El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-05-08
REPORTS ON RAID
WERE NUMEROUS
Sunday a Day Of Excite
ment and Conflicting
Reports on the Raid.

Sunday was q day Of excitement for
( III Paso. Various conflicting messages
arrived throughout the day detailing
the raid of AIexicans on Texas settle
/ ments and it was with difficulty that
( the facts were sifted out. Even Gen.
/ Funston was puzzled most Of the day
/ over the details Of the raid. Out OF tho
conflicting early reports. however,
later messages brought dependable de.
tails.
The Details.
one Of these messages was from
Marathon to J. 3. Wood, OF 1880 Grant
avenue. who is in charge OF shipping
and transportation for the Interua-
tionaI dining company, miners Of zinc
property. seven miles from BoquilIas,
over the line in Mexico.
son of Mr.. Wood. Champ B. Wood
q boy Il years OF age. was ~ Deemer's
when the raid took place and he sent
in word to Marathon that he had es-
capped to Noria ranch, three or four
miles inland from Deemer's.
Nj Wood is very uneasy about the
six Americans working for the mine i'm
Mexico The foreman of the mine is
Clark Z. Halter, who has family in
Mexico
mine These are: Carl 2. Halter, sup
erintendemt Of the mines; W T. Butler.
who has charge of the tramWay over
the river: r. r. Hasbrcuck. the as
saver truck driver named Pierce and
two others In addition to these. W.
l. Stone is a L. :. customs inspector
stationed al the point where the tram
way touches tine American side. f. c.
MorehOuse, of FL PasO is president of
the International Mining company and
A J. McQuatters, also o: Ell PasO. IS
vice president. The headquarters OF
the company are in the Mills building
Bandits Crossed Near TerIingua.
The report stated that the raiders
crossed the Rio Grande at a point
south of Terlingua, Texas, where there
is guard Of about 80 American sol
diers and then maze their way north
eastward by an old wagon road to
Glen Springs, where they attacked the
American troopers Friday night at
ten o'clock
Mckinney springs is near Glen
Springs and it was first reported that
Mckinney springs had also been looted
but this is not the case.
From Glen Springs the bandits went
east around q mountain to the Ellis
and Wood wax plant where they
burned the buildings after looting
them. A ten year old son of O. G.
Compton, at the plant, was killed and
Mr. Compton is reported to have been
carried away.
Capt. Wood. one of the owners OF the '
pant Is z veteran OF Tie EnlHpDlneS
campaign and served under Gen. Funs-
ton i'm the campaign against AguinaldO
and the FilipinOs. Capt Wood and his
partner, Ellis. were both in Marathon
on Friday when Mr.. Wood left for Ell
Paso for medical attention.
After raiding Glenn Springs, the
-4exicans appeared at Deemer's store,
a small settlement % miles from Glenn
Springs, and took Deemer, the owner 4
OF the store. and shot him, and pro- {
cceded toward a mine near the line
Raided Deemer's Saturday Morning.
The raiders appeared at Deemer's (
az IL q. m Saturday, after leaving (
Glenn Springs at seven, according to
the telegram received by the mining ,
man. An earlier message. timed at /
5.4O Sunday morning, from the same |
source, stated that raiders at Bo-
luiilas had taken Dcemer and had /
started for a mine with HIM The man ]
who sent the message stated i'm this
that the automobile belong
ng TO the mining company, which he
represented. had broken down while !
he chauffeur had been attempting to
get away from the raiders. out that /
he had succeeded in making his es-
ape. The chauffeur was young
Wood.
BoquiIIas 90 Miles from Marathon.
BOquillas is 90 miles south Of Mara (
hon and the International Mining
company operates a string of wagons :
Outh to that point for the ores from
Is mines, which are seven miles i'm
he interior Of Mexico from BoquilIas
he ores from the mines are hauled
" motor trucks from the mine to
Runway which is 61-2 miles long,
nd brought by this tramway across
he river TO the Texas side. where the
-agOns get the ore and ha-.s them into
for shipment by rail.
Mr.. Butler had just been taken down
. the mine to act as superintendent of Z
be tramway, according to Mr.. Wood.
hamp Wood had taken him down and 4
-as at Deemer's store on his way
ack TO Marathon when the raid took
lace.