White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1913-08-03
BANDITS CUT OFF
AMERICAN NOSE
Ref GEES FROM MEXICO HAVE
EXCITING JOURNEY THROUGH
BANDIT INFESTED TERRITORY
TO REACH UNITED STATED.

can refugees reached ElPaso. at 3 :35
July 20, having made the trip from
MADEIRA to Columbus by wagon and
then 10 FL Paso on the southwestern
train. They had no mishap on the
road, though a slicker, belonging to
one of the party was taken.
There was no danger in MADEIRA at
the time they left and they did not
anticipate that any would occur. but
the plant was closed down and there
was no reason for their remaining
there longer. In the party were. Mr..
and Mrs. G. +. Vaughn, Mrs. H. F..
Morris. Mrs. X. b. Rawlings and son
Bert. A. u. Jones. c. c. Commons and
c. Hudspeth.
Mr. Vaughn, who was one of the
party making the flight to American
territory. is a brother-in-law of J. w.
Caskey. of East Ely, a we'll known
employ of the Nevada Northern rail-
road. Mr.. Hudspeth gives the follow
ing interesting description of the trip,
to a representative of the FL Paso
Herald:
We left MADEIRA on July 16, our
baggage being placed in a wagon
pulled by four horses. while we pas
sengers occupied three seated COW
cred coach, pulled by an equal num-
Der of horses. There was no danger
at the time we left which was one
week after the killing of Bert
Griffin.
The roads were a bit rough and
we Travelled slow on that account
From MADEIRA we went TO FL Vale,
over to Casas Grandes, Coralitas,
Ascension, Boea Grande and CO.
lumbus. At Arroyo MADEIRA Seco we
met Maxine Castillo. Braulio Her
nandez and their 125 men. They did
not bother us, but were particularly
anxious TO learn how many armed
men there were at MADEIRA and Babi-
cora. About 10 miles on from there,
a soldier of their command demanded
cartridges. We told him we had
none but shot gun ammunition and
this he did not want. However, he
took A Y. Jones's slicker.
We had two rifles and a shot gun,
but did not have any need of them,
for we did not meet any bandits on
the way At the time We left MADEIRA
there were 40 of Villas men there:
there were 30 Americans of whom 2
or Is were women. some OF whom
would not come out, and some who
could not because they had no money.
"The Americans have about 40
rifles and a sufficient supply of am
munition to protect themselves.
They had all the staples except
sugar and coffee. We did not believe
they were in any danger when We left
for Villa had sent 40 of his men down
there after Moreno had killed Grit
ann, and these soldiers mad gone out
'and killed all but five of the bandits
having followed them for two days
to do so.
Along the road We camped at
night and when we reached Ascen-
sion. villa treated us royalty. He pre-
pared a house for us and made us
most comfortable, He offered us
money. provisions. guide and a
guard to the border. and also feed
for our horses. The latter was all We
needed and all We took was some
grain for our horses.
villa told us to say to the Ameri-
cans that so long as the American
government refused to recognize
Huerta he would afford Americans In
Mexico all the protection in his pow
er but. if this government should
recognize Huerta, he would no longer
be responsible
He said that he would attack Jua-
rez, but did not say how soon. He
will wait until he gets 1900 men, he
said. because he realized that Jnare2
will be the turning point and he
must be victorious there If he ex
poets TO win out. He expressed a
/ belief that the soldiers in juare'
would fight, because they know what
he would do to them If he caught
them.
In the Mexican town at MADEIRA
across the railroad tracks from the
American town, and about mile dis
tant, are 1000 Mexican men, womer
and children. The trouble at Mader