The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1916-04-08

Ell Paso.-Four hundred A.,
cavalrymen, under the CONN.,
Colonel George A. Dodd ;
down from the granite slime.
great continental divide. havs
on the main body OF Francis,
bandits at the San Geronimo
scattering them and driving !.
dit chief. wounded and crin,l.
seek a hiding place in the mo,
over which he has ruled for =,
years. Villa was hurried from
in carriage. The American
were but four men wounded
The news Of the brillian,
Of the American troopers vera
over the Mexican wires into
and sent thrill along the bo,s
For II hours the veteran r,
Dodd and his picked riders !
Seventh and Tenth cavalrv
down the valley of the SAINT,
river At the enc OF a 55.mn,
they burst upon the unsuspecti,
lista camp, where 500 bandit,
celebrating the massacre OF I,
ranzistas two days previously Al,
zero. Villa, shot through the h
with one hip shattered, was
from the scene, barely in Nm.
escape the onslaught Of the
can soldiers.
Make Only Brief Stand
The bandits made a brief but
less stand before the charge q
troopers. Then they broke and
leaving 81 dead on the field n
ing Gen. Eliseo Hernandez. Tu
chine guns, a number Of !.
rifles, ammunition and equipmss
into the hands Of the American
Among the known wounded h
10 Lopez, Villas lieutenant in d.
lumbus raid.
The American soldiers 10,
hours drove the enemy before
into the wilderness of mountain
desert and canyon. where road
even trails are unknown, and Y
a misstep means death to hors
rider. They halted only after
chase had led them 10 miles from
battlefield, and the fugitives
scattered far and wide in little /
Of half dozen men each.
Villa Near the End.
Villas career has ended, his 4
has been broken. His death Or
ture is only a question of days
haps only hours. Such is the ID
sion reached here. It seems inr
BILE that the crippled and de.a
bandit can long remain hidden,
in the mountainous wastes in VI
he has sought refuge.
The scene Of Colonel Dodds Nd
is broad valley lying at the hsl
the Rio Santa Maria. On the west
the barren foothills of the contns|
divide and to the east is a trail "
leads through the Laguna de Cad
district to Santa Isabel. II was TOW
Santa Ysabel that he was believs
be heading when the troopers n
down from the north upon his can
Colonel Do6l's men made Their
unnoticed through the deep gvldl
which split the foothills in all q
tions, and were almost in the q
before the alarm was given. WhI
reported to have been in a small 4
nursing his injuries when the a
Of the American volleys awoks
to action. The extraordinary y
Villa has over his followers Is 81
by the fact that their first though 4
to save him. Unable to walk or
he was hurriedly placed in
wagon and driven over the n
mountain trails to some secret ~
While 81 OF the bandits are 81
to have been killed, 1t is said thu
number may have been consids'
larger. Nothing is known as to
number wounded.
The last outrage placed to hs
count of Villa occurred at MI
about 10 miles southeast Of Cues
Here tho Villistas are reported top
murdered Herman BlankeDbeft
mine foreman, and two other ION
ers. 1t Is believed that the two
known victims were Americans.
Americans-Asklin, Hemple. u
and DR.. Steel are known to have
In or near Minaca recently.
After the battle on the San 81
mo ranch the American soldier
leased a large number Of Genera
ranza's men whom Villa was hon
1t is not certain that villa took
in these murders. as 1t is hard!
sible that he could have made Oh
from Minaca to the San Gefo'
ranch. 80 miles northeast, in the
elapsing between the murder
three foreigners and the battle |"
Some time before the Minaca
acre Villa descended on Gue'
where he slaughtered all the "
zistas he could find.
It is probable that 1t was
guerrilla battle that VIE