Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-04-02
VILLISTA BOMB ATTACK ON
MATAMOROS DID NOT OCCUR
Aviator Said To Have Gotten "COld
Feet" When Told That Nafarrate
Had Two Aerial Guns On Hand.

moro late Thursday afternoon failed w
mutcriHi1c lur several reasons These W.
riudcd among other things. that wheel
lnd supply MA gasoline ter The machine.
very necessary equipment. arr nn the
American side II thc river ~ Ia~ Rn~cins.
uuabIr wv wv crossed because wv ihc shut
ting down W. lhr point by thr customs au-
tluriir- H- n convenient port 40 exit
Latter n wa- learned that the repaired
wheel n thr mpanc vas returned ~ Mex
ru Ia-t uirht
Principal among thr reasons tor thr
failure ui thc acruplanc tlght and ensuing
homh attack. however. wa~ The sudden de-
parturc Yesterday afternoon w N. NJ
IiiurhltI thr Wrght hirluur operator.
Nhu Mas tu have taken thc machine into
lhr dizzy heights above Mutnmoru- and
prrmii Captain Franco. the observer. ~
make whatever observations were uccr--
-Hrt aud perhaps drop WIN urru -iuna hnnh
tu bring home tu thr citizens t4r tact that
dar4E, iurkcd overhead in individual bot,
oi Hiiy pounds cach
NJ va- whispered to-day that Rmrhart
hal hr,H informed that Gen. Nuiarrutr. the
informed thut General MI ". Nafurratr. ~
commander n Matam"rn~. hnd by mistake
obtained possession WY Two powerful aerial
guns ui Which uo uur uut -ldr WY thr general
iWd lr- rlu-r-l adviser Wu- aware. These
guns according n" thc running ~ this
-iarv.. wrr- -nirprd from ihc factory 10
NutHWuru- among SOME other equipment
through au error. Jnd a- General Nafar-
rate Thought hr might have urca-iun M u-c
ihem hr retained ihe guns.
linrhau - -gud to have obtained other
information which appeared wv have Nv
trrral huu from participating wv thr flight
HhuNr Mufamurp-. Included n ihi- WAS
-nrr expert knowlrdec un thr part III
iuii,d Stale ARMY ulH.tr who told him
ihHt uulr-- hr Wput juUu Irct above Maiu
m"rr- LYNN WH- n constant danger from
tlrranri-tl bullets. llr expressed the
npnf.n ilaf lnnu irci np would hc entirely
WV" Ii-h iur uh-rryutiuu pur,u~c-
Euyhur yuulr tu Brownsville fur thc
Iiurp"-c uf repairing N wheel tu hi- nla
rhur. thr wheel having become broken in
sudden iundmg pt ihr machine WI Rev
uu-a i-t Fudl1 several Times durin.
ihr dHy hy appeared N thr repair shop and
.rld thp rrfllir mHn thut hr need uul hurry
with thr repair. a- hc had had several
uncomfortable nights u ihc open WV Mex
i-u. uud wanted little good. uld American
utmr-r rhrrr aud irud with winch tu hnl-trr
ur hi- constitution llr Nu- lu-i seen hv
men rhu know him. w" iar a~ could bc
a-crramcd about 3.i5 n'rIork Yesterday
afternoon when w Brownsville man said
hr -nw Emchur catch Houston bound
trn
SIT. there ~ ~iill chance that Kinc-
bar'- departure wa~ merely wv take the
ruu-tiuiiruHIi-i- un their guard. - ihr
promised Hcrnplanr hight hud hrcumc n
tnu well advertised proposition for pur
pn-r- ot war Early ihI~ morning fully
sixteen hurr- after Euchur Wa supposed
tu have Departed iur other rlImc- nn uld
MrNrrau appeared at luca hotel with
"a note -iencd hv Biucharl a-kine that some
WY hi- thm- WV delivered WV ihc hcur.r.
'Thr hotel puplr turned over thr article
asked t"r without question and the Mes
iran Disappeared VI WAS learned also thai
l;incAarf, pr..iuu~ " hi- departure. bad
Ilrti instructions that hi- mail WV fur
Nurdrd NV hi- VItr ut cleveland. Ohio.
l.inrharf An -uid tn have complained nf
some difference with the Wills people over
hi~ -aEir,. IIr sand that NV had due him
about $500 gold. iur flights W. had mudr.
hut did nut know whether M would ret hi-
money.
ln the meantime the constitutionali~t :
are iubIlIaut over thc fact that w not alto
grthrr -tuvrd un. thr announced Will,
Arrurlunc attack i- indefinitely postponed
A Willis major last night informed !
brownsville man that their aviator had d.
parted. lc said. however. that three NOR,
nrrupllnr- arr expected at the Villa head
quarters. hui hc did NOT know whether thci
operators. who are MeVican-. are expcr
cucrd WI handling TIE Wright bIplAur.
ppn~~nm farmin. for the fur If ih