El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-30
PRISONERS ARE
ROBBED ON FIELD
Negroes Say Mexican Sol
diers Take Everything
From Them.

lean machine gun followed I'D busted
myself with it. The machine gun was
carried on a mule and there were two
men in charge Of it, one Of them lead
ing the mule and one Of them driving
it I killed the machine gun mule and
then these two men dismounted the
gun and tried to set il up and I put
them both out Of commission. In the
meantime there was a bunch Of % or
80, 1 should judge. about 100 yards in
the rear who had cirCled around and
got in the same irrigation ditch that
7 we had CHARTERED in and opened fire
from the back. I looked around and ]
could see X troop They were being
in the same direction towards me.
Some OF them were wounded and some
were not
Shot in Shoulder.
There was one BOY out of c troop
who had been shot IN the shoulder and
the bullet had come our IN his arm and
was bleeding pretty bad. 1 started
to bandage this mans arm and the
enemy began coming in on US very
closely and we started to follow K
troop. who We supposed were under
cover in this irrigation ditch
thought at the time that Capt Morey
was with them When got 20 where
they We're, they said Capt Morey was
shot and was over on the right flank
and the MeXlCanS We're then closing IN
all around US. We had no chance 10
get away and some of the boys had
surrendered. When 1 saw that they
were all around US the only thing 1
thought TO do was 10 surrender too.
We were six OF US and were captured
by IS or 80 Mexicans.
shot Wounded.
I'VE were taken TO the Town OF Carl
ZaL They took our clothes away from
US and shoes and hats, also all jewelry
and money They beat me around
with a gun, that is they punched me
a good deal and threatened 10 kill all OF
US prisoners. From there they took US
around TO q little Quartet and locked US
up in a little dark room. a1out 10 by
20. While we were in this house. We
heard n number OF shots one or two at
a time, and the Mexican guard asked
me If I knew what they were said
No Then he said that they were kill
ing the wounded After We stayed In
this room a little while they DrOug 1T
Sergt Page in with some eight or nine
men. who had fought their way through
the lines, and We're captured by the re-
Inducements who came from villa
Ahumada. These reinfOrcements cap
Jured four Of our horses. that / saw.
and they say they took . Of them but
I did not see them The men had tried
10 get away with all the horses they
could. but the reinfOrcements got them
After the arrival Of two more prison
ers and Sergt Page and his men there
was a total Of about H.
Prisoners Robbed.
AT about 2;3O Col Rivas came back
and said that his general had ordered
Us 70 be sent to Chihuahua ana for
us 10 get ready TO march to Villa Anu
NADIA Most Of the boys We're bare
footed and bareheaded and in their
underclOthes. The first detachment
OF six prisoners We're robbed OF every
thing in the way Of outer clothing, but
they only took the shoes and hats from
those captured later. besides the money
and Taluables. We got to Villa Anu
mada and there was a train there from
JuareZ waiting for US ] must have had
about 1000 people on it They got off
the train and came down the road.
screaming and yelling 70 kill US. as
they said that We would not pay the
debt Of the general who was killed
There was a man who saved our lives, /
am certain The MeXicans got so close
in around us-there were only Is men
guarding us-that we could hardly
move. This man stepped out among
the crowd and addressed them as Pa
triOts and Brothers, and said that we
had killed their general and were enc
war and should be respected as such
He was a civilian and his speech
quoted the crowd considerably
Prisoners Bound.
while we were there they changed
guards. Cen GOmeZ's brother took US
10 the box car, tied our hands beFind
US. and put US up there and told US
that il anyone moved without permits
sion we would be shot on the spot We
left villa Ahumada about 8 ,. m and
got into Chihuahua about $50 the next
morning
when we got into chihuahua there
was a mob waiting for Us, yelling
and screaming TO kill that Mexican
Tejanoi They wanted TO hang me and
burn me at the stake and threatened
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not do anything to US but throw stones
at US Several Of the boys and my
head We're cut open with stones. The
z guards did not try TO protect US. The
had been there we would have all been
executed But MAJ Nelarde was not
there.
Capt. Boyd Shot.
The last time I saw Capt. Boyd he
was wounded He was shot in the
shoulder and I could see his white
shoulder bone and he was bleeding
pretty badly He turned around. with
his hat in his hand. raised up and fell
backwards and that was the last He
was killed / never did see Lieut. Adair
after the firing first started He must
have got UP to the irrigation ditch
teen killed there. Neither did / see
Cen Gomez shot ] do not know
IL was X troop or q troop who
did il but he was killed in the firing.
Al CdTElLal dLleE the SoulaEE SnOLS
we're heard, no other wounded were
Thought in.
Well Treated.
I'VE were treated fine at the peni-
tertiary. The British consul and Hun
ter Mckay, the y 2. correspondent.
came 10 see US every day IL was clean
there, wOth a cement floor and I
scrubbed out my cell and it was all
right. I had enough 10 eat though
some Of the boys complained. They
gave US mostly frijOles and rice with
a little piece or Mexican bread and
some coffee in addition 70 the frijoles
for breakfast
There was no demonstration when
We left Chihuahua. When we got to
villa Ahumada a demonstration was
started against US but they did not do
anything 10 US This was on our r
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