Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1915-10-02
De LA ROSA IS
NOT KILLED ON
AMERICAN SIDE
LEADER OF BORDER DISORDER IS
REPORTED ON MEXICAN SIDE
AND IS SOUGHT BY MExICANS.
ARMY OFFICERS DlSCREDIT REPORT
OF FIGHTING IN MISSION
SECTION.

The report that Luis de Ia Rosa, known
as the head of ..ihe Texas Revolution"
was ambuShed and killed yesterday by
deputy sheriifs was diScreditcd flatly by
army officers at Mission today. De Ia Rosa
was sill on the Mexican side Of the river
today, alive and plotting, according to a
report from General f. r. Nafarrate, the
Carranza commander, who said he was
taking steps To catch or kill de In Rosa
and his band
Sheriff w. I. Vann. however. was 80 in
terested by the Mission report that de In
Rosa was one OF four MexicanS killed IN a
fight nine miles from Mission. that he ieiE
Brownsville today with the announced III
tention OF going there to investigate.
Ii is known that American peace officers
had arranged trap to lure dc la Rosa
across the river somewhere between
Brownsville and Mission and then to am
bush him. The plan was To take HIM pris-
oner. Mr.. Nann was told that Yesterday
ambush was discovered prematurely by
Mexicans and that the fight spoiled the
plans for capturing any alive, besides per
mittng several Mexican~ To escape alive.
The announcement of General Naiar
rates intention To attack the Mexican
Arsayican bandits was considered here one
Of the most important developments in the
entire border uprising Of the past two
months. General Naiarrate said that he
has wired To his immediate superior. Gen
eral Jacinto Tr,vino. for instruction. Ire
vino, he thought, was en route 10 Ior1eea,
The bandits under de la Rosa. according
to a report made to General Nafarrate by
Major Cavazos, his investigator. are IN
the woods near n place named Las Flores.
which j. in the region opposite Progreso
A Mexican ut Rio Bravo gave the iniorma-
ton which led to locating the band. saying
he had seen them. and that one who was
an American appeared 10 be an officer Tor
the bandits. Generaf Naiarfate said that
he had no information about the identity
of any of the party except dc Ia Rosa. lie
said also that in ease he attacked the band
he could hardly give previous notice to the
American forces n the maneuver would be
made too quickly.
At noon today General Nafarrate had
received no reply from General Trevino as
to his request what 20 do about the ban
dts opposite Progreso. i was learned to-
doy that about seventy five Of these ban
dts have been seen in that section Dy
Mexicans. AT a ranch where Major Ca
yazos of MatamoroS made inquiry. he was
informed that the bandits were ''ncn Of
Lu,s de In Rosa and of Aniceto Pizana."
Mexiean residents of that section Said
they saw three wounded These wounded
probablv were shot in last weeks fight
across the river with American troops.
Information at General Natarrate's
beadouarters in MatamoroS was that these
bandits are keeping to the woods m about
the same fashion that they operated on the
American side Of the river. seldom ap-
nroachinc the small towns but sending ~
men occasionally to buy food and operat-
mo through the help of Mexican friends N
the sections where they stop.
Apparently the bandits have dispersed
in small groups along the Mexican bound
arv line. Pizana and de In Rosa were the
sieners of she revolutionary proclamation
distributed throughout this section OF Tex
&C when the raids were at their height 2
few weeks ago.
Bandits to Matamcros.
Tho Eve Texas Mexican bandits cap
tufed at Camargo. Mexico, several day'
ago. will be brought to Matamoros for tria
~ court martial. according TO an an
measurement today by General Nafarraie.