Evening star., 1916-01-12
BUT ONE ESCAPES
FROM VILLA BAND
Men Robbed, Stripped, Then
Lined Up on Tracks
and Slain.
TRAGEDY TAKES PLACE
IN VICINITY OF SAN YSABEL
President Wilson Asked to Demand
Full Satisfaction-Rebels Report
ed Active at Several Points.

FL PASO. | eX.. January IL
With the expected arrival here
TODAY OF the bodies OF the eight
cen foreigners. most OF whom
we're Americans, executed by
former Villa soldiers Monday,
near San Ysabel, fifty miles from
chihuahua City, details OF the
tragedy were eagerly awaited by
hundreds of mining men and
others formerly active in indus
trial affairs in northern Mexico.
Telegraph offices and other
sources of information were
crowded throughout the night
with those eager for news of the
execution. The censorship I'M
posed shortly after the first news
OF the affair came through shut
off all but the bare announcement
of what had transpired.
Smelling and Refining Company of its
employees today showed nineteen for
eigners unaccOunted for. twenty Tor
eigners were reported to have been on
the train, only one of whom, Thomas
II. Holmes, escaped.
List of Those Missing.
Following is the revised list. which
was issued by the smelling company:
G. r. Watson, Ell Paso; W. J. Wal
lace FL Paso: NJ. b. Romero FL Paso;
T. NJ. Evans. Chihuahua City; {. a.
Pringle. San Francisco; NJ. Anderson.
chihuahua City; r. p. MacHatton, El
paso: A. Couch. Chihuahua City; C. w.
Coy, Denver: Alexan nder o. Hall. Douglas
Iriz; Charles wadleigh Bisbee. Ariz.:
T.. l.. Robinson, FL Paso; G. w. New
man. Ell Paso: H G Hasse, Miami
mons FL Paso: W. ID. Pearce, Los
Angeles: J. w. woom. Ell Paso.
OF these Couch was II Canadian and
Romero a Mexican
Lined Up and Killed.
According to information reaching
nere, special train bearing the
foreigners and several Mexicans left
chihuahua City early the morning of
January TO- II had hardly started on
its journey to the mining camp of Cusi-
huirischic in the western part of the
state of Chihuah hua, when a band of
Villa followers. said to have numbered
twenty eight. boarded the train and
liued up the foreigners on the railroad
tracks and firing squad killed eighteen
of them Holmes Was said 10 have
escaped by remaining behind as his
companions we're marched out of the
cars. The men were taken from the
train. robbed. stripped naked and lined
I'D along the cars for execution. Holmes
fed into the desert for his life. With
feet and body cut and bleeding from
stones and sharp cactus, he ran, with
= out looking back. until he no longer
heard the whistle OF bullets pass him or
the sound of firing He succeeded IN
reaching friendly Mexicsns, it is re-
ported. and was aided back to Chihua
hus city.
Gives First News of Raid.
The frst news of the bandit raid was
received here through a cryptic tele-
sram from Holmes to officials of the
smelling company asking them to noti-
fy his wife that he was safe.
Another version 9f the escape OF
Holmes was received late today by
officials of the Mexican Northwestern
railroad in a message from officials at
chihuahua City. 1t follows:
IT H. Holmes. a member of the party
who escaped. said that the train was
boarded at o'clock yesterday morning
by twenty eight armed Mexicans at
Kiiometer SIS. According to Holmes,
the foreigners in the group were or
dvred to alight. Holmes hid in the
layatory. From his hiding place. he
watched his companions being stripped
by bandits. They then ordered them to
march toward the west. Holmes de-
scended from the train and escaped in
the darkness
In a few minutes he heard shrieks, i'm
Wediately followed by fusillade OF shots,
rom the direction taken by the Ameri-
rans and their capto-s
Holmes reached Chihuahua City Mon
isy night. according to advices.
Satisfaction Demanded.
A telegram asking that President Will
Carranza government was sent to Wash
inston by a committee of mining men.
Many kilograms have come from Chi
huahua City from managers OF mining
crews. ordered back to the mines. stating
that they were returning to the border.
II was reported from Jusrez that Car
rama troops had been dispatched to Chi
huahua City to bring the bodies OF the
said government forces had been sent
in pursuit of the Villa bands in western
chihuahua.
Much Currency on Train.
The train on which the Americans
were travelling from Chihuahua City 10
Cusihuiriachic, Chihuahua. carried
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