The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1916-05-10
OF Villas Force - This
Time Into Texas.
AMERICAN SOLDIERS BATTLeO
Bravely For Hours Against Great
Odds-Three Soldiers and
Boy Killed.
AMERICAN CITIZENS KIDNAPPED


dts, some seventy in number, fordet
the Rio Grande Friday night and
sweeping fifteen miles inland OF
American soil, raided the little set
Element of Glenn Springs and at
tackled detachment of American
cavalry, consisting of nine men Of
Troop A, the Fourteenth Cavalry.
Three troopers and ten-year-olt
boy were killed, two cavalrymer
were wounded and another is miss.
ing. He is believed to be prisoner
of the bandits, who are now fleeing
southwark into Coahuila, Mex.
Two American citizens, J. Dee
mer, and man named Compton,
according to reports received here,
were carried across the Rio Grande
and reports have it that their
Threats were cut A posse of fifty
citizens of Marathon tonight are in
pursuit of the Villistas.
The missing trooper is Private
Roscoe. Tyree. The little boy is the
son of Compton. He was deaf and
dumb, and bandits are thought to
have killed him because he could
not answer their questions.
The two wounded troopers, Pri-
Yates ]. Brick and FrsHk Defree,
were brought here this afternoon,
badly wounded, Bricks body was
filled with small brass pieces of
tacks fired from a shotgun. Defree
was burned about the head and
shoulders.
In a little adobe house, nine cav
alrymeh made their fight for life
against the seventy or more Villista
bandits at Glenn Springs. A hail
of shot poured for more than two
hours into the single window of the
adobe house, but the cavalrymen
Kept up steady rifle fire in defiant
answer. Then the Mexican leader
ordered fire balls to be thrown on
the roof, thickly matched with can
dXaria.
The blazing roof tortured the
soldiers below and burnt their heads
and bodies. Smashing the door, the
troopers broke for the open, firing
as they ran. Two were shot and
killed as they fled. One is missing
and it is believed he is dead. An
other was killed as he tried to climb
through a window
According to the story brought
here the Mexican bandits first at
tackled a store and one or two
houses. in BOquillas, where they
made Deemer and Compton prison.
ers and then sped fifteen miles
northward to make their attack OH
Glenn Springs which is fringed by
rusged hills. At Glenn Springs they
wrecked wax factory belonging to
William Ellis, his store and resi-
dence, besides one or two other
small buildings.
At $3.50 Thursday evening the
main body of fifty to seventy mount
ed Mexican bandits forded the Rio
Grande at Boquillas and swept into
the little settlement, shouting
death to the Gringoes." The ban
dts looted the store of ]. Deemer
and set 1t on fire. Deemer and a
clerk named Compton were Seized
and bound. The bandits packed
their loot on their horses and after
setting one or two small frame
houses ablaze. galloped away north
ward.
Heading toward Marathon. Tex,
the bandits in their night ride came
upon Glenn Springs. where a small
detachment OF nine cavalrymen un-
der command of Sergt. Smyth. of
Troop A, Fourteenth Cavalry. was
The Mexicans appeared suddenly
on the top Of a hill beneath which /
Glenn Springs nestle. Noting their
Private Brick. on outpost /
duty, emptied his revolver to rouse |
the camp and then dashed back to !
the tent. Sergt. smyth and Private
Croskem Jumped to the fly OF the :
tent. Observing numbers of Next
cans at hand. they ran to an adobe
hut. where the six other cayalrymen