Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-08

! the rapid approach oe the McX;cnns
/ The bandits poured IL constant fuSii-
! laoe oi shots NJ ;ho window and door
J OF the adobe house. Not an American
caNairymau feel; in ;hc cNCnangcs
The little band look turns SHOOTING.
from the window
! Rloudstains around the edges of tho
house were the only evidence that the
/ bandits had suffered
For three hours the fight went on
Just little while more boys, and
daylight VIII be with U.S." urged Smith.
VINO knew the bandits would retreat
one" they became good targets in the
light OF dawn
The MeNicaus fought in skirmisl,
formation That was proof TO Smyth'ss
eyes that he WAS dealing with a mills =
tary body The attackers horses were
! iether-d some distance to the rear. and
the briEands maintained their attack
ON three sides Of the house, from which
there was no escape except the door
and the single window
Unable to rout the Americans from
their mud-walled fort. the leader OF
tho MeNica1 band gave orders To throw
frehalls on the roof, which was thatch.
ed partly with tin and partly with
candaiaria weed. Flaring torches.
made of torn cloth anu weeds were
dropped upon the roof, which started TO
burn. There was no water in the house
to check tho t'ames. and the heat in
the house became intense. and In"
faces ANA backs of the solslirr.. stiIl
firing Spirtcdly through The window,
became blistcrcd.
Il can't stand il any longer" cried
Private William Cohen. I'll tax" am
other Shot and then Try and make il
through the window
Cohen lcaped into the window frame
10 make his dash for the open. y bal!
let split his skull, and nc fell back
dead INTO the house. Outside. The voice
of a Mexican was heard to say:
Line up on each side OF tn" door.
They must como out.
Smyth told his men that the time
had come to make II dash.
The heat had burnt the tops OF their
heads. Private stephen Coluck stepped
forward To the door ami smashed III"
boards with his gunstoCE. The ruu
broke, hut the door gay. way ana
found next morning not far away. rid
died with many bullets. He probably
ran into the main band OF McNicanS.
,IENUkNS TIRE Al
AMERICANS ~ THEN rus
Smyth. leading the other cavalryuci
turned to the left and made for tn"
corral, the McXiCans firing at them "a
they He'd. The body Of Private Law
renee Is Rogers Was found not far
from the burned house. hut Tyre"
could not he accounted for When Sin%th
and his men, vino reached the hills ~
safety. investigated next morning IN-
rec may have been made prisoner. buf
il so til. soldiers here think he has
probably been Killed hv now
After tile attack on the american
ircops the bandits rushed TO the wax
factory Of w. *. Ellis and destroyed
IL. besides setting hrc to the store.
E.lliss home was rausaCkcd. cross
that hung in one room IL believed 20
have saved the house from h"inE
burned.
When morning came tho american
troops crept back 10 the settlement,
and saw tho main body "f some nifty
MeXicans packing their loot upon their
horses. and on The nine American cav
airy mounts. which they had capiured.
The bandits turned towards the Rio
Graude and started for liouqilias.
Here tho brirands carried pcemer and
Compton across the river, ana i ~
reported here tonight that ;hc!-
throa,s hai been cut The M"Xicans
carried their dead and wounded away.