El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-09
TEXAS MEXICANS
HELPED RAIDERS
o. G.. Compton Tells of Raid
and Of Finding Sons
Body; Seeks Revenge.

Alpine Texas, May 9.-sergt. smythe
in command at Glen Springs on last
Friday; o. G. Compton and private
Roscoe Tyree, the men who have been
missing since that night, were picked
up along the road by George Benson
and brought to Alpine Monday night.
The car in which they had left Glen
Springs had broken down.
Compton's story is of much interest.
He is convinced that Mexicans Of the
settlements were in league with the
invaders. both on account Of masks
worn by many of~the raiders and be-
cause not a dog except his own barked
in warning.
Rescues private Tyree.
He says he fired $50 rounds at the
invaders from his house and then made
his escape to the hills at q o'clock on
Saturday morning. He crept back TO
find his children, but saw 40 MexicanS5
in and about the house eating anu
feeding their horses. He made his way
to the adobe hut, where the troopers
had fought so CALAMITY, and there he
found private Tyree almost buried
alive in the debris Of the fallen roof.
He rescued him and carried him on ms
back 20 the shelter of the hills.
without food or water Compton ana
Tvree spent a terrible day and night,
not daring to return to Glen Springs
until on Sunday when they saw the
autos Of the Marathon posse
Finds Murdered Child.
When Compton went with the posse
to his house Compton found the body
OF his nine year old son. The child
had been wounded in the leg stomach
and chest, and his head battered IN.
The blood stained floor Of the room
told a pitiful tale Of the child's frantic
efforts to escape his assassins.
Compton has arrived to Join the pur-
suing posses and avenge the murder
Of his child.
Body Of Carrnnza Captain Found.
The posse found the dead body OF
"a Carrancista captain in the smolder-
ing wreck OF the Ellis wax factory
Paners found on him proved his po-
litical sympathies. but did not give his
name. The only Mexican who remained
in Glen Springs refused to identity
him. and is said later to have broken
loose and drowned himself in the river.
The posse found from 40 TO 30 pools
OF blood around the wax factory and
from the stencil that was issuing from
the stiil burning heaps Of candelila,
stored there, they think that the Mex
leans must have made the place the
funeral pyre Of their dead.
Sergeant Smythe BADLY Burned.
Sergeant Smythe, who is too severe
ly burned to Join i'm the pursuit, told
new details of the fight Two soldiers
who stopped to pull on their shoes
when the tent from which they
first fought, was burned, were cut
off from their comrades In the adobe
house, so they fought from the shelter
of a hayraCk and when the house was
burned. they got away to the hills
and safety.
Sergeant Smythe,and the two others
who escaped from the adobe rushed
straight through the flames OF the
huge bonfire the MeXicans had built
against the door.
Americans Arc Murdered.
The raiders stood at the windows
and shot thrugh the head the three
men VINO attempted TO escape through
them.
once cut Of the area lighted by the
flames, the troopers took shelter among
the hills where they stayed until the
arrival OF the unsuspccting relief de
tail on saturday Then they found
that Capt O. ID. Wood. retired, who
had heard the shooting at his home
three miles away. had started to Glen
Springs N his car but had been held
up on the way and had with difficulty
made his escape en- foot
possc aud Trooper Cross.
The posse Of 20 men Ot Marathon
led by sheriff Walton. and 20 troopers
under Capt. Caopar Cole are reported
to have crossed into Mexico at Boquil-
lac on Monday morning.
Raiders Wore Masks.
American soldiers. survivors Of the