The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-07-03
TROOPER COMES
FROM CARR|zAL
AS FROM DEAD
Corporal Cooke, Wounded in
Battle, Wandered for Days
In Desert.
FOUND BY MEXICANS AND
GIVEN KIND TREATMENT
Appearance Arouses Hope
More Survivors Of TreaCh-
cry Will Be Found.

CI WIN w ou''u'
FL PASO. Texas. July J }-Another
survivor ot the Carrl1Al tight was 10
Gated Yesterday He is Corporal + y.
Cooke OF X troop. Tenth cavalry who
was brought into IuareI yesterday aft
erncon from Villa Ahumada and placed
in prison He was turned over to the
American authorities this noon
Corporal Cooke. IN addition to tell. .
ire a thrilling story of his adventures
since the battle. added his statement 10 .
that OF other SURVIVORS that the Mex
'cans fired the first shots OF the en-.
gagemcnt
Ordered to Go East.
lie also quoted Captain Boyd as saw
irg Just before the commander gave or .
d,rS to his men TO advance "l he gen /
eral has given orders that there IS
only one way for Us to go and that is
10 the north. Ny orders are to 60 10 |
Villa Ahumada to the east and am
going there
In previous stories Captain Boyd''
russion has been explained To have
been ,he recovery OF a de,erter at Villa
Ahumada
Captain BOYD also, Cooke said, eau.
toned them against firing first and
ngan>, letting any piece go off acci.
dtntally under pain OF heavy punish.
nent.
Hope Others Surviv.
Cookies story Of being fed nv
friendly Mcxicans aroused hope here
t'at others OF the fourteen members
of the Tenth cavalry engaged al Car
rial and now reported missing NAV
y.t he alive II was pointed ont that
while !, would be practically impoSV
bic for man 10 survive alone on the
desert sine, the battle, there are mum.
ter' Of isolated Mexican hacienda' 900
the diNrlc, a, which a wounded soldier
NIGH, Nay ndeflnltel, without word oi
~ whereabouts reaching the Amer
car lines
Captured at Water Hole
After escaping from the tight at Car.
rial, Cooke SAID he wandered, toodleS
With a broken right arm. tour days,
lived several more on the hospitality
oi Mexican ranchet' and then pushed
out alone ior the American base only
TO he captured at water hole lie was
brough, into Villa Ahumada Saturday
afternoon and put ON ? tram IN the
evening Tor luaret
Despite M, american uniform and
hsrdaged arm hi, appearance caused
no hostile demonstrations u Villa
hhumada and no, even curiosity IN
JJat,y
Shot Down IN Beginning
~ va, ,hot down IN the very he
ginning oi the tight said Cooke |
cfawl,d hack with arm dragging. 10
dIch There ! me, Corporal Queen
The corporal undld h,, emergency ban.
age ard bound up my arm then wen,
back IN where the horse holder, hal
been and couldn't ser ANYBODY So
Vtuok or, tor the place where Vr m
oampcd IN, night before
II didn't then eycn know ihc place
nj The tight wa' named liru,al and
saw only five men who had hcen ,ho,
oown hut some onc sad CAPTAIN Bovd
was killed The number ~ killed and
captured Is sure a surprise to me
Wandered -Four Day,
For four da,s / wandered around
uying TO work my way back the wav
", came Bu, ! got oil On the wrong
usil ! didn't sc, bite 10 eat these
da,s and had hard work finding water
~ course ! did my travelling a, uicM
and had IN the mesquite IN the day
Bu, got so weak with my arm
swollen up. los, oi blood and No iooi
that imall, while ! wat looking ior
Mater saw 4 Mexican A. = we'll water.
ing mule, and. believe me. he looked
good even II he va, a Mexican
Treated Kindly By Mesieans.
'Ou nv wandering, ! had picked up
Mexican cla, water bottle and the
first ihing did al m, we'll wa, 10
empty the hot'l, VS time, When the
Mexican go' over hi, aIori,hmsni I
made sign, lor food So he led me
over 10 The nryh and the Women gave
rc some hcan, Nnsvah len,
The, all treated ~, luu a, nice A, NJ
! had hesn cne ~ their own soldier
The, knsN about M, Ugh, hu, / could
ONLY point to m, arm and ,ay "Nlh
Ahumsda I STAYED ahou, iuur d,y,
reckon NJ five during lha, time The
MeSioan' ha'hed my an, in no, water
ard reduced M, swelling hw wanted
. doctor ,N ~ ih, hone so | struck
off ssan artoV the dstsu
Hasn't ANY Kick
"Ai,et crossing about h,, mile, of
desert IN water ran out
u was kinuet backward about he.
ms seen in those parts. but / rouldr',
find any drinking rlat, and a, bu
vent down tu a water hole .Nhle /
VA drinking Cartania ca,,lf,mar
came NJ and led me- back 10 a ranch
We wef. abou, twelve mile, below
Nills Ahumada. ! learned The ,old,,,
60, horse and We rod, over 10 M,