Bisbee daily review., 1915-12-09
AMERICANS ROBBED OF EVERYTHING OF
 VALUE IN SONORA
Three Americans Who Are Rob- bed of Everything, Including Assay Slips, Return to Bor0er With Tale of Adventures.

DOUGLAS. Dec. S.-To be robbed
 by Villa bandits Of everything that
 could be found on their persons, even
 to spectacles and assay slips. was the
 experience of Gus Hendricks J w. Cunningham and H. C. Southard, the lthree Americans in Sonora for whose safetv such grave fears were enter taned last week
 Mir Hendricks arrived in Douglas last night by automobile from From teras. bringing the first details of their experience that have reached the bor-
 der. His two companions will reach here this afternoon, an automobile having been sent to Fronteras for
 them this morning
 The three Americans left Douglas
 about two weeks ago to inspect some
 mining claims owned by Mr Hen
 dricks and located three miles east of Pilares and eight miles from Nacoza- ri. They went by auto to Fronteras
 and there secured a wagon and span
 Of mules to complete the trip.
 The trip was without incident until Calabasas was reached. Here they
 spent the night. sleeping in the sec
 tion house. That was Monday night
 a week ago.
 About l o'clock the three Americans
 were awakened by a dozen or more Vnlistas who had entered the house
 to search it. The travellers were or dered to get up and hand over every thing they had With drawn guns the bandits searched the men They se- cured about S20O in U. S. money from the three and a gold watch from each man. They took Cunningham ring, which he had placed in his pocket book. but Hendricks managed to save his diamond ring by turning the stone inside his hand and in the fickering candle light. the only illumination the bandits had, they failed to observe the small bold band However they took
 all his assay slips and everything else
 in his pockets.
 l In the pocket of Cunningham over coat, which they also took the rob- | bers found some cartridges. and pok- ing their guns in Cunningham's face they demanded that he produce the
 pistol, which he did
 Grub Is Saved.
 l Fortunately the travellers had slip ped their grips and grub bags, which
 were plentifully supplied with pro-
 visions. under the bed and the bandits | failed to find them The mules and wagons, however. could not be so eas | fly concealed and they fell an easy prey to the bandits Before leaving
 Calabasas the band oL marauders took absolutely everything in sight that
 could be carried off They stripped the gang of poor Mexican section
 hands of everything to eat and wear | including even the few clothes belong
 ing to the women
 ] The next morning the three Ameri cans continued south on a hand car
 carrying it around the burned bridges They made the last peg of the journe, . to Nacozari on foot Here they SC cured horses and inspected the proper ty they had made the trip to see. The Trip Back
 The party left Naco2ari last Sunda by horseback With the three wer 4 Green Bush of Cuurpas, and H. 3 Englehardt Of Lampasas The fv ! made a wide detour to the east an reached Fronteras yesterday withou incident They saw number ( q punches of Vnlistas but always mal aged to ride around them. Every da a they could see bands of Villistas s 8 ing through the passes back into Ch a huahua
 \ Mir. Hendricks is glad to be back c