The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1914-02-13
BANDITS CAPTURED
MAxImO CASTILLO AND BAND,
WHO KILLED AMERICANS. ARE
CAUGHT AT GAFALIN RANCH.
EMElIO GARCIA TELLS STORY
Nine Citizens of United States Die
When Train Plunges Into Tunnel
Set Afire by Bandits-Forty Mexi-
cans Perish.

Pearson, chihuahua, Mex, Feb. Il.
MAKING Castillo and his band were
captured at Gabalin ranch by a de-
tachment OF soldiers under command
of Major Samaniego. who came up
from FL Valley, according to q report
brought by a courier here on Tuesday.
The whole band will be brought 10
Casas Grandes, it is stated. General
Castillo was previously reported to be
hiding in the vicinity of the ranch, and
constitutionalist soldiers from MADEIRA,
Pearson. Casas Grandes and FL Valley
have been pursuing him. Emilio Gar
cha, chief lieutenant of Maxine Cas-
tillo, was captured near Hachito on
Tuesday and turned over to the United
States army authorities on the border
there. Garcia, it is alleged, confessed
his part in the plot TO burn the train.
Cumbre. chihuahua, Feb. TO-
Many charred bones and several metal
buttons and buckles from clothing
were the only traces discovered of the
bodies of the 40 passengers and crew
of the train wrecked in the Cumbre
tunnel of the Mexico & Northwestern
railway Wednesday night.
A rescue party equipped with oxy-
gen helmets to guard them against the
effects of the smoke and fumes Of the
still smoldering wreckage made their
way from the south portal Of the tun
mel, over the wreckage OF the burned
freight train to the locomotive and
forward cars of the passenger train
on Sunday. Nothing remained of the
cars out the metal frames and trucks.
and it is believed that the bodies of
the imprisoned passengers must have
been completely destroyed by the in
tense heat
The crew of the freight train es-
capped and placed the blame on
Castillo's bandits.
Juarez, Feb. 10.-Nine Americans
and 40 or more Mexicans, whose fate
has been a mystery since the burning
of the Cumbre tunnel by bandits, were
suffocated. The tragedy is ascribed to
Maxine Castillo, bandit leader. A spe-
cial train carrying 20 Americans, led
by w. j. Farragut, 30 collins and a
The rescue train was prepared early
in the evening, but was delayed a short
time by a telegram from Secretary of
State Bryan, who instructed Consul
Edwards to see that soldier guard
preceded it so that the Americans
q mi Oh hn to6
sible attack by Castillo General Bena-
vides provided 800 rebel troops and
these were sent ahead of the rescue
party on another train.
The exact number Of persons aboard
the passenger train is not known.
First reports put the number at 50, but
request for 70 collins was made by
searching party led by DR.. F. c.
Herr of MADEIRA.
Railroad men are furious at Cas-
tillo's act. Tuesday % of his men were
captured and executed by rebels. The
next day, apparently in revenge, he
captured freight train, ran it into the
south end Of the tunnel about 300 feet
and set 1t on fire. but gave railway
men no warning. The passenger train,
whose crew was ignorant of danger,
entered the death trap from the north
while the tunnel was burning. When
the engineer discovered the trap it was
too late to save his train or passen-
gers. The missing Americans, all en-
ployes of the railroad, were: NJ j.
Gilmartin. superintendent of the Chi.
huahua division; b. Schofield. super
fntendent OF terminals at Juarez: Lee
Williams. assistant manager of COM
missary II. F. Marders, express
agent; e. j. McCutcheon, engineer: J.
E. Webster, conductor; Edward Nor
ris. roadmaster Thomas Kelly, con
ductor. and James Burgess.