The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-11
Five Hundred en- Route to Bor-
I der May Be Cut OF By
Large Bandit Forcs
ARIZONA INVADED;
AMERICAN MURDERED
Private Jesse P. Taylor, AM
other Of Columbus Raid Vic
1 Tins. Dead Increasing Death
List to Eighteen

grave pe&tt rom xsUOV u0nolt8 uce
tailed By General Francisco villa
10 attack tho train ON which they
arc en- route 10 the border.
The MorIn0ns arc rest6cats OF
colonies In tho Galmcana Districa.
When news Of the Columbus mas
aACzc reached them. they NJ once
made preparations to return to
the United States. Information
reaching here tonight Il 10 the
effect that Villa has sent 9,00o
OF his troops To Guxman and La
Ascension TO head or the train
and maassncrcs the Ancrissssfs.
Dispatches from Bisbcs stair
that hand OF ZOO McxisAns
7. crossed the border southeast Of
s1CsboF1ne junction, Ariz.. killed an
American rancl,er ard drove on
many head of livestock. The
name Of the rancfscr Ials not been
learned
sounds of rifle firing lntc to-
night IN tho vicinity Of Columbus,
NJ. NJ, created grc1& sSCafcuaCzft
In TINT town. For = tinar Il WINS
feared that vkllistas we've about
& IL make = frcsh attack.
Tcacphone m cssaGes sntev
stated that several Mcxicans had
becn killed by civilian residents
~ Columbus. who. wrought mp
by Thursday s'maSsncrc, arr hunt
inr down ali suspicious Mcxicans.
Death last increases.
The Columbus death list was In.
creased to eighteen this evening wher
Private Jesse r. Taylor. Troop r.
thirteenth Cavalry. died from huiie'
wound In the head at Fort Bliss Hos.
pitAl.
That CarrAnxa intends to assist this
United States In its announced de-
termination to hunt down villa and
Nr4nR him In .'aIive or dead" was In
l44cHfe<i tonight by the arrival Of e0f
CArranxa troops nj Palomas. six rnilei
south OF Columbus. They carried a
spsclal nag TO distinguish them from
viiIisxas 20 that the American troops
would not IRE.
me Mormon colcnists In peril oi
fshihuahua consist OF men, women and
children Who have been engaged In
fhrming In the Casas GrandAs district
O6Icials OF the Mormon Church hers
ana At salt Lake City co-operatsd TO-
day In seeking assistance for thest
nersons. II was arranged that a specia
train should leave Cas~s Grandes foi
m Paso. when this train Will start y
not known here. A train on the North
western Railroad was due 70 ieavt
Cyasas 0randes tonight and II In be.
lisvsd that many Americans including
laree numbers % the colonists. have
eafen passage on t. II II this train
which villa n reported to be prepar'
iux to attack.
Bishop Hurst. the Mormon prelatt
hare. today held q lengthy conference
With General Gavira, commanding ths
ut Juarez and asked that
u military escort accompany the train
CarranxA Men ON Guard.
~ Consul Garcia, the Carranzista
representative here. told Bishop Hurst
later that two thousand Carranzs
o0ldiers have left chihuahua for
Juarex and that they will proceed e
CaSas Grandes and patrol the railroad
line north In order 10 protect foreign,
err who are fleeing to the border.
villa has always displayed hatred
for the Mormon colony In Mexico
lkhom he accused OF having aided tht
NderaiH during the campaign agains
Huerta. and the fact that he was In
formed Of the plan to bring them <
El Paso indicates that he has . well
Astablished secret service both In THU
city ana IL other border points HI
was notified Of the Mormon movement
s40oucI lndH II WIS 0l&QG Qunfic mere.
Main Body - BOca GFnrallc.
The main body Of villas6 army, ac
0ording to reports reaching Columbus
To-day, was at Boca 0rande. twenty
ave miles southeast q Columbus. Till
morpinE.
Is plans for the invasion 81 Mexico
we're discussed today ~ General
ershinx. commanding at Fort Bliss
and other officers. No inklinw Of what
was decided upon could 81 obtained.
General Persklng tonight ssated thai
- mr. ~ had recAived no orders from
xht war Department to send ArCcpl
into Mexico and that no Arrang4m4ntt
MA been made for starting IN expe-
s1ftI0nary force.
1 General Frederick Funstcu. ii San
Antonio. who will be In charge of this
o1era lions against tho Mexicak bar.
slits, II expected either 70 come hsre 81
wire 10 0ensrsi rershing 4 any mo.
nent
u nj raac ton1ght - Aflams with ex-
cnAment cver the news that President
SFtlson has decided 70 send troops insa
'Sfsxlco. Although nearly half tlis
Bobulatiep 81 the city u Mexican,
{kSFc hAo been no aitorder ~ fas. Thu
Xoxnak GsarA haa been dnnlinA AMI
y -
4 l1 geet