Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-19
MEXICAN BANDITS
ROB TRAIN IN j. s,
FIRING ON SOLDIERS
Kill Two Persons and Wound
Five Others in Texas
Hold-Up.
TROOPS IN PURSUIT
OF THE DESPERADOES
Passenger Carrier Wrecked Before
Band of Twenty Starts Muir
der and Looting.
RACE HATRED ONE CAUSE
Followers of Leader of So-Called Tex.
as Revolution Shout "Viva Pizano,
Viva Carranza," as They Pro-
ceed With outlawry.
TROOPS IN PURSUIT
OF THE DESPERADOES
RACE HATRED ONE CAUSE

SA w ASh SoSAo WI
BROWNSVILLE, Tex, Octo-
Der I9.-Inspired by race hatred,
, as we'll as desire for loot, twenty
Mexicans, who claimed to be fol-
lowers of Luis de la Rosa, leader
OF the so-called Texas revolution,
held up and robbed a train near
Olmito, seven miles north of here,
late last night. AS a result two
men are dead, another is probably
fatally. wounded and four others
are seriously hurt.
The bandits are believed to have es-
capped into Mexico.
The scene of the robbery was three
miles from the Rio Grande The Mexi-
cans as they fired at the train crew and
passengers shouted viva Piano, viva
Carranza-" Pizano is co-leader with
de la Rosa
Train Wrecked Before Attack.
train on the ST. Louis. Brownsville and
Mexico railroad. was wrecked before be-
Ing attacked. United States soldiers took
part in the battle with the bandits and
detachments of troops pursued them when
they fed.
The dead: Corp. McBee. Sd United
states Cavalry. shot: Engineer H. H.
Kendall, pinned beneath engine
Thf f~S "
state health officer at Brownsville shot
In abdomen and injured probably IA
tally; Harry j. Wallis. Brownsville,
shot, in arm; r. woodhall. fireman.
Troop 4. 9th Cavalry. shot in the jaw
c. H. Laymon. Troop D, Sd Cavalry
shot In neck and leg.
~, Rail Is Jerked Out.
The bandits removed the spikes from
a rail. and. lying concealed in the near
by brush. jerked this rail from under
the nose of the engine with long.
heavy wire. The engine. baggage and
mail and express cars left the track
The day coach and smoking car re-
manned on the rails. No Pullmans were
carried and few passengers were
aboard.
The robbery was led by five or six
S1e6ICdHS Ctdd III hIdhl UNIFORMS ana
with cheap straw hats. while outside
the train about fifteen more Mexicans
kept up a constant fire. After the rob-
berry the Mexicans burned a trestIe
north of them which prevented prompt
arrival oe United States soldiers sent
from San Benito. These troops had to
leave their special train and March a
mile to reach the wrecked train
John w. Sword of Pinesville, KY, a
former United States soldier, said he
and three soldiers occupied a corner
seat in the front of the smoking car
The other three. McBee. Brishear and
1,aymon. were In uniform. Sword was
not. He said there was d lurch and all
four of them pitched forward. The
train stopped Five or six Mexicans
crowded in at the rear end of the
coach and came forward firing revoI-
Ners- The first firing was directed at
the United States Army uniforms worn
By swords companions.
Soldiers Without Arms.
Two Of the soldiers were shot at the
frst fire. and Laymon was hit as he
fed for the front door. The soldiers
were regular passengers without their
arms The MeXicans. as they entered
seemed nervous. but grew bold and
noisy when the passengers failed to
shoot The third soldier. Iayrnon. was
shot nrst IN the leg. and then IN the
neck. as he was trying to escape.
In the smoking compartment. in ad-
ditioH to Sword and the three soldiers
were DR. Mccain. Wallis District At
torney John l. kleiber OF Brownsville,
r. wright, travelling man Of Houston
and l.. w. Sau.r. a travelling man OF
San Antonio. There were also several
Nexicans. In the first rush at the uni
formed men the bandits paid little at
~ 1,
sengers
Mccain and Wallis managed to hide
in the lavatory without being OBJ
served. Kleiber fell as If shot, while
Wright and Sauer hid under seats
Sword said the bandits then announced
TO the several Mexicans in the coach
that they need not fear. that they
would not be harmed.
Hides Money Under Seat.
In the meantime Sword sat quiet. bu,
took $50 in bills from his pocket and
hid the money under his seat Th.
bandits came UP and asked him If h.
had any money. He said Sure
reached into his trousers pocket ane
fished out 40 cents. saying: TAX.
that and bust yourself" He ther
stood up and told the Mexican nea,
him that a woman was badly fright
ened in the other coach, and he mus
attend her.
He brushed aside a bandits arm and
entered the first-class coach, which h,
passed through without being stopped
Dropping. of the rear end he ran thre.
miles TO a telephone.
Sword said that just before he Ieft
the coach u wen dressed young Mexi.
can, apparently badly frightened, tol.
the bandits there were two "gringoes'
in the iavatory These Were Dr. Nc.
cain and Wallis. Wright. who had hid
den under a seat, and between the fee
of two Mexican women. said the ban
dts knocked on the lavatory door ant
commanded the men to come out Nc
Cain and Wallis refused. whereupoI
the Mexicans fired through the door