El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-29
Train Robbed; Passengers Escape
Castillo's Bandits Do Not
Modest Passengers on the
North Western.
FTER loOting the mail, baggage

a FTER looting the mail, baggage
~ and express cars, but allowing
the passengers to go unmOlested,
bandits under Maxine Castillo. who
captured a Mexico North Western PAS
senger train Monday afternoon near
San Pedro, 125 miles from Juarez, ned
IN the direction of the Mexican Central
railway and the captured train reached
PearSon Tuesday night, according to
word received Wednesday night by
officials of the railway in Juarez.
None Of the passengers or train crew
cold and hunger while the train was
marOOned on a side track near San
Pedro.
According to reports of the holdup
received by North Western officials
in Juarez, about 40 mounted bandits
stopped the train at 4 O'Clock Monday
afternoon near san Pedro The ma
RAIDERS were led, it is supposed. by
Maxine Castillo, but this suppOsitiOn
has not been confirmed The mail, eX-
press and baggage cars were rifled
and everything of value taken Of
ficials Of the road say they cannot
estimate the loss but state that there
was little money on the train. Sup
plies Of food and clothing for west
ern Chihuahua towns were the main
items of loss, it is said
Land Pirates Escape Eastward.
The robbery completed, a majority
of the land pirates mounted their
horses and rode eastward in the di-
TectiOn of the Mexican Central, car
rying their plumber with them. 1t is
believed that they viii double on their
tracks and return to the northwest
ern portion Of Chihuahua, where pur-
suit viii be more difficult Several
OF the robbers forced the engine crew
to uncouple the locomotive from the
train Tt was then run north for 10
ntles ana every wooden DLlu5e OF
culyert that it passed over was burned
behind it.
With the departure of the maraud-
ers, members of the train crew Sc
sured a hand car and rode to Casas
Grandes. where the alarm was given.
A light engine was sent out from
Pearson to haul in the marOoned
train and Mai. =. Salcido rebel garri-
with 20 men. boarded a special and
hurried to the scene Of the hOldup.
The robbers had disappeared by the
time the detachment reached the train.
Villas Men Securing Country.
-Four hundred cavalry and infantry
who left Juarez on a special train
tuesday afternoon to rescue the pas
sengers reached Sabinal Wednesday
morning and detrained. Lieut. Col.
Maclas, who commands the column,
has sent detachments out to scOur the
country in an effort to find some
trace Of the bandits They viii be
sUmmarily executed if captured, it is
reported. Fifteen bridges were burned
between San Pedro and Sabinal, but
the damage can be repaired in a short
time, it is said Regular train ser
vice over the line viii be resumed
shortly.
HOIdup Anglers Villa.
The incident has angered Gen.
"PanchO" Villa, who is now in Juarez.
He is said to have promised the North
Western officials when they agreed to
rebuild their line, that he would give
them fun protection and see that there
was no more destruction of their prop
erty- Wednesday he gave orders that
the rebel garrisOns in western Chihua-
hua should take up the trail of Cas-
tillO's band and stay on it until every
member is run down, "even if it takes
from now until next year.