The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1914-02-18
TRY TO slip PAST
AMERICAN SOLDIERS SEARCH FOR
MEXICAN RAIDERS
FAILED TO CATCH THEM
Hnerta Band Is Said to Have Gone
Across the Border, Intending to
Make q Detour and Rejoin Fed.
eral Troops Now Opposed to Villa
Travelled in Autos.

eral Troops Now Opposed to Villa
Travelled in Autos.
Sharp-eyed United States troopers
searched through stunted brush along
the sandy plains stretching back from
the Rio Grande Thursday for the
Mexicans who started on an automo-
bile expedition from American side
Of the border Wednesday night with
the probable purpose Of joining Fed
eral forces south Of the border or
harassing the rebel garrison at Jua-
fez.
The alarm reached Gen. Scott, in
command at Fort Bliss about 1G
O'Clock Thursday night. Ranchers
along the road near Ysleta telephon-
ed into the city to find out the cause
tor the appearance Of an unusual
number Of automobiles some Of which
were covered with canvas and appar-
entity carried boxes.
Counts Of the number Of these var
led from 10 to so, but inquiry at
Ysleta, Texas, indicated that there
were more than a hundred. Mrs.
Mary O'Neil, telephone operator at
Ysleta, saw six Of them, seemingly
laden with boxes under their canvas
covers, turned toward the river. They
were without lights and she thought
that the machines disappeared in
some Of the numerous corrals in
Ysleta and were there unloaded.
The only soldier so far to have
! seen any Of the alleged Huerta re-
cruits was Corporal Kaufman Of
troop A, 18th cavalry. He was sta
toned at village each of Ysleta and
when the alarm sounded he was dis
patched to Ysleta to guide other
troops hurrying to that point. He
arrived ahead Of the reinforcements
and lay in q ditch from which he
says he saw the detachments Of about
j. men each make a rush toward the
river. ::
All night the Americans searched
along the Rio Grande but did not
catch sight Of their quarry. To all
appearances they had escaped. Ae-
cording to MIS-. o'Neil strange Mexi-
cans had been collecting since Tues
day. They came in small groups and
were reticent about their business.
Refugees are not uncommon in this
part Of the country, but the number
was unusual.
General Francisco Villa. command
ing the rebel forces. received an in
timation Of the situation at Ysleta
and sent small detachments east
along the Mexican bank Of the river
20 capture 10 men. but six Of these
proved to be harmless poems and the
other four were held for further in
vestigation. villa during the night
sent out reinforcements and as they
are mounted he said Thursday that
they should not have great difficulty
catching up with the dismounted re-
Sruits.
General Villa said he hoped that
the recruits got across the river for if
the Americans captured them they
would only be imprisoned while ne
could shoot them. The movements
OF the automobiles constitute one OF
Of the mysteries of the night. Every
road into Ell Paso was watched after
the alarm but no prisoners were TAX
en-. although several persons insisted
that there were many machines and
that most Of them carried armed
men. There is direct evidence oi
only those seen by Mrs. O'Neil.
In the adobe hut which formed
Fart Of the corral at Ysleta, American
troops found large stock of saddles
which appeared nearly new. To one
Of the saddles was attached box full
Of fuses. These subbested that the
recruits, If such they really. were
had in mind the destruction of the
railroad south Of JIarez in order tc
delay the movement Of additiona
troops south for the impending attach
On Torreon.
American cavalry officers believed
that one part Of the expeditions plan:
involved tie capture Of corral o.
horses at Ysleta about mile from
the Rio Grande and rush them into
Mexico. It appeared this miscarried
for the rush to the other side, as re
ported by citizens Of Ysleta, was pre-
cipitated before many Of the horses
could be obtained.
EaRTHOUAKE IN e, S.