Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-04-08
After Defeat at Columbus
Bandit Leader and 230 Men
Raid San Buenaventufa and
EI VaIIe.
MANY OUTRAGES ARE
COMMITTED BY MlSCREANT
Cananza Troops Arrive mn
Time to Save Home Of Reed
Family; Mexican Girls AreI
Carried Off,
my noanlrc lousn.l sssel.l leased wIssl

Douglas. Ariz., April IA thrill
ing account of Francisco Villas attack
on San Buenaventura and the ada
cent town of El Vale, having a pop
nlation Of $500 people. March u,
was given today by Mrs. George Reed,
wife of an American mining man. for
more than twenty years a resident OF
thar section of Chihuahua, at her
home here today. Ier eldest son,
George, aged is, escaped death by
fleeing from the house. climbing over
n garden wall and running. coatless,
hatlees and without shoes to adjacent
mountains, where he lay hidden for
three DAYS without food, until notified
hv friends that the Carrancista troops
had arrived.
Loot American Home.
First a squad of villa soldiers and
later Villa himself came into the
Reed home, looting and wrecking II.
villa cursed Mrs. Reed she says,
charging that her husband and son
had a large store of food. arms and
ammunition hidden in the house. This
she denied, Then, as Villa insisted,
she invited him to search the prem
ises. Several soldiers set to work
with picks and crowbars, digging in
the garden and tearing up floors.
Finding nothing, Villa sent several of
his men after kerosene and superin-
tended the operation of spreading this
through the house, when the Carran-
"a soldiers arrived.
villa Had $50 Men,
The Vilistas broke before their at
II E.f NJ fnt,
rama troops to fire but few shots in
driving them out. Villa had $50 men,
fifteen of whom were wounded. Mrs.
Reed says she saw several American
cavalry horses among those ridden
by Villas men, presumably being
some of those stolen during the raid
on Columbus, n NJ.
In San Buenaventura and FL Vale,
Villas men looted. abused women
and even little girls, carrying away
thirty-seven boys and five girls as
captves
Abuse Spanish Family.
Several Villstas entered the home
of Jose Rojas, a Spanish merchant
who was in l1l Paso, took his three
children and threw them forcibly
against a wall. The children We're
bruised but not killed. The Villistas
told Mrs. Rojas they intended to kill
the children, burn the home and car
iy her away with them. The arrival
OF the Carrancistas saved her.
Conrad Terrazas and Manuel Fer
nandez, Mexican merchants, were
taken prisoners and their friends in
formed that they would be killed un-
less fifteen hundred pesos ransom
was paid. The friends managed to
raise the amount and they were liber-
ated. For ten days Mrs. Reed and
their children subsisted on Cruel and
beans, until Mr.. Reed, who was in
Douglas, received news of her condi-
tlon and brought her here from Casas
Grandes.
Brother Revenges Cousin.
Enraged by the mistreatment of
his cousin, Manuela PARA, by Villa
personally, Jesus Andrijo, aged Il
years. escaped on Villas own horse
and joining Col. George A. Dodd's
expedition, acted as guide in the ia
nous ride which brought the Ameri-
cans into the first contact with the
bandits at Guerrero, according to
George Reed, Jr
Miss Para and five other girls
were forced to accompany Villas
men, but were released the next day.
Andrijo was carried away as a pris-
oner with a number of other boys
and young men. being informed that
'hey would have to fight for Villa.
thirsting for vengeance but
prevented from wrealting it personal
" on the bandit leader, managed to
plnde his guards and scaped from the
'ainp ON a black charger. the person
~ property of Villa, Reed says. At
Vhe Santa Maria river he met Reed |
ana John Harper, who We're acting as
scouts for the Dodd command.
Lacked Cooperation.
Htartlng at O'Clock at night, the /
american cavalry rode all night. ar
,lVlng at Villas camp after sunup. |
u me Carranza trops had co-operat- !
Ed ny closing in from the south, Villa !
ould not have escaped, Reed says.
Nllla, personally, was at Hacienda |
'e Santa Maria. The main column |
u his troops. under the command of |
away.
Nllia fled at the first sign of trou-
ole' with eight men, leaving the re-
-----==--- ---==---==--=-----------======--