Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-05-02
MEXICAN RAIDERS
GUILTY OF DEATH"
Seven Mexicans Charged With Be-
ing Villistas.
TO BE EXECUTED.
Columbus, N. NJ. the War Pivot Of
Mexicans Fight---Splendid Work
Of Colored Troopers.
special 90 The Evening Capital. by Jean
tabeii o'Neiii. Columbus, y. NJ
April Is.


Seven MeXicans who were brought
back from the border last week as
being Of the Villistas responsible tor
the murders in this town on March .,
were trial in Deming. y. NJ. the coun-
Is seat OF Luna county, n. NJ. and yes
death
Six woobegone men. bedraggled and
forlorn. stood in a pathetic line to hear
the sentence which would tell them
how much longer they could look at
the blue of this beautiful sky that
smiles down on the tragedies enacting
on all sides. in perfect unconseiousness
OF eIadness or Of grief.
One poor creature who was wound
ga IN the raid. was on stretcher. AMI
he losing his nerve. walled and begged
pitifulIv for Il e to be spared him
There were few spectators in the court
room, for il was not known when the
sequence would be pronounced Ii IS
tribute to the confidence the men OF
this State have in the machinery OF the
law that no demonstration has been
made against these men who are
known TO have been primo movers in
the outraees of the fatal night
All seven OF these mon were IN this
camp for quite a little While under the
guardianship 81 the Army. but when
they started on their way to the court
house. forty miles to the north OF Co
lumbus. none offered any threats. al
though many that saw the departure
had lost friends and property as the
result OF the work of the very men.
Judge Edward 5. Medler fixed the
date of execution as Friday. May 49,
The prisoners ell declared that they
did not know where they were going
to on the night of the rail-. but none
believe this statement. for there were
too many MeXicans OF Columbus in the
raid for the party to have been in ig-
Horance OF Villas plan. In fact. If the
papers were read at all by the MeNi-
cans. and none of us on the border
have the slightest doubt that they are
read, there is no doubt that all knew
of the intended movement for as far
away as San Antonio, Texas. in tho pa
pcrs there spoke five days before the
tragic happening that villa was said to
be heading for Columbus. y. NJ
Early in hte morning OF the first day
of the week, being Easter morn, a de
tachment of guards passed out of Co
luInbus healing straight for the north.
All the camp seemingly slept, bat 7
looked out just in time to see dimly
outlined a group which, moving north
at that hour. 8 a NJ. could mean but
one thing Tanda Sanford. the Judas
of the Villa party, was being carried
from he town he had called home and
! which he had so shamefully betrayed.
( for trial, which will surely result in
/ but one thing He was brought in on
( motor truck last week ard the youth
who iro' the track next TO him, said
eh necessarily begged to be shot so he
I could be spared . hanging.
His OBI father was here until a few
( days before the son was brought back,
but was sent to El Paso and is now
| probably with his own people in Juarez
on the other side the Rio Grande.
| That Sanford would betray the town
that sheltered and gave living TO his
parents. is a fair indication of the Mex
lean sentiment, for Sanford is more
Indian and Spaniard than Mexican,an
is more intelligent than many of the
class that live along this border.
Lieut.-Colonel Tyree Rivers, who has
recovered from a severe spell of pneu-
monia. took the train for Fort Sam
Houston today He is the one whose
life was probably saved by the wild
ride of Dr. Brown, of FL Paso. who
rode on a circus train from that city
and then by motor at about 20 miles
ain hour to Sasas Grandes, where this
popular officer was lying dying, as was
thought Fortunately no attempt had
been made to bring him TO Columbus,
that four-days trip having cost the
life. it is alleged, of Lieutenant Allison,
who. while suffering from this preva-
lent disease. was moved over the awful
roads until he reached this town which
had been his home, just in time TO die.
We are expecting General Hugh L..
scott and General Funston, maybe, to
lirop of the train some early morning
10 look over the arrangements here.
These high officers will find all on a
most workmanlike basis. 1t is aston
ishiug to see how good the system is
here. for. Notwithstanding the constant
movement of troops and the even more
important feature Of this eXpedition,the
constant movement of supplies, there
is routine and method in all the camp
life and movements. early 5000 fresh
troops have come in here in three days,
and they are al in their proper places
and as much at home as if they had
been here for months.
The Sixth Cavalry came in on train
of three sections each, and brought in
about ten cars of horses in addition
impediments of the officers AMI men.
All are now bestowed in a comfortable
camp in a new part of the base. No
noise. no confusion. Surely this en-
gagement is the finest lesson in the
war game this generation has seen.
The bird men got up for trial flight
today This adds three aeroplanes 10
the two that were left the squadron,
They are all of the sane type. bat the
engines are almost double the power Of
those that have proved so inadequate
for the work of the punitive expedition
Heavy hearts are with US. for the rU-
mors are so thick as TO an ambush
/ sprung on four hundred of our troops
north of Parrel. that we fear there is a
hurt