The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-02-12
Daring Bunch of Mexican Fed
erals, Foiled in Attempt to
Take Horses Across Line,
Eludes U. S. Troops. .
RECRUITS VANISH
INTO THIN AIR
Rumored in Juarez That 20
Were Killed; Believed Fugi-
tives Planned Attack on
Juarez.


my Leased Wire To Evenins uerAld.1
Ei Paso, Tex. Feb. i2.-There
were 25s armed men In the band OF
alleged federal recruits who escaped
across the river at Ysieta last night
with American troopers ON their
heels, according To j. Todd McClamy,
the rebel cattle agent here. ..
McCiamy told reporters that he re-
oeived the first Information three
days agn that the CROSSINGS were to
be made at Ysieta. at the III Paso
smelter and az q point In New Mexico.
lie succeeded In locating the Ysleta
contingent, which he said was re-
cruited and led by sylvester and Rod
rigo Quevedos, two federal officers
at Casas Grandcs.
McClamy said that he notified GEN
eral Villa OF the plot and confirmed
Villas statement made last night that
he had troops down the river waiting
to receive the intFuders.
II was current rumor In Juarez to-
day that 30 of them were killed. but
this could not be confirmed. Gem
eral villa, having been up most OF
the night, was still In bed at noon.
The American troops nj Ysleta
heard no shooting from the Mexican
side, although this does not prove
that there was none. as Il might have
taken place two miles away.
The Americans spent the forenoon
heating up the stubby growth OF the
vast flats which flank the river, seek
ing the trail of the Mexlcnna, bat at
noon General scott ha6 received no
! important news OF their quest.
The horses which the Mcxlcans
failed to run on are said 10 be pri-
vateiy owned
Troopers of the United states at
dawn today resumed search for tho
MeNicans who last night headed
! across the Rio Grande from the Amer.
lean side, carrying arms and supplies
IN violation OF the neutrality laws 10
Join the federal forces at some point
unknown. or to harass the rebel gar
rison at Juarez. across the river from
| RI Paso
So far as the American cavalry Of
icers could learn In the course OF the
night, the plot was To- capture a cor
raj of horses and saddles at Yaleta.
Thirteen miles east OF here. and about
Il
them across. In some way this part
| OF the plan miscarried.
/ The alarm reached General Hugh l..
scott, In command at Fort Bliss.
about 10 o'clock last night. Ranch
ers and others whose homes are scat
tered along the road near Ysleta teie-
| phoned into the city TO find out the
cause OF the unusual number OF auto
| mobiles seen.
The only soldier so far known To
have seen any of the alleged Hucrta
recruits was Corporal Kaufman of
| Troop A. Fifteenth cavalry.
When the alarm sounded he was
/ dispatched TO Ysleta TO guide other
| troops being rushed TO that point. lie
] arrived ahead of the reinforcements
| and lay in ditch from which, he
says. he saw detachments OF about
10 men each make a rush toward the
i river. When the other soldiers ar
| rived they had disappeared.
General Francisco villa. command
ing the rebel forces. and now at Jua-
req, received an intimation of the sit
uation az Ysleta early In the evening
and sent small detachmentA OF his
men east along the Mexican bank Of
the river to capture the invaders.