American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1916-05-11
MEXICANS AGAIN INVADE AND
ATTACK AND BURN TEXAS TOWN
Three Killed, Two Wounded and One
Is Missing; Deaf and Dumb Boy
Murdered.

~ hi>sihSs DSdi anu Du"p pVs
Murdered.
Alpine, Texas, May 7.-Villista ban
dts, some seventy in. number, forded
the Rio Grande Friday night and,
sweeping fifteen miles inland on
American soil, raided the little settle
ment of Glenn Springs and attacked
detachment of American cavalry,
consisting of nine men of troop A, the
Fourteenth cavalry.
Three troopers and a little 10-year-
old boy were killed, two cavalrymen
were wounded and another is missing.
He is believed to be prisoner of the
bandits. who are now fleeing south
ward into Coahuila, Mexico.
Two American citizens. j. Deemers
and man named Compton, according
to reports received here, were carried
across the Rio Grande and reports
have it that their throats have been cut
A posse Of fifty citizens of Marathon
are tonight in pursuit of the Villista.
Killed Deaf and Dumb Boy.
The dead troopers are William Co
hen, New York City; Stephen ]. Coloe,
New York City, and Hudson Rogers,
Danville, Ky. The missing trooper is
Roscoe Tyree. The little boy is the
son of Compton. He was deaf and
dumb and the bandits are thought to
have killed him in rage because he
| could not answer their questions.
The two wounded troopers, Privates
j. Brick and Frank Defree, were
brought in this afternoon, badly
| wounded. Bricks body was filled
with small brass pieces of tacks fired
from a shotgun. Defree was burned
about the head and shoulders.
In little adobe house nine cavalry
men made their fight for life against
the seventy Of more Villista bandits
at Glenn Springs. A hail of shot
poured for more than two hours into
the single window of the mud Adobe,
bat the Americans refused to give up.
The cavalrymen kept up a steady fire
in defiant answer. Then the Mexi-
cans leader ordered fire balls to be
thrown on the roof, thickly thatcbed
with candalaria.
| Hut Becomes Untenable.
The blazing weed tortured the sol
diers below and burnt their heads
and bodies. Then, smashing the dotr
the troopers broke for the open, firing
as they ran. Two were shot and kill
led as they fled. One is missing, and
it is believed he is dead. Another was
killed as he tried to climb through a
window.
According to the story brought here
the Mexican bandits first attacked a
store and one or two houses In Bo-
quillas, where they made Deemers
and Compton prisoners, and then sped
fifteen miles northward to make their
attack on Glenn Springs. At Glenn
Springs they wrecked a wax factory
belonging to William Ellis, his store
and residence, besides one or two 9th
er small buildings.
At $3.50 Friday evening the main
body of fifty to seventy mounted Mex
| ltdn DdHullS lOIutu IllO
at Boquilas and swept into the little
settlement, shouting Death to the
gringoes." The bandits surrounded
the mercantile store of ]. Deemers
and after looting the place, set 1t on
fire. Deemers and a clerk. named
Compton, were seized and bound. The
bandits packed their loot on their
horses and, after setting one or two
small frame houses ablaze, galloped
away northward.
Troopers Attacked.
Fifteen miles over the mountainous
country the body of bandits made
their way, heading toward Marathon
and in their night ride they came up
on Glenn Springs, where small de
tachment OF nine cavalrymen, under
command of Sergeant Smythe OF trooI
A, Fourteenth cavalry, was stationed
The Mexicans appeared suddenly OF
op of hill beneath which Glenr
Springs nestles. The figures Of thu
bandits were silhouetted against thu
kyline. In noting their numbers
Private Brick, on outpost duty, empti
ed his revolver to rouse the camp ant
then dashed back 10 the tent. Ser
geant Smyth and Private Crosken
jumped to the fly of the tent. Observ
ing numbers of Mexicans at hand, the,
ran to an adobe hut, where the 81,
other cavalrymen were preparing t
,, make their defense.
The door of the hut house, whicl
had only one window, was barred an'
Sergeant Smyth, seeing that his mel
,, were outnumbered by ten to one, CAV
orders to shoot carefully and no
; waste the ammunition.
, I'VE are up against it cold" sai'
! Smyth, but we will show them some
thing. Let the Mexicans shoot thei
) heads of and run out OF ammunition
) and maybe by morning We will be Il
) a position to give them a run"
} Lost Their Revolyers.