Bisbee daily review., 1916-04-02
Arrivals from Chihuahua City
 Tells of the Murder of Three Citizens of U. S., a German and an Englishman by Villa.
ONE MAN ESCAPES
 FATE OF THE OTHERS
Two Other Americans Remain to be Heard From, Who Were in That District. All "Gringoes" Must Suffer.
(sy Review Leased Wire.)


 FL PASO, April 1.-The story of the murder of three Americans. Ger man and an Englishman at Minaca was brought here today by Americans arriving from Chihuahua City and was accepted as authentic by federal off cials.
 The bandits victims were Benjamin Shell. Dr. A. T. Stell. Lee Lindsey, Americans; Herman Blankenberg, a German: Donald McGregor. also known as Bruce, British subject : Two other Americans, Henry Acklin and Frank Woods, were in Minaca at | the time but their fate is unknown. The news was brought to Chihuahua { City by J. l.. Locke the only American l who is known to have escaped the massacre
 According to the story Villa captur- ed Minaca, Guerrero and San Sidro last Monday. Everywhere he went he announced his intention of putting to death every "grin2o" that fell into his hands and he carried out his intention. As far as the MeXicans were concern ed the bandits promised safety to all those who did not take up arms a gainst him. No quarter was shown to the CarranZa troops who attempted to resist him.
 The one gleam of light in the dark story is the probability that Villas ! blood lust is what Col. Dodd counted upon to deliver his crushing blow al San Geronimo ranch. two days after the crire of Minaca. blow that has raised high hope that the blood thirs- | ty brigands days are now numbered. | According 10 the refugees. General | Luis Herrera left Chihuahua City on Tuesday with large number of troops | His destination was not made public. There were numerous reports in Fl Paso today that Villa was already cap | tured. Some of these were very cir cumstantial but not one of them was capable of verification. The wish be ing father to the thought was appar- ently the basis for the stories.
 It was in the raid on Guerrero last Monday that Villa was wounded. be- ing shot in the knee. according to a | message today by General Gavira at Juarez from General Gutierrez, tele- graphing from Chihuahua City. Gavi- ra had asked for further information about Colonel Dodd's battle.
 Gutierrez explained that the wires were working badly on the southern loop and he had only the bare details of what had been accomplishd by the Americans. But the telegram recelv. ed said that Villa broke into Guerrero at 2 o'clock Monday morning. The gar rison engaged the assailants in heavy street fighting. number were killed on both sides. Then the Villistas loot ed the stores. but made of as soon as the American appeared. Villa was wounded in the knee.
 Telegrams received from Chihuahua City in JuareZ today said that freight and passenger train on the Northwestern Railroad had beene wrecked some weeks ago between Min aca and Chihuahua City. Twenty sev en Mexicans, including women and children. were killed. One American was on board but escaped uninjured. The same advices said that the pay master of the Fl Paso Mining Compa ny had been robbed by bandits three miles from Chihuahua City three days ago. There were twenty in the band and they left the paymaster go after taking seven hundred pesos from him.
 Donald McGregor one of the Villas victims al Minaca, was a newspaper man who had worked in Denver. Chi cago and in other eastern and western cities. During the Colorado miners war. he threw in his lot with the strik CTS and took part in the fighting be- tween them and the militia. Nothing is known here of Acklin. Woods or Lindesley Dr. Stell came from New Orleans and has lived for some years in Mexico Blankenberg wns a rnino foreman and has worked for several years for several American concerns
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