Evening star., 1916-05-08
DETAILS OF THE BANDITS RAID
AND GLEN SPRINGS SLAUGHTER

| dead men and carried them to a place
| of safety.
There was a motor truck attached to
the camp. The dead and dangerously
sent north toward Marathon. a station
F., on the Southern Pacific, eighty-f1ve
miles north. in the hope that medical
| aid might be secured for the wounded
| One man left with the truck. This
left Smith and two others to engage the
| bandits They retreated to the low
hills and fought from behind rocks and
| mounds of gravel.
the vicinity had heard the shooting and
| had hurried to the scene. Although
few in number, they formed an ade-
auate reinforcement. With the badly
Smith and his men joined in the fight
| ing again and about o'clock. as dawn
neared. the Mexicans retreated.
This was five hours after the fight
the east until they came to Glenn
| Springs. There they looted a general
! store and killed the ten-year-old son of
| G. G. Compton. Then they proceeded to
Boouillas, few miles north of the Rio
Grande. where they seized supplies and
! forage and rode on again.
| Their next stop was Deemer's. Here.
according to the reports received in El
Paso. they despoiled the general store
| of John Deemers. Then they crossed
| back into Mexico, taking with them
Deemers and Louis Coy. q man in his
| employ.
1t is believed that Deemers and Coy
must have been killed after being TAX
en- to the Mexican side of the Rio
Grande.
Garry Wounded IS Miles.
No details of the eighty-nve-mile
wounded men from Glenn Springs had
arrived here last night.
| Leaving the scene of the battle, how
ever, early on Saturday morning, It
reached Marathon about noon Sunday
There the news of the raid was sent
over a railway telegraph wire to AL
pine and Maria and thence to El Paso,
Iwhere Gen. Funston. commander of the
southern army division. and Gen. Scott.
chief of staf of the United States
Army have been staying during the
lconference with Gen. Obregon, Mexi-
can minister of war.
The American army men were
Gen. Funston Immediately conferred
with Gen. Scott. Then he issued orders
to hurry troops to the scene. Capt
Cole, at Alpine, commander of the va
lrious detachments Of the 14th Cavalry.
now scattered through the immediate
section. was told to gather as many
men as he could and start southwark.
He collected about fifty troopers and
set out Army HcH cApcCt Hc VIII icdei
IGlenn Springs today.
Next Gen. Funston ordered two troops
of the sth Cavalry. stationed at FL
Paso, and two troops of the 18th,
4.4 at Fort TO toox Si5x sp eapt
lCole's detachment. Special trains were
made up this afternoon in FL Paso and
Spofford TO carry the four additional
Troops. They should reach Alpine to-
morrow morning and be ready before
the day is over to start the long ride
to the border.
Fears for the Safety Of Others.
Many El Paso persons received private
word Of the raid. Among these was A.
J. McQuatters, president Of the Alvarado
} Mining and Smelling Company. who was
host to Gems. Scott and Funston in their
twelve-hour conference last Thursday.
McQuatters is also president Of the min
ing company which operates zinc mines
about seven miles south of BoQuillas. in
Chihuahua. Mr.. McQuatters expressed
concern for the safety of six Americans
at the Information Mine, fearing the
bandits may have gone in that direction.
One of the men is Carl P. Halter. the
foreman. Another is W. T. Butler and a
third r. r. Hasbrook. The names Of
others are not known. as they have been
only lately employed.
Another American In the vicinity Is
W. L. stone, custOmhoQse inspector,
near Boquillas, for the inspection Of ship
ments over the Rio Grande by the Inter-
national Mining Company.
| The point most speculated upon here
last night was the identity of the raiders.
Carranza military officials only a day or
SO ago declared that this section had
practically been cleared of bandits
Fifteen days ago the members of the
Carranza garrison at BoQuillas, the Mex
ican town just across the Rio Grande
from BoquiIlas, Tex, suddenly disap-
peared. They have not been heard from
since.
There has been a suspicion that they
might have deserted to the Villa forces
Military men here thought probable
they participated in the raid.
From the grave number of American
and Mexican officials here, It would seem
the situation between Mexico and the
United States has become considerably
clouded by the new developments 1t is
| expected that a conference between Gems
Obregon, Scott and Funston may have a
clearing effect.
obregon Becoming Anxious.
There was manifest a tendency to
keep the negotiations growing out of
the entrance Of the punitive expedition