Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-11-05
REC|TE FURTHER
HORRIBLE DEEDS
OF VILLA CREW
Carranza Soldiers Unspeakably
Mutilated by Bandits and
Women Nstreated, it
,r,s esaa s.s,s 'rted.
7, ore.vUToR KILLED
Victims Choose Death When
Told to Accept That or
Lose Their Ears.
CHINESE AND ARABS SLAIN

Chihuahua City, Nov. 4,--(Via El
Paso nction.)-Dr. Fisher, an
American physician living at Santa
Rosalia, was killed by the Villa ban
dts under General Baudelio Tribe,
according to the statement of Mexi-
can refugee who arrived here from
Santa Rosalia late today. DR.. Fisher
was one of the few Americans known
to have been i'll Santa Rosalia at the
time the Villa bandits captured the
town.
San Antonio, Tex, Nov. 4-General
Funston received report from Cen
eral Pershing today on the recent EN-
gagement at Santa Ana between 10
cowboys doing guard duty on the
Babricora and Namiquipa ranches
and a band of about fifty Villa SOL
diers. The report said several of the
bandits were killed, in addition to
those taken prisoner and turned over
to the Carranza military authorities
at Juarez.
Execute Chinese and Arabs.
Chihuahua City, Mexico, Nov, A.
Villa mandits in the command of Gen
eral Baudelio Tribe executed a num-
Der of Chinese and Arab residents OF
Santa Rosalia on October 26, refu-
gees arriving from Santa Rosalia
overland reported here. General
Uribe in speech declared after the
capture Of the town, accused foreign
ers of being enemies of Villas cause
and then ordered the summary exc
cutions of the Chinese and Arab resi-
dents, the refugees added
1t is not known whether foreigners
of other nationalities were excepted.
Given Choice.
After capturing the town, General
Tribe gave all prisoners the choice of
having their ears severed from their
heads or of being executed, the refu-
gees stated. Many of the prisoners
are said by these, refugees are said to
have accepted death rather than life
long mutilation.
The town was then looted, the
refugees reported, and the women
camp followers of the Carranza troops
there were mistreated by the bandits,
according to eyewitnesses who arrived
here.
They reported TRIBES command had
moved south toward Jimenez and
Parra1. 80. ~,
Captured by Villa.
El Paso, Tex, Nov. 4.-Government
agents here received what they claim
to be reliable information today that
SAINT Rosalia, Parral and Jiminez have
been taken by Villa bandits. 1t is
not known whether these towns were
held by the bandits after their cap
ture. American mining men also ye-
ceived what they claim as additional
confirmation today of the report that
Parral was taken on Tuesday.
lhe government agents claim to
have reports showing that General
Luis Herrera moved out of Parral be-
fore the approach of the Villa ban
dts and retired to San Francisco Del
Orc, in the mountains near Parral. IT.
is believed by State department Off
clals that the Americans in Parral
accompanied this column.
Unspeakably MutiNated,
An employe of the Parral Mining
arrived here today BY way
Of Torreon, Mexico, and Eagle Pass,
lex, and said Parral was in the hands
OF the Carranza forces when he left
there on October 27. He said he had
talked with Carranza soldiers at
Jimenez, who had had their ears cut
off by Villa bandits at Santa Rosalia.
The mining man added that the Car
rama soldiers reported that the ban
dts had unspeakably mutilated at
least ten of the Carranza soldiers at
Santa RnSalia