Bisbee daily review., 1916-04-15
Americans Undrned WhenAttackedUbon
 Entry Into Parral
Unconfrmed Version of Affair From Consul Letcher In- fers that Carranza Soldiers and Civilians Participated.
(By Review Leased Wire)

ericans whom the Mexicans at Parral
 attacked, were unarmed. according. d
 an unconfirmed version of the incident
 current in Chihuahua and transmitted
 to General Funston today. According
 to this story, forty of the troopers en-
 tered Parral presumably to purchase supplieS and were fired upon. Two were killed and the remainder retreat ed to the main body of troops encamp- ed outside the city.
 The attacking force pursued them and were met by fire from the Amer jeans who were using machine gun, killing forty Mexicans.
 According to this story the attack ing party comprised CarranZa soldiers and civilians.
 This version of the Parral incident was sent from Chihuahua to General Bell, at Fl Paso, who forwarded it tc General Funston. Full allowance was given by departmental officers to Con- sul Letcher's qualifying words 'un- confirmed version that was current" in Chihuahua, but there was manifest ed disposition to credit the report. Many of the officers at headquarters here regarded the story as more prob- lematical than some of the versions that came out of Mexico.
 It was pointed out that in previous occasions soldiers had entered towns for the purpose of buying supplies and were received in a friendly manner.
 General Funston continued his ef- forts today to get an official report from General Pershing of the occur renee. but late today, no word from him or any other officer in the puni- tive expedition had been received. The last heard from General Pershing was that he was moving south from Sate- yo and it is presumed that the com handing officer of the detachment that got into trouble at Parral had sent his report back in the usual manner, first to his colonel. who then trans mitted it to General Pershing, who in turn would have to overcome the diff culties of communication by courier or |aeroplane to wireless station.
 General Funston's orders to officers along the line of communication to guard against attack and to dispatch scouts to ascertain movements of any body of troops, are being carried out along the entire line, it is understood. Lieut. Gorrell and Dargue, in an aero plane, scouting for some trace of Gen. eral Arnulfo Gomez forces that were reported preparing to move towards Casas Grandes, failed to locate the troops, but did make what is said to be a new record in army aviation, fiy- ing BIO miles in four hours and 20 minutes.
 They passed along the Chihuahua Sonora state line, some distance over the state of Sonora in the neighbor- hood of Pulpito Pass, but saw nothing of any troops notwithstanding a close scrutiny of the country.
 General Gomez was at Agua Prieta where he said he was waiting orders to join in the pursuit of Villa, but some anxiety had been aroused here by the dispatch, few days ago, of force in the direction of the American line of communication. The search for that and other forces will be con- tinued,
 Just what precautionary steps have been taken by General Funston to guard the line and meet any eventual ity were not revealed. He received during the day new instructions from the War Department. Short of a war measure General Funston would hesi- tate to use more troops in Chihuahua and leave the border without protec- tion. without orders from Washington.