Bisbee daily review., 1916-06-30
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Continued From Page 1) of them managed to smile and say: Sure Glad to Get Back.

Interpreter Lem Salisbury the Mormon scout, and the only white man, had on a white yachting cap and white trousers mary sizes too large. He acted as leader of the party.
 From the station the prisoners were , marched down the mai 2 street to the disinfecting plant where they were , fumigated. Then they were taken around a corner to the commandancia or headquarters, where the negroes were put in large room under guard. Salisbury was asked into another room. where he gave his story in an interview to the Associated Press. General Gonzales then ordered. diT~sr for the prisoners The negroes jt this stage refused to talk, saying they must first report to their superior officers.
 , Salisbury was asked the direct question as to who. in his opinion. was responsible for the Carrizal af- Scout May Blame Boyd. "I am hardly prepared for thaDques- tion." he said. If Captain Boyd had orders to go through Csrrizal 60 Villa Ahumada, he demonstrated that he. was a very brave man and that he would make every effort to carry out his orders. If he did not have orders . to go through to Villa Ahumada he behaved very foolishly."
 Three hours later when Salisbury had crossed to the American side of the international bridge he was asked:
 Do you know the contents of the statement General Trevino issued re- garding your claim that the Carrizal fight resulted from Captain Boyd's action?" he was asked.
 Sticks by Chihuahua Story.
 'I do" he answered. Do you still stick to that statement?" 'I certainly do." Were you frightened into mak , ing it?" I was not"
 You will not change your story now that you are safe on American soil?"
 No certainly will not, but I refuse to answer any more questiois." Salisbury said that immediately on his arrival in Chihuahua City the commander of the Mexican army c6rps of the north sent for him and asked him to outline the Carrizal af- fair as he saw it.
 First to Fire, Unknown. Salisbury said that he was unable to say who fired the first shot at Carrizal, and added that the American command engaged there numbered 76 men, 10 Of the original S6 compris ing the command having been sent back from Santa Maria.
 ''We had been on g scouting eXpedi- ton for several days when Captain Charles 1T Boyd. commanding the troops. told me that we were bound for Villa Ahumada for the purpose in- ! vestigating reports that bandits were in that vicinity and to locate a de serter." he said. We arrived out 1 side Carrizal a week ago last Wed ! nesday and Captain Boyd sent mes senger in to General Felix Gomez, commanding the Carrancista garrison there, asking permission to pass through the town toward Ahumada on a peaceful mission.
 Mexicans Defiant.
 General Gomez replied by sending Lieut.. Col. Rivas out to confer with | Captain Boyd A barley at which l.. was interpreter, was held in the cen ter of the field The Mexican officer told Captain Boyd that his orders were that Americans could not advance south. east or west. Captain Boyd then asked for a personal interview with General Gomez, this was granted. | Find Selves Surrounded.
 General Gomez reiterated the in- formation given by his subordinate, ! and returned to his lines. A few min utes later, almost simultaneously. | both commands formed in lines Cf skirmishers. The detachment of Car rancistas ran around our left flank. apparently as if to encircle us. We found ourselves in the center of a line of Mexicans, stretching in = horseshoe like curve about us. Then ! the firing began.
 Machine Guns at Both Hanks.
 "I don't know who began it, but from the center of the horseshoe a Mexican machine gun poured a hell of bullets at us, while at the point of the curve of our left flank another was firing at us" Spillsbury's description of the bat tie was practically the same as pre- viously given out by other sources. The scouts said that after the second conference he had urged Captain Boyd not to advance in the face of the contrary orders of the Mexican ; leaders, but was told that he should follow instructions.
 Troopers Withhold Fire. Don't fire until you are fired up on,' heard Captain Boyd shout, as he gave the order to advance over earn est protest" he said. Salisbury said he was surrounded l by a large band of Mexicans who forced him to surrender and threaten l ed to shoot him immediately. "They said I had fired the shots that killed their leader and they called ! the 'tejano and seemed to believe that ! ! was a TeXas-American and conse- quentIy within their opinion a traito- to Mexico" he continued.
 Feared Execution.
 Until. with the other prisoners, my arms were bound, and | was put in
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