The Alaska daily empire., 1916-01-24

The following Is the account of the .cenos attendlngcthe arrival of the rain at Ef- -Paso, Texas, which carried lie bodies of the Americans killed re- sentiy by Mexican bandits. To those ar remote from the center Of the ac- tlon. which has stirred Congress and he entire country. the account will 10 doubt be read with great interest. The article is taken from an exchange ! which arrived in the last mail and is lated Jan. 13:
 Fearing ant-MexIcan demonstration 5y hundreds of Americans waiting at he unicn station for the arrival of he bodies of ten massacred foreign DTS. the police authorities made an leventh.hour change in the plans and had the odeatha special" switched in- O the freight yards of the Santa Fe ] Railway.
 The bodies were immediately re moved from the train and carried l away on trucks to three different un- ,ertak.ng establishments.
 United States cayalrymen guarded l he ccffins while they were being ta- ,en from the station. The police nave received orders to disband all srowds. Mexlcans who are not well nown in Fl Paso have been warned l 70 stay in their homes.
 American soldiers are patrolling he streets of El Paso, ready to quell my disturbances which may arise.
 Hundreds of persons rushed to the undertaking parlors when 1t became nown that the bodies had arrived The police, however would not per nit any crowds to gather.
 Bodies Found Together
 When the Americans went out from -hihuahua to the scene of the massa' -re Tuesday they found the fourteen Dcdies piled together In a little gully ~ithIu three feet of the track. while Watson. Romero. McHatton and Woon ny where they had fallen. Their odles were also stripped.
 Not @ man of the eighteen had the 'ightest chance to fight for his life Tot man was armed If any kind weapons were in their suitcases hey had no time to get them, and sc n resistance was offered.
 Besides the watches and personal elongings possessed by the men. 30. 70 pesos. which were being taken to he mines to pay employees, were ob lined by the bandits
 Ma attempt was made by any O. he passengers to interfere. Tho hole thing was over In less than hal n hour during which time the trair ,mained stationary. Finally the t"- ible scene was ended and the bandits ode away towards the mountains. ew miles west of the railway. Thf ain was backed Into Chihuahua cit' where it arrived with the news at clock Monday night.
 Special Is Sent Out
 Tuesday morning at o'clock artv of fourteen Americans. headed ,y pr. J. O. Newby, left Chihuahua n a special train consisting of thre' ,ox cars. r. l.. Wemple superintend mt of traffic for the Northwestern ,irni he'd the train and assisted 1T citing needed supplies. A military .cort of 200 men with machine gum ras given to the "rescuers" by Gen. acinto Trevino.
 All the Americans were heavily med. The party consisted of Dr .ewby. Roland Anderson. Joseph An 'orson. (father and brother of the end Maurlce.) Fred Stevenson, w. N Ink. E. II. Mackay. r. M. Bell, Dr [. J. Smith. J. B. Barker. A. R. Car on. Paw Harrell. J. NJ. Murray, w. L. hurchill and M. J. Luna
 The box car spec!a, and the military -ain arrived at Santa Ysabel at two clock Tuesday afternoon, after heart ] ending delays. Santa Ysabel is two nd cne.half miles from the scene of he massacre. At this station the | fexican troops desrained cavalry machine guns and all. to Teconnoitre Two hours were consumed in this l york and finally Mckay asked the of | icer in command to lend him ten men md two machine guns so tho Ameri ! ans could proceed to the scene.
 Ambush Reported
 Thiq reouest was granted and tho ! .escue train started up tho track Vhen within half a mile of the spot he train was Jagged by two Mex ans who warned the Americans that
 band of villistas were lying in am .ush fer them near the point where he bodies lay. Several mounted mer ould be seen in the distance watch lg the train. so the Aemricans re irned to Santa Ysabel and obtained ixty more soldiers from Col. V. Garc' ne commanding officer.
 By the time they had returned to he scene 1t was nearly dark. Stil ,orsemen could be seen in the hills
 mile away and 1t is estimated tha; here were about 400 horses in the roup. But there was to be no delay. his time the "rescuers" aiighted and ,cgan searching for the bodies. carry ng their rifles ready to repel an at ack. The Mexican troops also de Tained
 In less than half an hour the eight en bodies had been found. Fourteen aid Mackay last night, were piled mo oton. .no,ber in n slight depres.