Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-09-14
Dozens of Texas Towns Are Harassed by Mexican
 Bandits.
ONE SOLDIER SLAIN,
 ANOTHER WILL DIE
In Boats aud on Horseback MeXicanG Crossed Rio Grandp and Kaided and LOOted-RangerS and Troopers on
 Heels of Invaders.

Brownsville. Texas, Sept. 13.-F1Ve troops of United States cavalry hay been ordered to point ten miles be low here on the Rio Grande, follow ' ing telephone message late tonight to Fort Brown, which said that large
 bands of MtXicans were crossing in to Texas. Many of them came across
 the river in boats, while others swan
 across on their horses.
 A United States mail carrier was
 attacked late this afternoon by a band of 20 Mexicans while delivering mail betw en Edinburgh and Delfina, 90 miles northwest of here. Farmer Kills Five. One bullet went through his hat
 and another struck him in the neck. Although seriously wounded, he made
 his escape by jumping into the heavy
 mesquite bushes along the road An American farmer whose name
 has been suppressed, residing in the
 San Benito district. today telephon United States military officials here
 that yesterday when he returned to his farm from San Benito he found sig Mexican bandits pilfering his
 home. According to his story, he I grabbed a sawedoff shotgun which
 he carried in his buggy, crept up to l the house and killed five of the crowd.
 United States military officials state
 that they found the bodies of four Mexicans in the farmers corral. ! Feeling is high here, as a result of
 the cowardly attack on ten American troopers by band of more than 40
 Mexicans early this morning. One Trooper Slain.
 l One of the troopers was killed, an- other will die as the result of his
 wounds and two more are suffering
 from flesh wounds. The ten men at-
 tackled are Private Anthony Carfat,
 Detroit Mich., shot through throat
 and killed, and Chief Trumpeter Har-
 old B. Forney, Watertown. N. Y., shot through abdomen and will die. ! Both United States troops and Tex
 as Rangers are securing the country
 for trace of the Mexicans but up to
 a late hour tonight had met with
 no success. Several Mexicans living near the scene of the attack have
 been taken into custody pending an investigation. @ 1ss | Military authorities here belieye+the attack. the first of its kind against American troops, is the beginning of la serious invasion of American terM-
 tory as elaborately provided for in the Mexican ''plan de Santiago" a Must Give U. s. Prisoners. There is no doubt in the minds of officials here that the Mexicans have thoroughly organized movement to. invade the United States, and 1t iss
 known that fully 1,200 already are operating in this districk
 In addition to those already here,
 number of bands are reported to nave crossed the Rio Grande into Ameri- can territory today and 1t is known
 that fishing boat landed men and
 horses at Point Isabel, on the Gulf
 coast.
 United States military authorities
 have issued notice that all Mexicans in this district found in the possess
 sion of firearms will be dealt with severely. As
 Martial law has been declared in number of towns.
 Col. R. L. Bullard commanding the United States troops at Fort Brown today notified General Nafarette,
 leader of the Carranza forces at lMatamoras. that if any of the Mexi-
 cans who have been conducting raids
 in Texas are found to be members of
 his army he will be held to strict ac-
 countability. Colonel Bullard also declared that if any Mexican bandits
 seek refuge in Mexican territory
 Nafarette will be called on to deliver
 them into the hands of the United
 States authorities.