The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-02-13
Looking for Mexican Viola
tors Of the Neutrality
Laws, However
BOLD RAID ON
AMERICAN SOIL
Federal Sympathizers APP
pear to Have Been Unsuc-
cessful in Smuggling

El Paso, Tex, Feb. l3-Troopers. oil
the United States ut dawn yesterday re.
sumed search for the Alexicans who on
Wednesday night headed across thes Rio
Grande from the American side, carry.
ing arms and supplies in violation OF
the neutrality laws, to join the fed.
eral forces at some point unknown or to
harrass the rebel garrison at Juarez
across the river from I'll Paso.
| So far as the American cavalry off
GERS could learn in the course of the
night, the plot was to capture corral
! OF horses and saddles at Ysleta, le3
.miles- east Of here, and about a mile
! from the river bank, and rush them
across
In some way this part of the plan
miscarried for the rush to the other
side, as reported by citizens of Ysleta,
was precipitated before many, if any,
of the horses could be stolen
The alarm reached Gen. Hugh L. Scott,
in command at Fort Bliss. about 10
o'clock Wednesday night. Ranchers and
Others whose homes are scattered along
the road near Ysleta telephoned to the
city OF an unusual number of automo-
biles, some of which We're covered with
canvas and apparently carried boxes.
Counts OF the number of these varied
but inquiry at Ysleta early in the day
Indicated that there were more than 100.
Mrs Mary O'Neill. the night telephone
operator at lsleta. saw six OF them.
seemingly laden with boxes under their
canvas covers, turn toward the river.
They were without lights and she gave
1T as her opinion, based on knowledge
of the roads and the lay OF the land
generally, that the machines disappeared
in some of the numerous. corrals in
Isleta and were there unloaded.
The only soldier so far known. who
saw any of the alleged Huerta recruits
was Corporal Kaufman of troop A, 9Th
cavalry. The corporal has been sta
toned at village east of Ysleta, and
when the alarm sounded he was de-
spatehed to Ysleta to guide other troops
being rushed to that point.
He arrived ahead OF the reinforce
ments and lay in ditch from which be
says he saw several attachments of
about 10 men each make rush toward
the river. When the other soldiers ar.
rived the Mexicans had disappeared.
All night the Americans searched
among the bushes and stunted cotton.
wood trees, which dot the sandy plain.
and watched the three principal fords
between Ysleta and Socorro. hamlet
three miles east of Ysleta. but did not
catch sight of their quarry.
Strange Mexicans had been collecting
there since Tuesday. They struggled in |
ones and twos and threes and were reti.
cent about their business.
Gen. Francisco Villa, commanding the |
rebel forces and now at Juarez, received |
nm intimation OF the situation at Ysleta |
early Wednesday night and sent small |
OF his men east along the |
Mexican bank of the river to capture the |
They did capture ten men but six OF
these proved to be harmless poems and |
The other four were held for further in
Villa during the night sent |
out reintorcements of mounted men.
Villa said he hoped that the recruits
got across the river, for then he could
shoot them.
But I'm glad they didn't get away
With the horses" he exclaimed. Good I
or the Americans; / am for them"
The troops called out Wednesday night
we're in command of Captain Davidson.
N an adobe hut which formed part OF
he corral at Ysleta he found large
took of saddles nearly new. There were
llso number of new brides and blan-
lets. To one Of the saddles was at
ached box full of fuses, suggesting
hat the recruits, if such they really
we're, had in view the destruction of the
abroad south of Juarez in order to
lelay the movement of additional troops
outh for the impending attack of Tor
con.