The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-07-10

knew without being told that the U. S. cavalrymen were now taking a hand in things and that they had fired a carbine volley. ie
 "Just then a party of horsemen dashed around the corner of. the street and reined up quickly. They bran dished rifles over Their heads and one of them had a flag. It was made of two pieces. one white the other darker color and it had some sort of a device in the center. For the first time I recognized with a shock that these rioters were not drunken cat tlemen but a party of Mexican raid CTS bent on plunder and murder.
 Suddenly clear and sharp above all other noises I heard ' woman scream. I have never heard such a cry of mortal terror. It sounded the fright and anguish which must have been .wrung from that woman's very soul That sound seemed to please the Mexicans in the street for they yelled at the top of their voices waved their guns over their. heads and then dashed away in the, direction the cry came from. -tt.
 "Then began regular volleys as though soldiers were firing under or ders. It seems the bandits swept in from the northwest, while the soi- diers were camped on the southwest of the town. The soldiers were not taken by surprise. Their pickets gave the alarm and considered the fact that it was just before daylight when every one sleeps more soundly they formed quickly and gave a, good &C., count of themselves.
 "Of course the town was in hub bub. Yates got down and loaded a shot gun also a revolver and an au- tomatic pistol but he said we should stay where we were until the Nexicans opened the horse corral south of the town and then we might take a chance of getting away in the con- fusion provided the Mexicans burn ed town which he expected they would do.
 While we were discussing plans for an escape a man directly across the street pushed open small win dow and thrusting, out his arm he turned away his head and began aim- lessly discharging his revolver into the street. When the gun was empty he loaded it again and repeated che performance. He was not shooting at anything in particular and seemed en- tirely unnerved by what was happen ing about him. As he was attempt ing to load the weapon for the third l time two Mexicans on foot crept up on each side of the window. They were armed with carbines and they thrust the weapons within a few inches of his head and both fired at once. The man gave a loud cry and fell down.
 strange to say the shots never him at all and she simply tainted from fright. A few minutes afterward more than la hundred Mexican horsemen were in the street One of the Mexicans was giving the other leg to get in through the window. They ran away when the horsemen came. It was said later that they robbed several houses. They got away.
 'The United States cavalrymen dis mounted, came suddenly around the corner of the street and fired volley at close range into the Mexicans. They brought down several horses anc riders and sent the others plunging and rearing.
 ''In the front rank was a big Mex ican on big bay horse. The horse reared on it's hind legs at the volIey and fell backwards, crushing the rider against the house into which the Mex jeans had fired. Some of the others tried to help the big man up but the soldiers were coming closer. firing all the time. They couldn't help him, so