The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-10-19
[N0|TS Wreck TRAIN
| TWO AMERICANS KILLED

shoes and outer clothing. One pas.
scnger swore that the clothing was
removed from the blody corpse Of
Corporal McBec.
Mccain and Wallis would have
probably escaped from the bandits
had not n Mexican on the train told
where they were hiding. This Mexi.
can was later taken into custody by
sheriff Vann and rushed to a place
Of hiding to prevent being lynched.
Kosa's connection with the wreck
and hold-up was established by
cheers Of the bandits who constantly
shouted "vfva Don Rosa viva
Louis de la Rosa" while they work
ed. All were armed with short car
hines of exactly the same pattern as
those supplied to the constitutional.
ist soldiers.
Sheriff Van found a deserted camp
i'm the brush near where the robbery
occurred, indicating that the bandits
had waited several hours for the
train. An unexp!odesi dynamite
bomb was found near the trick.
American citizens are wrought up
to such pitch that the military
authorities fear a concerted attack
will be made on Mexican residents
for reprisal. The soldiers are also
in an ugly mood and the officers are
finding it difficnlt to restrain them.
Wallis is a well known cattle deal
er.
Claud Brasher. Troop A, was sho:
in the jaw. the bullet coming out
back of the neck.
G.. II. Laymon, Troop D. Third
cavalry, was shot in the neck and
leg.
After completing their work in the
smoking car, the bandits proceeded
to the rear coach anG relieved Mrs.
Finke,stein of a diamond ring and
fifty dollars in cash. Another dia-
mond, her engagement ring, she
turned under and saved. There were
only a few passengers in this coach,
the balance being relieved of small
amounts and ieweiry.
=. W. Sauer. a San Antonio travel
cr, was relieved of $5J in cash but
the Nexicans refused a dollar watch
of popular brand. wright was the
only passenger not robbed. He had
a small amount of money which he
hid under the arm OF the seat.
The robbery was well planned.
Taking place AT spot only about
three miles from the Rio Grande, the
bandits were afforded an easy es-
cape despite the fact that three
troops of cavalry and two companies
of infantry were rushed by train
across country.
determination to wreck the train
was apparent. Conductor +. \. Hor-
an. who saved himself by turning
into a toilet as he was going for
ward i'm the train on account OF an
accident ahead, in investigating the
cause of the wreck after the robbery
and killings, found that the bandits
had taken spikes and bolts from
the rail.
Dock Washington, negro chaui-
feur. was relieved of his SHOES, SJ.o'
i'm cash and his grip. Washington
hid beneath the seat.
Dock Sterrett. negro porter on the
train. was one of the first To teach
n telephone after running three hiieS
lto - residence in his stocking rect.
His shoes had been taken away oA
the bandits. Sterrett reacfed 'h'
,e,enhope about the same time SWORD
did. Sterrett WAS struck across the
knee by a bandit with gun anu
painfully hurt.
The train was travelling thiriy-iFc
miles an hour, making up l"s' ''"'e'
when il was derailed. Express Mes-
sen.er Benton of Houston was ho'
in ;u,cd. nor was the mail clerk, l.. Il.
Boyer.
The bridge or trestie was not SCI
fire until after the robbery aeeo'u-
ing to Conductor Horan. rms pre-
lcoutiou The bandits took in ordef 20
o,eycnt arrival of assistance IN "i'''''
they succeeded, as the ihian''s W."
forced To walk mile after pei''-
b,ought ip on special. The ''es'''
was completely destroyed Inns
,,bout five miles from Barreda' "h''V