The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-06-30
Men Of Tenth Cavalry Taken
Prisoners n carrizal Fight Ap-
pear In Juarez Half-naked and
Stripped Of All Things Of Value
MEXlcANs MURDERED
i, WOUNDED AMERICANS
Then Plundered Dead Bodies,
While Mormon Scout BIames
Captain Boyd For Conflict and
cavaIrymen Accuse Greasers
tA.socia.sd Pres. By Federal wtr.l....1

tAssOcistsd Press by Federal wireIsss)
z L PASo, June 30S--Twenty three
Il bedraggled and tattered troop.
ers Of the Tenth United State,
Cavalry were released from custody by
their Mexican captors in Juarez yes,
terday and turned over to the Ameri
can military authorities. All of the
men showed sigus of hard usage dur,
ing their Incarceration in the peneten.
tiary at the City of chihuahua, most
of them being halt naked and some of
them stripped to . towel and under,
shirts. r.,.. y y.
One Of the prisoners, William Spills
bury, Norman scout, employed by
General PerShing when the Americans
passed through Casas Grandes, was
wearing white duck suit, and looked
in marked contrast to the rest of his
companions. ;4..
In a statement given ont after Z, he
reached Fort Bliss, spiIisbury repeat,
ed the charges he made for publica.
tion while q prisoner in Chihuahua, de.
claring that Capt. Charles T. Boyd,
commanding Troop H was responsible
for the fighting.
1T was Boyd IS bull.headedness that
brought about the whole affair" said
Spillsbury. "It was not necessary. ]
do not know who fired first, but 1 do
know that both sides formed skirmish
lines at the same time, and both seem.
ed willing enough for the scrap"
Troopers Contradict Scout
The stories told by the troopers con
tradict fatty that told by the scout
They substantiate the fragmentary re,
ports carried to Colona Dublan by the
horse-hOlders and stragglers from the
fighting, and blame the Mexican com.
manGer for the whole affair.
Private Gibson, who arrived in Ell
Paso clad in towel and tattered un.
dershirt, but wearing a beaming smile
called out to the crowd, 81 IN sure
glad to be here again" He gave fresh
details of the fighting at Carrizal In
his story he is supported by Privates
Jones and Alexander.
Gibson declares that after the fight.
ing was all over, and the American cav
airy scattered, he saw a pumber of
Mexican soldiers return to the field.
where number of Americans were ly-
ing wounded. After robbing them of
the valuaoles they carried the Mexicans
deliberately blew out their brains, by
placing the muZZle of their rifles at the
heads of the wounded men. The Mexi-
can officers made no attempt to stop
the murders, asserts Gibson.
Other members of the prisoner band
declare that they were robbed of their
clothing and their watches, as well as
their money and other valuables, by
their captors. On the whole, they were
fairly treated, but when they were tax
ing the train for Chihuahua city, at
Villa Ahumada, the headquarters, large
mObs Of angry Mexieans, composed
mostly of poems, tried to attack them
but were kept off by the soldiers.
Americans Are Stoned
This did not prevent the Greasers
from stOning the American cavalrymen
as they entered the train, smashing
the windows of the cars and infiicting
some painful bruises upon the bodies
of the troopers.
There was little formality in the
transferring of the prisoners from Mex
lean to American hands. The men had
their arms and accoutrements given
them by their captors before they were
released.
The troopers showed the hard treat
ment through which they had passed
Some Of them wore ragged trousers, and
were barefooted. Others had on moth
ing save u towel and an undershirt,
and most of them were bareheaded. All
showed signs of great fatigue. Gibson
WAS the only one with smile.
AS soon as possible after they crossed
the river and reached FL Paso the men
were given baths and fresh clothes.
Before they were allowed to dress, how.
Continued on Pare a.