Arizona republican., 1916-06-30
OVATION GIVEN TROOPERS BACK
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officer. Finally however they saw a | large force of Mexicans approaching r the house. Captain Mercy then or \ dered them to leave it, scatter into ! groups and make every attempt to es- cape. Williams said he and Felix Page and James Stokes, left the others at | the door. and made their way through { the mesquite for about a mile and a half. when they were surrounded by a large detachment of Mexican troops : and forced to surrender.
 George M. Chaplin. C. Troop. of | Morristown, Pa, got nearly to Juarez before being captured. He was with the band that followed Lieutenant Adair right into the town in the teeth of fire from every doorway and roof Forced to retreat. he stumbled 1 to the irrigation ditch where the lieu tenant was killed. With Corporal Bigstaff and Private smith he then took refuge in the brush What be- came of his two companions he does not know but a Mexican who followed him for nearly two hours, he killed with his pistol. At the station just 
 self on a freight train, but was dis covered by a brakeman near Guzman and delivered over to the Carranza authorities.
 It was Gibson who silenced the two Carrancista machine guns, according to the stories told by the troopers. Gibson was at Captain Boyd's side when the officer. with bullet through his shoulders, ran to the rear for water and then returned to the firing line to meet his death.
 The captain said to me: God. if could only stop those machine guns ' | Gibson said. q told him I'd try to pot i those fellows. so I dropped to my belly i under a little tree. me being sharp shooter. and waited fer the fellow who was operating the gun from the front center. Pretty soon he raised his head up from the trench where the gun was ' missed him. but in a minute he looked up again and I got him. Then l turned around and got the fellow who was operating on the left flank. He didn't take much precaution and l got him on the first shot Apparently . ators, for the guns were not worked any more. Later they told me I had put the guns out of order"
 Gibson. who was one of the first captured, said that when the MeXi- can soldiers took their uniforms from them at Villa Ahumada, the afternoon of the battle. they took from him $40O which he had saved from his pay and was carrying in money belt around his waist. Others of the troopers told of money being taken from them and all asserted that none of it had been returned.
 John Coleman. who lost his com mand, escaped into the desert, where, after wandering throughout the night. he found four other troopers in the morning. The five hid in a little oasis, he said, throughout that day and in the night. and in attempting to make their way back to General Pershings lines, they wandered into Villa Ahumada, where they were taken captive by the Carrancistas and later sent to join the seventeen orig inal captives
 The troopers all agreed that from the time they were captured they had been treated courteously by the sol
 diery, the only signs of hostility being manifested by the civilian population. The first seventeen who were cap- tured, believed they said. they were
 to he taken to Villa Ahumada to be
 shot. This conviction was strength ened when they reached the Mexican
 field base
 A large mob of townspeople were gathered along the road and these
 Delted them with stones. cursing and
 jeering them meanwhile. However
 their escort warned the civilians that unless the violence was stopped they
 would fire into the throng.
 Late that afternoon the troopers
 arms were tied behind their backs and they were placed in stock cars
 being told they were to be taken "to
 see General Trevino.' Reaching the capital they again were mobbed and stoned. but this time also the Car rancistas troops put down the demon : strations. Once they arrived at the penitentiary they were given most courteous treatment. they said, eacf man being locked in a private cell al | nior he