The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-06-27

Some Hope Held Out That Act of Self.
Sacrifice May Not Yet Be in Vain
Return of Searching Cavalry Is Not
Yet Due-Two American cattIemen
Are Killed.
Ell Paso, June 26.-General Perish.
ing at Colonia Dublan transmitted tt
General Funston at San Antonio an
official report of the CarriZal fight
written by Captain Lewis S. Morey,
Troop c, Tenth Cavalry, the only Off
Ger not killed outright il the Mexican
ambush.
Captain Morey is believed to be
dead now He was wounded in the
shoulder. The report was written aft
er the officer had fallen from exhaus
tion on the desert.
The three negro troopers who &C,
companied Morey were ordered by the
wounded officer to abandon him and
make their way back with the report
and save their own lives if possible.
Orders Men to Save Selves.
The few facts CLEANED from the
Pershing report here make a story OF
self-sacrifice almost without parallel
in the history of the American army
The detaoils are not made clear, but
1t is believed that Captain Morey and
the trio of negro troopers were driven
back into the Mexican desert where
there was no water. The little band
was on foot, and the officer finally
grew so weak from loss of blood that
he could proceed nc further, and drop
ped.
When he was revived, the troopers
were ordered to abandon him and save
themselves, being held only long
enough to get written version of the
encounter.
Relief Army Saves Men.
The report, as obtained here, indi-
Gates that the troopers were picked
up by the relief column of the Elev-
enth Cavalry. They were unable to
do more than give the general direc-
ton of the location where they had
abandoned Captain Morey.
The statement in the report that
cepted as meaning that searchers have
failed to find him dead or alive.
No additional facts are obtainable
here.
Morey Writes Letter While Dying.
San Antonio, Tex, June 26.-The
account of the CarrizaI fight by Cap
tain Morey, written while dying, and
sent to Funston by Pershing, indicates
that the Americans moved forward be
fore the Mexicans fired. Morey was
hidden in a hole, 1000 yards from the
fight scene when the letter was writ
ten Lieutenant Myers sent the re-
port to Pershing.
Still Hope for Morey.
Field Headquarters, Mex, June 90
Captain Morey and twenty of the men
with him at Carrizal are still not
heard from, but hopes for their return
have not been abandoned, as the cav
airy sent to their relief is not due
back yet. A motor train also has been
sent out to meet him.
Two Americans Slain.
Douglas, Ariz., June 26.-William
Robertson and Tom Snyder, Ameri-
{ can cattlemen, have been killed by
Mexicans southwest of Nacozari, So
nora, according to the statement of
military officials from Aqua Prieta.
Officials at Arispe have telegra phed
General P. Elias Gales confirming the
death of A. R. Dickson, British sub
ject who was wounded in the fight
with Mexican cowboys in which Jim
Parks, an American prospector was
killed.
Prisoners Sweep Streets.
Ell Paso, Tex, June 26.-Refugees
say that all of the American prisoners
held at Chihuahua City, except one,
who is wounded, are forced daily to
sweep the streets of the city. They
saw throngs of Mexicans have gather.
ed and watched them at work, bur
that so far as they know the prison
ers have not been molested by the
mobs.
A train of thirty-eight cars carry
ing foodstuffs, military supplies, a
large number of Mexican refugees and
about 800 soldiers have left Juarez
for the interior. Private advices re-
ceived from Chihuahua City say that
the five employees of the Alvarado
Mining and Milling Company at Paral
who recently were reported to have
been in hiding in the hills near the
city had reached the state capital
safely.