Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-03
Part of Band Which Kid
mapped and Killed Amer
leans Punished.
BORDER COMBED
FOR OUTLAWS
Two American Citizens Tortured Be-
fore Being Siain--!nfantry and
Cavalry to Remain in Field Until
Bandits Are Captured or Killed
Soldiers Mistake Abandoned Mexi-
can Woman For Outlaw.

Brownsville, Sept. 3.-Three OF the
Mexican bandits operating just north
Of Brownsville were killed last night
by county officers at Los Cuatros. five
miles east of Barreda Station, fourteen
miles north of Brownsville. according
to information received here.
In addition to the Mexlcans killed
last night it is said Mexican woman
deserted by her husband when the
Mexican outlaws appeared at their
home north of here last night, was ac-
cidently killed by United States SOL
diers when she approached them In the
darkness In search of protection
Quick retribution apparently Is being
meted out to the band which early yes
terday burned a trestle north of
Brownsville and murdered two Amer
leans, Earl Donaldson and j. S. Smith.
finally killed.
AT Fort Brown 1t was stated today
that infantry and cavalry would re-
main In the field until the bandits were
captured or killed.
pared for shipment to his former home
in Missouri.
Brownsville, Tex, Sept. 3.-Search
for the band Of Mexican maurauders
who yesterday killed two Americans
and lost one OF their number in fight
with United States soldiers was pressed
with vigor today. The entire lower
h<~ ~, al a., ee-
as to the whereabouts Of the .Mexicans.
Spread out in close Gordon which left
tno foot of the international boundary
! unpatroled, the border guards were
ready to shoot on sight If the fifteen
remaining members Of the band make
any effort to ford the swollen Rio
Grande to Mexico and safety.
In addition TO the soldiers there were
hundreds of citizens. headed by Texas
rangers, who pursued the Mexicans to
avenge the thefts of cattle, burned
barns. terrified women and the deaths
of half dozen United States citizens.
Same Bandits Who Burned TrestIe.
The tactics Of the Mexicans yester-
day led army officers to believe that
this band has been responsible for
much of the outlawry OF the past sew
eral weeks. First burning railroad
trestle, the bandits yesterday proceeded
to make away with a number Of ranch
ers' horses, burned an irrigation pump
station and an automobile, and capped
the day with the kidnapping of three
Americans.
Earl Donaldson, a farmer of Fayette,
Mo-. and J. II. Smith, an engine tender.
were killed and their bodies thrown
into a dried lake. Stanley Dodds. a
contractor. was unharmed by the Mex
leans, presumably because one Of the
number thought he was German.
Dodds. minus his shoes and his hat,
| w.:!ch had been appropriated by one
| of the leaders. escaped when the Mex
| leans We're attacked
Aniceto Pizano, who is said TO have
| been engaged in outlawry on the lower
border. and in an effort In Mexico to
| incite q revolution against the United
| States. was declared by officers to have
| been the leader of the bandits.
Two Americans Murdered.
The bullet-riddled bodies of two
Americans who were early yesterday
kidneped by Mexican bandits about
twelve miles north Of here, were found
yesterday in the bed Of u dried lake
They were Earl Donaldson. farmer
! who came here from Fayette, Mo-. two
weeks ago. and an engineer named
| Smith. engaged in concrete construc-
! tion work on an irrigation canal. The
bodies were brought to Brownsville to-
night.
| Donaldson. Smith and Stanley Dodds
a contractor building an irrigation
pumping station, were captured by the
Mnv'cans. Because one OF the band
| told the others Dodds was German
he was not harmed, but his hat and
shoes were taken. The pumping sta
ton and an automobile were burned
by tho bandits.
Later in the day. the Mexicans be.
came engaged in a running fight with
a detachment of United States In
fantry- and In the excitement Dodds
escaped. He telephoned from a dis.
J tant ranch house tonisiis. :h.: !;e wa
I, safe.
1. The fight between the Mexicans ant
the American detachment resulted II
the death Of one Mexican and tn,
escape Of the fifteen others who com.
posed the band. No American wa.
hurt.