The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1916-05-11
Patrol at Glen Springs, Tex, Al.
.. -. most Wiped Out.
SOME RESIDENTS MISSING
Bone Residents Missing--citIzens Of
Border Village Believed to HaVa
Been NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Battle With Outlaws.

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eighty.ffVe miles south of Marathon,
Tex, and ten miles north. OF the bor-
der, last Friday night. Three Mem
beers OF Troop A, fourteenth cavalry,
and one civilian boy are, known to
have been killed. Six members of
Troop. A, which constituted the re-
n,ainders of the cavalry detachment,
were wounded! 49, ;.a, q -, "a II
| A number of American civilians are
said:to beInissing from the district.
While the raid was being made at
Glen Springs another. band, Of Mexi-
cans appeared at: the store OF ]. Deem
or, which is the" source of supplies
for small mining settlement twenty
five miles to the north. The store
! was looted. Deemer and his clerk,
L. Mccoy. were made prisoners and
CARVED back toward the border. They
/ are both reported to have been killed.
Saturday night the raiders appeared
again at Boquillas, on the American
side Of the border, eighteen miles
north Of the Mexican,town OF Boquil-
has del Carmen The seven employees
Of the International Mines company
sought refuge In the mine tunnel and
were defending themselves against
! great odds when last heard from. ="
Mine Manager Reports Outrage.
The first report OF the raids reached
Maj. Gem Frederick Funston at Ell
Paso through. the, representatives of
! the International Mines company. An
! effort to get details was Immediately
started and later complete report
was received from John p. Denny,
manager of the mines company. e.
This stated that three dead soldiers
and one dead civilian boy had been
broughtsto Marathon on a motor truck
by. two of the troopers, who had been
wounded themselves The soldiers
killed were Prigates Cohen, Coloe and
Rodgers; i.se.,..es& Hf @.>.s
F. \ Within an hour after the receipt of
the report from Denny, General Funs-
ton, with the approval of Gen. Hugh
u. Scott, ISSUED orders for new ex-
petition to start from FL PasO. The
train got away at p, m. 1t carried
Troops A and b of the Eighth cav
airy, commanded by Mai George T.
Langhorne, Capt. George w. Kirkpat-
/ rick and Capt. James c. Rhea
! This force will be joined en- route
by two troops of the Fourteenth cav.
airy under Col. Frederick w. 'Sibley
and machine gun, platoon. Colonel
Sibley will be in command when he
joins. '.., E.e. --
"kIIi or Capture Raiders" Funston.
The equipment carried from Ell Paso
consisted of four motor trucks, four
mule team wagons, cavalry mounts
for the men and several tons of field
rations. .. .....
The new column will >detrain at
Marathon, Tex, and begin a forced
march to Glen Springs and Boquillas.
! General Funston has issued orders
that the Mexicans responsible for the
raid must be captured or killed. =.
> = No official statement has been
given out, but 1t is known Colonel
Sibley's orders do not contemplate
that he end the pursuit when the Dor.
der is reached. 80.
/ = Attempt to Burn Soldiers. :
The raid at Glen Springs started at
! 1880 Friday night. The attack was
made both with firearms and burning
torches: Sergeant Smith and his eight
men fought from the windows of a
wooden shack which they had intend
ed to occupy during the rainy season
The five or six civilians in the place
sought refuge with the soldiers and
gave such aid as was possible In de-
Tending the shack.
The siege had lasted. two hours be
fore the Mexicans gained any advan
tage. During this time. however, they
! destroyed all tents. and burned the
two buildings in the settlement. In O
rush attack with flaming torches they
managed to set fire to the shack in
which the soldiers were fighting. This
forced the soldiers to quit the, build
Ing, and three of them. wers killed II
rushing from the burning structure
All members of the party wero badly
burned, ...s...i .r.h.rif& ,-l.r.,-a
; The little son of Mr.. and, Mrs o
B. Compton fell dead from a Mexican
bullet as he started to run with thu
others. -,-s.. &. ..-s......-- .. -
Mr.. and Mrs. w. X. Ellis. who. were
In the settlement when the fighting
started, accompanied by a Captain
Woods. who is interested in the Can
delilloE wax plant. fed to the 4moun
tains, where they remained for the re
mainder of the night. Z e E+%
Under cover Of smoke from tn,
burning buildings. Sergeant Sm,tl
managed to load the bodies of tn,
three dead troopers and the it'll,
Compton hoy on a motor truck. which
was placed In charge of two othe
troopers vhe had been badly wound
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