Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-03-16

bahdits. The Ryan house fronts regi-
mental headquarters and the often up
'I"hS which villa troops came. IL was
t'udled with bullets. Mrs. Ryan was in
ncd IN limo with a front WINDOW facing
I ne ditch in which villa opened the at
TACK Bullets shattered the glass and
struck her clothing arranged on n chair
near tho bed
REMARKABLE ESCAPE.
FRED Griffin, private of * troop, was
on sentry duty in front OF the head
Quarters and opened fire OH a party or
MeNicans attacking the quarters OF
Lieut.. John +. lucas. commanding the
machine gun troops Of the 18th cavalry.
trlifln fell moftally wounded under
NoIley of bullets, but killed two Next
cans and then crawled TO the side OF
ne Ryan home. Mrs Ryan, arising. ran
around the side Of the house under fire
of the Mexicans to an adobe garage.
"A party of bandits was standing
about Griffin. She opened the garage
When Mexican grasped her arm and
demanded where she was going. She
answered calmly that she was going into
the building TO get a motor car. Inc
Mexican let her go and during the night
ing in the camp she remained in the
automobile unhurt. Every piece OF fur-
nture in the Ryan home WAS riddled.
The Smyser home north OF the track
was surrounded on front and both sides
by bandits before u shot was fired
Captain Smyser heard some one tell the
bandits that an American army officer
md his family lived there. Gathering
his wife and children. he emerged from
tho back door and reached the barn
lust az the bandits broke in the door
The bandits looted tho house and wee
preparing to set fire to tho barn when
the American forces opened FIRE. Mrs
smysor wore nothing bu. the night go~r
in which she escaped. Captain Sn1yse'
managed to join his troop in time to
participate in the battle in which the
Mexicans finally were driven from the
town.
Capt. r. G. Turner and his wife were
in an adobe house Just north OF the rail
road tracks Mcxicans pointed ont hi
dwelling as house occupied ny nj
American officer. They remained insld
until the troops in camp got into acuoi
and scattered the bandits.
VILLA DROPS PAPERS.
Villa dropped his personal pa pers a
he went with his fleeing men back int
Mexico. \ note found among these, eNl
IDENTITY transcript Of an order issue
iust before the attack, read XIII al
the Sringocs."
Villas presence is accepted as dis
crcditing his recent assertions that h
o.,
ton of fourteen Americans west Of tn
city of Chihuahua a few weeks ago. Tina
outrage was laid at the door OF Pabl
Lopez, Villas second in command. |
so the Americans have apparently bee
avenged for n body among the invader
slain by the troopers was identihcd a
| that Of Lopez.
PURPOSE TO FORCE INTERVENTION
The days events were accepted as con
| firmation OF recent reports that Villa, dis
| gruntlcd at Washiugtous attitude /
| favor of his rival. General CarranZa, ha
determined to bring about intervcntio
| If possible and that this rather tina
| , bbcry. was the motive behind In
| massacre.
| ON Tuesday last villa hanged thrc
|
| fugitive Mexican who said that to pub
| lish his name would mean his death a
| serted that Villa addressed his mon I
I'm" effort that the killing ~ American
| was iustifablc because tho United state
was responsible for tho wretchcd cond
ton Of the Mexican people.
! The ignorant poems received hi
words with cheers and cries of "Niv
Villa
''Tho United states intends To swal
low Mexico" Villa was quoted as say
| ing. Let MS do what We can to ma k
il stick in their throats.'
Three troops of cavalry were postc
on the boundary tonight. A batta1
ION Of infantry and a squadron of IN
Sth cavalry from Fort Bliss left i
Iaso late to-day to reinforce the troop
here.
With these forces Colonel Slocur
said he could handl" any further at
tack Villa in desperation might decid
to make.