The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-01-14
DETAILS OF CRIME
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Greaser Bandits Show No Mercy
But Commit Wholesale Murder
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CAssociated Press By Federal wireless,
- l. PASO, January '13--As the de-
tails Of the assassination OF Ameri.
can miners BY Mexicans led by a
prominent Yillista commander are be-
coming known and the bloodthirsty and
cruel nature Of the deed is appreciated,
public wrath Is increasing and insis-
tent demands for action on the part
Of the United States are being voiced.
Reports that have been received and
verified show that there were $50 Car
ranzista troopers in the immediate vi.
entity of the spot where the executions
Of the Americans took place, when
eighteen Americans and one Mexican
fell, each with bullet through his
forehead. A troop train, with these
Carranza soldiers, preceded the train
which carried the Americans, who were
returning to their camp with supplies
and with cash to meet their payrolIs.
The bandits, in order to make sure of
stopping the train carrying the Ameri.
cans, aerailed the troop train, the en-
CINE and two cars leaving the track
and blocking IL. q.
One Victim Beheaded ......
This was very shortly before the pas
senger train reached the spot and stop
ped, but there were no Carranza sol.
diers 70 be seen when the Americans
were dragged from their ears, subjected
to Insult and then shot down. Fol
lowing the nineteen murders, the ban.
dts mutilated at least one OF the bod
les, emitting of the head Of c. R. Wat.
son and carrying it away as q trophy.
1t Is reported that the bandits were
Yacquis, fighting under the Villa ban
ner and led by Pablo Lopez.
The party which made the active at
tack upon the train numbered only
twenty, bnt achievements in the
shape of two hundred other Yacquis
were grouped close to the spot, max.
ing resistance on the part of the TWEEN
ty Americans futile. They surrendered
and gave mp their arms, apparently
under the belief that they would be
robbed and then allowed to proceed. .
Details OF Horror Related 49,. .s.,.,
The details Of what happened after
the, Americans were taken from their
ear. and lined up by the bandits are
told by Thomas Holmes, the only Amer
lean survivor, who hid under a seat in
the car and finally escaped by running
the gauntlet Of the bandits fire. The
Americans, after being disarmed, wtre
forced TO strip off their clothing, be.
ing tainted by Mexicans meanwhile
and pushed back into line with the
muzzles Of cooked and loaded .ifies.
Then, while scores of bandits stood
by, ready to pour a volley into the
Americans, two Mexican soldiers pass
ed down the line, taking turns in
shooting the Americans through the
head. As each lifeless body fell, the
bandits shouted: "Viva Villa!p a
y When the last American had fallen,
the bandits debated whether or not to
kill all the Mexican passengers taken
from the train. 1t was decided to
spare their lives with the exception of
one man, a former Villista soldier who
had surrendered to the Carranzistas.
Him they killed, his body falling in
line with those of the Americans.
Bodies Are Mutiiated -. a..
Then the bodies were mutilated in
various ways, that of Thomas being
.beheaded.
Juan Vasquez, who reached here
last night, after Holmes had related
his experiences, eOrrOborated the en-
tire story. Vasquez was an employee
Of Watson and was accompanying him
from chihuahua.
The bodies of the murdered Amer
leans, which had been started for
Juarez on special train, have been
held up somewhere along the line,
this fact adding to the intense indig.
nation which is developing all along
the border. ... ~ & #s,. .,e> r.
The Mexican conductor of the train
is authority for the statement that
amongst those who witnessed the
murders was General Reyna, who is in
command of the Eighth Brigade Of the
,Carranza army. This officer made no
protest at the killing and undertook
nothing to bring troops against the
Yacquis.
carranEa Recalls Regina
News that General Reyna was an IN
protesting spectator Of the massacre has
led President Carranza, according TO re-
ports, to- order his Immediate recall
from Chihuahua, hearing that his pres.
enee there viii lead to demonstration
against the Carranzistas by the Amer
lean miners. -.
Officials of the Mexican Northwestern
Railroad report that Carranza Is max
ing no attempt whatever to protect the
Americans in the Mexican mining dis
tricts or TO prevent raids being made
against the mining camps and mining
properties.
News of another American murdered
in Mexico reached here yesterday. This
victim of Mexican outlawry Is Bart
Kramer, who was murdered mora than
a hundred miles away from the scene
Of the chihuahua massacre, indicating
that . general anti,grngo campaign is
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