New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-30
CAPTIVESBACK,
TELL OF FIGHT
Wounded Americans
Killed After Battle,
Say Troopers.
by Telegraph 70 The Tribun. J

BY Telegraph 20 Ths Tribune
/ FL Ps5o, Tex, June 29.-Forty-
Mexican soldiers were killed and thirty
wounded in the battle of Carrizal. Only
seventy-siX Americans participated in
the fight, ten of the Americans having
been seat back before the fight by Cap
tain Boyd for reinforcements. The at
tacking Mexican force numbered 250.
These figures on the attack On Amer
can soldiers at Carrizal by General
. Trevino's order were given this after
noon by American negro troopers Of
the 10th Cavalry captured in that bat
tie and delivered to-day to General
George Bell, jr, here. in response TO
the American 60 yernment's demand for
their release.
/ Great quantities of sweetpess were
! showered upon the twenty-three negro
! troopers as. half naked. worn and
haggard, they crossed the international
bridge this afternoon and were re-
ceved by General Bell. Negro women
and girls waited at the American end
of the bridge for hours to greet the
troopers. In addition there were
several thousand white Americans
eager to welcome the troopers and q
curious wondering mass OF Mexlcans
watched the proceedings from a dis
tance.
With the negroes was the Mormon
scout, Lem Spillsbury, who blamed
Captain Boyd for the attack in state
ment given to General Trevino at
Chihuahua. Mormon friends were
present to meet Spillsbury.
Marks of Ropes on Troopers.
Some of the negroes bore deep cuts
on arms and shoulders. where the
Mexicans had bound them with ropes.
The ropes, cutting into the flesh, were
not removed, the men said, until they
were in the penitentiary at Chihuahua.
Wounded as well as unwounded troon-
ers were thus bound.
Some OF the wounded in the engage
ment were killed by the Mexicans %
relieve the Mexicans of the trouble OF
carrying them of the field, according
TO the statement of Archie Jones, W. d.
Gibson and Luther Alexander, three OF
the troopers. The men say they saw
the Mexicans kill the wounded. Luther
Alexander. wounded in the right arm,
said he had killed five Mexicans before
they finally forced him to surrender
The freed troopers have been central
figures in one OF the most striking
chapters Of the Mexican situation.
Survivors Of an engagement with n
oh
that stoned them, more than once
sripped with the fear of execution for
their part in the Boyd expedition. and,
President of the United States. they,
with Spillsbury, the scout. were
brought 10 the border from Chihuahua
City on a special train to-day.
Two Stories Told.
Two stories, differing widely, we-
told by the men. One, told b Spills.
bury. upholds statements he was cred
tied with making at Chihuahua City,
charging Captain Boyd nth obstinacy
in advancing in the face OF certain
Mexican attack. The other, narrated
by men of the 10th, blames the Mexi-
cans for the ensuing fight.
The arrival of Spillsbury and the
troopers at the border caused thou
sands TO gather in Juarez and FL Paso
70 witness the event. In Juarez big
crowd at the Mexican Central Railroad
station viewed the disembarking of the
prisoners from their train, but gave
little outward evidence Of enmity. As
they marched from the station 10 the
disinfecting plant, from that point to
/ the commandacis and finally {, the in
ternational bridge there were occasion
al jeers.
Once the crowd showed good humor.
That was when the troopers descended
\ forms after the battle Of Carrlzsl, and
/ with restoration only partly made, the
negro soldiers were arrsyed in motley
garb. and their appearance provoked
/ laughter.
Cheered by Americans.
When the formalities OF the transfer
/ had been ended and the Americans
marched Oft the international bridge 10
| FL Paso, they were greeted by cheers
from the thousands gathered on this
side of the Rio Grande. The authori-
| ties made every effort 10 discourage a
/ demonstration on the part of the on
/ lockers, many of whom had waited
from sunrise until 3 o'clock in the
afternoon TO welcome the returning
I troopers.
An incident of the day was the ar
/ rival here OF Captain Lewis S. Morey
I for treatment at the Fort Bliss Hos
pital of the wound he received at Car
I rizal lie arrived an hour before the
prisoners were released. Tonight he
| visited the soldiers at Fort Bliss. Fiji
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