The Detroit times., 1915-10-19
so MEX|CANSL TRAIN
TWO AMERICANS KILLED,
FOUR OTHERS WOUNDED
"Kill the GringOes"
Shout Bandits-WOre
Carranza Uniforms
BORDER TOWNS
ARE SETTLING
BY UNITED PRESS.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Oct. 19
Sixty Mexicans, most OF them
dressed III the uniforms OF Carranza
soldiers. wrecked and shot up" a
south.bound passenger train on the
st. Louis. Brownsville Il Mexico
railroad last night killing two
Americans and wounding four
others. They escaped after robbing
the passengers and lootiEg the Dag.
gage car.
The wreck occurred five and d
half miles north OF Brownsville.
The Mexicans afterward burned
300-foot bridge between the scene
and this place 10 delay pursuit.
Telephone wires also were cut. Five
hundred soldiers and civilians are
following the trail left by the band
its.
The dead are Corp. McRee. and
y. II. Kendall, engineer. The
wounded are II. ] Wallis, G. s. Nc
Cain. G.. H. Laymon, and Claud ].
Brashear Several other passengers
were beaten with revolver butts.
The bandits. who are reported TO
have been led by Luis De la Rosa,
noted Mexican OF Matamoras, re-
moved the bolts and spikes from n
rail and fastened wire TO each end
of the loosened steel The train
reached the scene about 1890. The
rail was jerked from It's place and
the locomotive and two forward cars
went into the ditch. Kendall was
crushed under his engine, but Fire
man Woodall was only slightly
scaldcd by steam.
Before the passengers recovered
from the shock. Ave Mexicans en-
tered tho first car still on the track
and began shooting. Three United
States soldiers near the door were
the first victims. Corp McBee was
instantly killed. Mccain and Wal
lis ran into toilet. but were
dragged out and shot.
Mccain was wounded In the alb
domen and will die. Wallis was
wounded in tho loft arm, and his
left hand shot away.
More Mexlcans piled into the car
and ran through the train shouting
Death 20 the gringos'" XIII the
soldiers," Passengers were told to
hand over their valuablcs and any
show OF resistance was Instantly
met by dubbed rcvolvers. Several
passengers were forced TO remove
their shoes and outer clothing One
swarthy bandit stopped and yanked
the shoes from the bloody corpse
OF soldier.
Mexican passengers we're not mo
Tested.
Mccain and Wallis probably
would have escaped had not Mexi-
can in the car pointed out their
hiding place. The informant later
was taken In custody by Sheriff
Stann and rushed into hiding for
fear OF his being lynched.
De Ia Rosa's connection with the
holdup was established by the
cheers OF the bandits. who shouted
viva Don Luis, Viva Luis dc In
Rosa" while they worked. The
bandits were all armed With car.
blnes of exactly the same pattern
ms those supplied to CONSTITUTIONAL
ist soldiers.
Sheriff Stann found the remains
OF camp I'm the brush short dis
lance from the wreck, indicating the
bandits had spent several hours in
waiting. An unexploled dynamite
bomb was picked up beside the
track.
American citizons In this yicin- !
ity are wrought up 10 such a pitch !
that military officials fear con.
certed attack on Mexican residents |
or the town. In reprisal.
The soldiers are also In an ugly |
rood and their officers are finding |
dimcuity IN restraining them.