Arizona republican., 1914-02-08
Besides Six of Train Crew, Forty or Fifty MeXicans Were Crushed or Suffo- cated When Castillo AL lowed Train to Go On FIFTY COFFINS
 SENT TO SCENE But One Body is Known to Have Been Found. But It is Expected Others Will Be Located as Soon as It is Possible to Get in
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 JUAREZ, Feb. 7.-The six Americans and forty or fifty Mexicans whose fate has been a mystery since the destruc tion of the Cumbre tunnel last Wednes- day were suffoeated. This information was received here tonight at the head quarters of the Mexican Northwestern railway. The tragedy is laid at the doors of Maximo Castillo, the bandit leader.
 A special train carrying twenty Americans led bys J. w. Farragut of the Mexican Northwestern railroad, fifty Coffins. and a rescue outfit left here tonight for the scene. The exact number of persons aboard the train which consisted of one first class and two second class coaches. q baggage and express car and a freight car, is not known The first report put the number at thirty-five, while the re- quest for collins asked for seventy five. Evidently this was an estimate, how ever, as a searching party led by Dr. F. c. Herr of Madeira, was unable to penetrate the tunnel to count the dead. These, it is expected will be found streWn along the poisonous reaches of the tunnel where they fell attempting to escape.
 Dr. Herr reported one body within three hundred feet of the north ent- rance of the tunnel It was that of Juan Fernandez, the rear brakeman of the train.
 As the passenger train did not stop until within a few hundred feet of the freight with which Castillo had set fire to the tunnel several hours before, Fer nandez must have crawled three quar- ters of mile before he succumbed to the fumes of the smoke
 In his trail it is believed other bodies will be found unless they were crushed in an attempt to crowd through the aisles and doors.
 The railroad men at Fl Paso are fu rOus at CastillO's act. Tuesday tWen- ty-two of his men were captured and executed by the rebels, and the next day, apparently for revenge, he cap tured a freight train and ran it to the south end of the tunnel for three hund- red feet and set it afire. 4 passenger train entered the death trap from the north at the usual rate of fifteen miles per hour When the engineer discov- cred the trap, it was too late Just what were his actions, will be known only after an examination of the loco motive is made
 Castillo's failure to send back warn ings are regarded as the most cruel and murderous act of his career as an outlaw and there is a disposition here to criticize General Villa for not hay ing him crushed long ago.
 The missing Americans all employees of the railroad are: M. J. Gilmartin, su- perntendent of the Chihuahua divis- ion; H. Schofield, superintendent of the terminals, JuareZ; Lee Williams, as sistant manager of the commissary; H. F. Mardera, express agent: E. J. Me Cutcheon, engineer and j. F. Webster, conductor
 Two Mexican cowboys are respon- sible for a report that all escaped and are held for ransom. There was re- joising at this, but the jubilation was shortlived as the bulletins from Dr. Herr began to arrive.
 The departure of the train to rescue the tunnel victims was delayed by a telegram from Secretary of State Bryan to American Consul Edwards, demanding that train of soldiers be dispatched to prevent an attack by CactillO on the Americans. The con suls order was acceded to at once by General Benavides, and the task of getting together another train was be- gun It will carry 300 rebel soldiers
 bulletin tonight from Pearson says three additional Americans were on the ill fated train. They were Edward Morris, roadmaster; Thomas Kelly, conductor, and James Burgess. They were travelling as passengers. Gilmartin came here recently from Buffalo. Bernard Schofield came here from Brazil, Ind, and was talk ing his first trip over the road. Bur
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