El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-31

I jumped around me corner Of the
nut A Dig Mexican stepped out quick
" and raised his gun at Wood
tried TO beat him to il and so did Wood
But he got in a second too soon. and
Wood fell The Mexican fell al my first
shot and / finished rim with "A secoud.
4 now dropped back and began fir
ing at the house. ard the two adobe
sheds when l heard Thompson cry:
They've got me. Dos
Il dragged Thompson behind a mes
quite bush and stauT ched the wound.
which was bleeding badly While ]
was dressing the sergeant's shoulder.
/ heard Bean down al the river Yelling
in Spanish Soon / saw some Mexican
troops coming Up
Carrancistas Cross.
They're all right. boys Wells Bean.
So I called out 'BueLOs dias. amigos
And they answered back. signaling
with their arms ju-t a IS friendly as II
we were meeting in the street
The Mexican soldiers took I'D d posi-
ton alongside Of Us and kept up
firing and yelling for some time
Every one. / noticed. fired his piece
from the hip instea.I OF the shoulder
When il seemed clear that no fire was
coming from the adobe. we advanced
and searched. finding three dead bodies
of MeXicans
Bean Crosses River.
'Rean then crossed the river with
the Carranza troops. hut our men stayed
on this side. on his return. Bean said
the Cara MA men. no were customs
guards under Capt Marello. took up a
blood trail and followed it.
q later found the body Of Twomey.
He had bied to death from shot in the
lung. Wood receive two shots. one
above the heart and enc in the breast.
He must have died Instantly We then
sent a horse holder hack for a wagon.
which brought in the dead"
Wood From Fort Hancock.
inspector Wood, Who was the first |
man killed. was only sworn into the |
custom service i'm r. PaSo Saturday
according to collector Z. l.. robb and
he vas TO have gone TO work AT Fort
Hancock Tuesday. He was employed
upon Scans recommendation and was
a resident OF Fort Hancock
MeNicans Investigate.
Mexican consul Andrcas Garcia stated !
Monday that the customs department at /
Iuarez was sending an official TO in |
vestigate the fight The consul re- |
'elved a report IN Juarez sunday of 1
ne capture Of three Mexicans by Next !
an customs authorities The consul be-
ieves that these three Mexicans are
'art Of band of cattle thieves that
lave been committing raids on cattle /
-ancheS along the border in the vicin-
" OF Fort Hancock periodically. The
'onsul said he believed the remainder
y the band was being hard pressed BY /
he customs officers and fled into the :
United states The three Mexicans that
I time 500 goats and eight head of
mules They We're captured on the /
ieNlcan side near Fort Hancock sat
irdaN- The goats and mules are being I
eld by Mexican authorities pending in
estiCation
If consul Garcia knew the bandits
-ere being hard pressed ana were like
y 10 enter the United States. why /
ldnt he tell me- said Gen Bell when
9 had learned of the information that
he Mexican consul had given out
10 Bandits.
Consul Garcia said the cattle rustlers
and he had referred 10 had about eighr
r 10 members He said an effort was
eng made to run them down by Gus
pms guards that are stationed east
T Juarez.
The eighth Massachusetts infantry IS .
ationed near the location of the eighth .
lValry- but this body did not figure in
le clash Capt II =. Cushing IS in {
ommand Of company c, eighth Mas .
ichuseIts Infantry