Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-11-05
-FOUR AMERICANS
ON BORDER KILLED
Villa Reports Two Doctors and
Two Chauffeurs Shot by
Calles's Troops.
BURIAL PLACE KEPT SECRET
Will Not Permit Bodies to Be
Disinterred, Even to Remove
Doubt About Death.

NAcO. ARIZ.. November i.--Fran-
cisco Villa with 5000 Of his troops de-
feated on Monday at Aguapricta by the
forces OF General p. Elias Gales. Car
rama commander there. reached Naco.
across the border from here, to-day
and told american officers that four
Americans were shot down by Gales 3
troops while succoring wounded under
n Red Cross flag In front OF the breast
works ~ 'Aguaprieta. Villa also an
nounced tina: Naco would be She capt
tai OF Mexico.
Tie Americans killed were. according g
TO Villa. DR.. r. o. Tlghen. chief surgeon
OF the Cananea Consolidated Copper
two American chauneurs. J. ID. Pylant
and A. L. Wilson.
Villa. while formally expressing re-
gret at their death deci.mc.! to. night TO
say where they are buried. He said he
could not permit any bodies Ia be dis
Inferred. even to clear doubt that
they actually had been killed.
This doubt was caused by the state
ment OF DR.. Frederick H. Wickman. OF
st. Louis, Mo, who dashed across the
line this afternoon shouting that he
was about to be shot and afterward
declared that he had seen Drs. Tighen
and Miller at o'clock last night
Wickman. however. appeared to lie
somewhat da=ed from the shock sus-
'aincd while under n death watch
t..
offense. -Four thousand of Villas men
are at Niilaverde, a watering station,
twenty-five 'mIlcs south on the Naco-
Cananea railroad.
Villa began receiving supplies s soon
as he reached Naco. He stated that
he personally intended TO leave to-
night. II WAS believed he may 20 to
Nogales, where the army here would
verde probably would he left To oppose
amy pursuit by the Carranza forces
Through agents here Villa sought
permission to have his wounded men
removed from Naco to Juarez over
American territory. His request was
t-ferWarded -to,. Ger Frederick Fun
ston. commanding the American troops
at Douglas. The supposed shooting
OF the American doctors and chauffcurs
also was reported TO General Funston
The troops Villa brought here today
appeared TO he we'll fed The trans
port animals also were in excellent
condition.
General Villa tonight gave out a
personal statement as follows:
Il am on my way TO Hermosillo by
the most direct route. My losses at
Aguapricta were twenty-five killed and
10 wounded
II have $4,000 men with me, and
have given my word that no property
will be destroyed at Cananea. and my
word is good"
From officials of the company il was
learned to-day that the Cananea Con-
solidatcd Copper Company had paid
$4,000 for immunity. Other concerns
were also levied. but no figures were
obtainable on the amounts of the con-
tributionS
Regarding rcparation for the lives
of Americans reported killed. General
Funston, when told OF their death is
said 10 have Informed inquirers that
all he could do was to obtain permis-
sion from General Gales to search the
battle field for the bodies If the
bodies arc found. a protest would he
filed with Gales against the killing
by his troops of noncombatants and
against the firing upon the Red Cross
flag, Funston said