Albuquerque morning journal., 1916-05-08
Mexican Raiders Sultourd.
Little Patrol in Adobe House
and a Five-hour Battle Isl
Fought,
GARRISON FINALLY
DRIVEN OUT BY FIRE
Invaders Trained to Army and
Come Into Country Shout
Ing death to Gringoes"i; !;
Little Boy Is Wounded.
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Alpine. Tex, May 7.--Villista BAN
dts. some seventy in number. forded
the Rio Grande Friday night and
sweepjng fifteen miles inland on
American SOIL raided the little set
tIement of Glenn Springs and at
tackled a detachment of American
cavalry, consisting Of nine men Of
Troop A, the Fourteenth. Three
troopers and a little year-old boy
were killed, two cavalrymen were
wounded and another is missing. He
is believed TO { prisoner of the
bandits, who are fleeing. southward
into Coahuila, Mexico.
Two Prisoners Killed.
Two American citizens, J. Deemer,
and q man named Compton, accord
ing to reports received here, were
carried across the Rio Grande and
reports have it that their throats
have been cut. \ posse of fifty cit-
2ens of Marathon are tonight In pur-
suit of the Viliistas.
The dead troopers are William Co.
hen, New York CT; ste1hen J. &C.
loe, New York City, and Hudson Ro-
gers, Danville, Ky The missing
trooper is Roscoe c. Tyree. The lit
tie boy is the son of Compton. He
was deaf and dumb and bandits are
thought to have killed him because
he could not answer their questions.
Two Troopers Badly Wounded.
The two troopers, Privates J. Brick
and Frank Defree, We're brought here
this afternoon badly wounded. Bricks
body was filled with small brass
pieces Of tacks fired from a shot
gun. Defree was burned about the
head and shoulders.
In little adobe house, nine cavai-
rymen made their fight for life
against he seventy or more Villista
bandits at Glen Springs. A hail Of
shot poured for more than two hours
into the single window Of the mud
fort, for the Americans refused to
give up. The cavalrymen kept up a
steady rifle fire in defiant answer.
flreballs to be thrown on the roof,
thickly thatched with candelaria.
Driven Out by Fire.
The blazing weed tortured the SOL
diers below and burnt their heads and
bodies. Then, smashing the door,
the troopers broke for the open, fir
ing az they ran. They were shot and
Killed as they lied. One is missing
and is believed to be dead. Another
Was Killed as he tried to climb
through the vii dow OF the house.
The bodies I the dead are now
mere at the headquarters of Troop
a in Alpne. Major General Funston
at El Paso has ordered two troops of
The Eighth United States cavalry and
one machine gun platoon from Fort
ozark to entrain Immediately and they
are expected to reach here tomorrow.
First Attack Boquillas.
according TO the story brought
mere, he Mexican bandits first at
lacked a store and one or two houses
IN boquillas, where they made Deem
er and Compton prisoners, and then
sped fifteen miles northward to make
.helf attack on Glen Springs, which
y frlnged by rugged hills. At Glen
springs they wrecked wax factory
belonging to William Ellis, his store
ana residence, besides one or two
other small buildings.
Smyth, leading the other cavalry
men turned to the left and made for
.ne corral the Mexicans firing al
.lem as they fled. Rogers body was
,ouhd not far from the burnt house
put Tyree couldn't be accounted for
"hen smyth and his men, who reach
eu the hills in safety. investigated
n'St morning. Tyree may have been
,naue prisoner but if so the soldiers
"ere think he has probably been kill
cd by now.
Burn Wax Factory.
AFTER the attack on the American
"oopers the bandits rushed TO the
wax factory of W. K Ellis and de-
s' suoyed the building, besides setting
,l'e to the factory store. Ellis home
vas ransacked. A cross that hung in
v"e room is believed to have saved
'"e mouse from being burned.
"hen morning came the American
,'o'pefs crept back TO the settlement
s,u saw the main body of some fifty
S'e',icans packing their loot upon their
ses and the nine American cavalry
r, -n"u''es which they had captured.
,neh with a cry they turned towards
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