Bisbee daily review., 1916-04-28
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Bandits Scurry.

Bandits Scurry.
 Hoping to cut off Villas trail out Of the mountains, the cavalrymen rode, south, through trails never trayersed by Carranza troops 10 Balleaza. Be fore reaching that place they passed through La Joya, where a band Oi Villistas scurried out of townn ahead Of them, scattering in a dozen differ Pnt trails.
 Troop A of the Eleventh leading one of the pursuing American squadrons the last man of a fugitive group as he was aboCtto enter the brush on toD CT 2 ridge An officer shouted 10 him in Spanish to surrender. The Mexican
 ran and the American fired three stots. Each shot took effect. killing the soldier, who proved to be CaptaIn Silva, a noted Villista. Back in town in the meantime Silva's personal eff fleets had been discovered in his house. While officers were in the act of reading an order issued to him by villa from Chihuahua City last June, Silvas big silver braided sOmbreros and news of his death were brought in.
 Hidden in Chur:1.
 The Americans found just one man left in La Joya when they arrived. He was in charge of the church and was carefully remaining within the edifice. Half an hour out of La ,iOya the Amer ican pack train was fired into by the men who had fled from the place. Two mules were killed. The assailants were heard running through the bush es to get away when the Americans opened fire.
 First Fight.
 At 6:20 D. m. entering a canyon flanked by two hills, each the height Of twenty story building, the column ran into it's first serious fight. Eleven men the advance guard, rode into the canyon a few seconds in advance of the main force Trees along stream at the canyons mouth had been marked for range finders in advance ty the Villistas. White rags tied to the branches indicated the exact height of the men on horses as they trotted in. The Villistas. The Willis tas had practiced in advanced shoot ing at imaginary Americans, as bull let marks showed Of the men who rode into the Canyon first, five were hit. but only one seriously. He was Private Kirby Of~the Eleventh. who resides near Chattanooga. Tenn. His wound was fatal the bullet entering one ear. and leaving the other. It left so little trace that it was puZzling at first to locate the wound.
 The Villistas were soon put 10 flight The Americans camped m the canyon, a feint. for soon after dark they took up the trail, hoping to surprise the bandits at Santa Cruz During the bivouac. they buried Kirby's body un- der a tree.
 Battle in Dark.
 Santa Cruz was reached soon after where running fight oc- , cured in darkness. There the score ! of the afternoons fight was evened | One Villista was killed. A nephew . of General Beltran. the Villista leader. ] was captured The white horse pe- 1 longing to his father. also a general" i Beltran and jefe de armas of the vil- . lage. was killed General" Beltran's . sabre along with some of his arms . were taken. !
 The trial in this region was SO pre- . cipitous. that the first cavalryman into . Santa Cruz went up the side ino the Taylne foot. clinsinC wiih one hand . 10 tho tail of his horse. Another sol 1. diel. an orderly became so absorbed . iE Il re fighting tha, he rushed up 10 . leu. enant and exclaimed: Here Lieutenant, hold my horse SO I can shcCl.'
 The lieutenant, al that moment. kept ] by other duties. held tho . horsc until the orceri; could take a few shots.
 The column proceeded after this