving at S.30 a. m. This place offered no resistance and after robbing the stores and saloons, and searching the place thoroughly for fire arms aHd ammunition they proceeded to CabOrCa some six miles farther west arriving at about 4:30 D. m Caborca offered no resistance and the footing and plundering began at once and the job was about finish ed before dark and the night was spent here.
 The next morning, being the 17th, after buTying two more men that had died from wounds received at Altar, the advance guard started south and I was ordered to follow, loaded with rifles and gasoline and two wound ed men. At 4:30 We arrived at the Barruga ranch and spent the night here Arising early in the morning. the 18th, I was ordered to take six men to Mir Harris mine, a distance of 22 miles. Arriving there at 10 g. m. they robbed the same and We got back 10 the ranch at D. m. and the whole outfit proceeded north by an old unused road for Boluda where We arrived about sundown.
 The advance guard reported Fed eral soldiers in Boluda and the rebels made a hurried retreat by crossing the open country about a mile to an other road that lead to the Sierra Colorado mines, about seven miles up in the hills. Here they got water but no horse feed and the men lay down to get a little sleep, leaving the horses saddled and ready for ac- ton. l asked one of the officers why they ran away from Boluda without fighting and he replied that they did not want to fight. that they had killed too many already The whole band were very much excited, and judging from their actions here, where a real battle threatened them. and having witnessed their entrance of little help less towns and villages. I concluded that they were not soldiers at all. bus nothing except a bunch Of murderers, robbers and petty thieves.
 Very early the next morning the 18th, I was ordered to take a man to Cienega, distance of seven miles and from there l was directed to go straight home avoiding Boluda. ! ar rived at Cienega at a. m., leaving at 7:30 and arriving at Altar about 1 D. n.. having travelled a total distance of l9i miles since my initiation into the Campa band
 ''On arriving at Altar learned more Df the particulars of what occurred he night of it's capture by Campa. During the battle on the 18th, there was one man killed on the Altar side and Campa lost about twelve besides