The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-02-13

Ell PASO. Texas. Feb. 1.-THE fed
eral recruits who made a successful
dash across the Rio Grande at Ysleta
last night apparently were safe from
pursuers today. although the rebel
commander. General Fancisco Villa,
at Juarez. said detachments of his
men were securing the country south
east of here.
Eleven prisoners. including Jose
Maria Martinez, were brought into the
Juarez Quartet Reports that % OF
the fugitive recruits had been shot
across the rived from Ysleta were not
confirmed Martinez Is said TO be a
relative OF the federal general Pas
cual OroZco.
Four Mexicans rounded up by Cap
tain Davidson of the 18th cavalry last
night were ordered kept under close
enc OF the number. said that before
The arrival OF the American troops,
the MeNicans made OF with 27 horses
This statement corroborates that of
The corporal of the Fifteenth cavalry
who. while secreted in a ditch. saw
three small detachments OF Mexicans,
all mounted. leave the corral in the
direction of the river. Rodriguez
said he was employed to care for the
horses by the Mexican federal consul
at III Paso. Alfredo Musquiz, but this
allegation was denied by that Official
Nobody could be found TO claim the
horses saved by the arrival of the
troops last night. Meanwhile General
Hugh l.. Scott, in command at Fort
Bliss, instructed his officers to have
nothing TO do with the animals lest
the army be put to the labor and ex-
pense of caring for them.
There are about 200 of them. or
with the q captured by the Mexicans
almost enough to have mounted the
II Oh L. "a
bered 25S men.
The failure OF any unquestioned
owner to appear today led 10 the con
clusion that the first suspicion that
the horses and saddles had been
secretely collected at the corral as a
part OF the plot was correct.
As the incident constitutes a vio-
latlon OF the neutrality laws of the
United States. the investigation falls
into the hands OF Robert 7. Neill. the
United States district attorney sta
toned here. General Scott turned
over 10 the prosecutor a complete re.
port of information gathered by his
men. but the attorney said he had
been unable to get an investigation
really under way today. although he
was making preliminary inquiries
II is probable that a search war
rant will be issued for certain build
ings in Nsleta to ascertain IL any
munitions of war were left behind or
for evidence which would impliCate
persons suspected of having aided
the plot for this side.
IL appears 10 be the purpose of the
recruits 10 join another Federal force
reported in the vicinity of Ola Agus,
hamlet not far from the railroad
between here and Chihuahua Villas
spies reported that IL was the pur-
pose OF this force TO wreck the rail
road in the vicinity Of villa Alum
ada Attached TO one OF the saddles
saved last night by the Americans
was a box of dynamite fuses. when
is regarded as indicating that the
railroad was. and probably still n.
the objective OF the band
The most important information
available today came from J. Todd
McLamy. Villas cattle agent on the
American side. Mcl.amy told report
ers and will repeat the story to the
district attorney. that ne succeeded
in getting two s-is- into the mysteri-
Gus company at Nsleta where they
observed the fullncSs Of equipment q;
the men and obtained other valuable
Information.