The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1916-01-13
HOW MEXICANS
Slew A SCORE
Survivor Of Massacre Says
Victims We're Mutiiated.
aALL GR|NGOES CUT" ORDER
Americans Were Taken Off Train:
Lined Up Along Railroad, Disrobec
and Shot by Villa Bandits.

Ell Paso, Tex, Jan. 13.-Thomas b
Holmes, the only one of the party Il
escape massacre near chihuahua City
Mexico, when nineteen or twenty min
ing men, mostly Americans, were
stripped and shot by bands Oh Wills
tas on January 10, arrived here witt
Q more complete story of the killing
He said the train was halted at two
p. NJ, by band of bandits, which h<
estimated at about two hundred
After the Americans were taken of
and lined up alongside the track they
were ordered to disrobe. Rea lzlng
what was about to occur, he said ne
made q break for liberty, with c. X
Watson, Tom Evans and R. r. Ma
citation, of the party.
They were pursued by about fifteen
bandits, who shat all his coEc ami MS
but missed Holmes.
He said he ran about three miles
whe1, noticing he was no ion er pur
sued, he stepped, exhausted. Some
ranchmen came to his assistance and
lent him q mule on which he reached
Cnihuahua City.
Holmes said Watson's head was
blown of and that after the bodies
were brought to Chihuahua City it was
found they had been riddled with bull
lets and otherwise mutilated.
Holmes said he did not know who
led the bandits.
Holmes reported further details tc
state department officials, as follows:
"The train left Chihuahua City at
eleven o'clock, he said. about two
p. NJ, when we were just outside OF
Santa Yeabel, the train stopped and a
shout from the right of way came to
us:
IAN Gringoes get off here
"Tom Evans, nearest to the door OF
the coach, dropped his magazine and
went to the door, out on the platform
and down the steps. l heard shot.
Watson, who was behind Evans, rush
cd to the door to see what had devel-
oped. l was right behind him. Wat
son caught sight of the bandits and
swung to the right of way and ran
alongside the car. l saw him fall un
der q volley of bullets.
II started down the steps. Some
one pushed me from behind. fell on
my face. A volley of shots went owe,
my head. l fell into heap of brush
on the right side of way and stayed
there trying to gather my wits. Mean,
while there was firing going on al
around me, some bullets tearing
through the brush where l was lying.
81 managed to crawl on my stomach
in the brush for some little distance
unobserved and then l got to my fee;
and ran toward Chihuahua City. Back
ct the train the shooting was continu
Gus. By and by came to a ranch
house, where they gave me mule and
I reached Chihuahua City"
e. Ben Ottestad, who arrived with
Holmes, said he had met him when
he reached Chihuahua City.
Holmes was badly scared" he said
land feared to enter the city at first
He had an old blanket over his shout
ders and no hat. He thought the ban
dts were laying for Watson particu
larry.
when the bodies reached the CAPT
tai 1T was noted that each had been
shot through the forehead.
AL Americans in Chihuahua were
prepared to come to the border wher
I left because it was uncertain whether
the garrison was for or against Car
RAMA"
Reports from Chihuahua said nine
teen bodies would come to the Dor
der. At the same time the names O
Thomas Johnson, address unknown
and Joe Enders, of Hayden, Ariz., ;
Nillwright, were added to the list.