Arizona republican., 1915-10-22

the river at about three o'clock this
 morning.
 The second fight occurred thirty miles up the river where soldiers and civilian posses chased a small body of
 Mexicans to the river. They crossed in a boat Capt Mccoy of the third ca
 vaIry. commanding the Mission patrol district. reported his belief that not more than thirty MeXicans attacked Ojo Del Agua. The number of MeXi- cans killed was five. Three American
 soldiers are dead. Eight of the Ameri- can wounded are expected to recover.
 Hat hand ribbons found after the fight bore inscriptions of Viva independence Texas and Viva Villa"
 Not all of the bandits appear to have crossed the riN CT after the Ojo Del Agua fighting. A trail of blood ap- parently made by two of the wounded, was followed for several miles in the brush but was lost near the point Where the bandits obtained horses. Soldiers in camp at Ojo Del Agua received their
 first warning of the bandits approach
 from the creams of Mexican women.
 Soon after the sentry saw bush nov ing suspiciously and slipped to the side of the cot of Sergeant Shaefer, in com
 mand. and said Things are looking bad
 in the brush Hardly had he finished
 when the bandits opened fire from all
 sides. One of the volleys killed Shae-
 fer The attackers seemed to advance,
 retreat and maneuver by bugle. The
 army wireless operator ran to the ma chine and sent a call A bullet pene- trated his arm and the same bullet or
 another one broke the wireless. Cap tain Mccoy of Mission, was notified of the fight by merchant at Penas three miles away.
 Reports of the bandit raid near Sebastian are discredited tonighe- i The report apparently grew out of false alarm that was spread when
 the Mexican cowboys were sighted, through confusion with the bandit chase about thirty miles up the riv-
 CT. from here.
 The Carranza' consul here. J. z
 Garza, reported tonight that Colonel
 \. P. Blocksom of Fort Brown. and
 General Lopez. the Carranza com
 mander at Matamoros. had sent sol diers to a point opposite Ojo del
 Agua. with orders to arrest all per
 sons crossing the river. Lopez said
 he had received from Reyonsa MeXi- co reports of fighting in that vicinity.
 Mayor Browne and citizens to-
 night sent the following message to
 Senator Morris sheppard, of Texas,
 and Representative Garner, of this
 district:
 Tt is the consensus of opinion of o11r citizens who are best informed of Mexican conditions along this
 lower border. that bandits are -receiN
 inC comfort and assistance from and
 are being recruited upon the MeNi- can side of the river and taking rel uge there after perpetrating their outrages. Further. the local author
 ties on the Mexican side are, if not assisting the bandits ar least mak- ing no bona fide effort to cooperate with the American authorities in ap- pretending them In addition to any other steps which may be taken we believe that strong representations should be made by the government to the end that the Mexican side oI the river be adequa tely policed and criminals run down when they take i refuge there. As long as the bandits have what is practically refuge and asylum across the river, outrages will continue that no force on this side
 can prevent. Something decisive must be done quickly as the patience of the citizens of this section is about at an end and the situation
 is fraught with the gravest conse- 1 quences.''
 | Charging that the Carranza sol diers on the lower border are fur
 nishing the bandits with arms ana
 ammunition, County Judge Yates telegraphed to the state department i today urging an embargo on arms on the border He said Carranza could receive arms and ammunition l by water.
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