The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1916-01-13
BOD|ES Of THE MURDERED AMERICANS
!. ARE BROUGHT BACK TO HOME CQ7TRY

forward, his bo, : olling down tn,
"of two OF, : running for the
later this VS. Romero. Four bull
lets penetrate,l MIN. The other man
was hit twice and killed.
"A young fellow, later identified
as McHaton. got forty yards from
the train when he was shot and
fell.
while this was going on, other
Villistas crowded into the Americans
coach. could not see what hap
pened in there as a frightful panic
broke out in our car Later learned
that the Americans were unarmed.
"Pearce was shot as he sat in
the coach. saw Wallace's body
on the ground at the car steps. He
had been shot through the back.
Another body was on top Of Wal
lace's.
.sThe other Americans were herd
ed to the side OF the coach and
lined up.
Colonel Lopez selected two of his
soldiers as executioners and this
nearly precipitated fight among
the bandits over who should have
the privilege OF shooting the Ameri-
cans.
Several Of the Americans in line
had been wounded when the VII
listas shot into the coach.
"The two executioners used Mauser
rifles. One would shoot his victim
and then the other soldier would
take the next in line.
within a few moments the exc
cutioners had gone completely down
the line.
t"The Americans lay on the ground,
! some gasping and writhing in the
sand and cinders.
''The suffering Of the Americans
seemed to drive the bandits into q
frenzy. viva villa they cried. and
lssdea.h to the gringoesa sssit ~
Colonel Lopez ordered the tiro de
gracia given to those who We're still
alive, and the soldiers placed the
ends of rifles at their victims head
and fired. putting the wounded out
of misery.
"All bodies were completely strip
ned OF clothing and shoes. Fourteen
/ were piled together in small draw
| about a yard from the track. 1t
was horrible The blood smeared
the white skins. Our train returned
to Chihuahua city"
Mex!cans In 1a''
TL PASO, Texas. Jan. 13.-To guard
against violence on leading Mexicans.
General Manuel Banda and twelve
other prominent former Villista off,
GERS were thrown in jail here today
ton vagrancy charges.
General Manuel M. Medinaveitia,
formerly chief of staff, to Villa, was
Jailed on a murder charge in connec-
Ition with the execution of Peter
Keene. an American ranchman. at
Rubio, Chihuahua, recently.
The arrests followed the discovery
of a plot by angry Americans to lynch
General Jose Ynez Salazar, suspected
of ordering Tom Fountain. popular
American mining man, before a Mex
lean firing squad at Parral in 1912.
The twenty Americans who called
at Salazar's hotel. were also believed
to be bent on other 1ynchings to
ayenge the massacre OF Santa Ysabel.
The police learned Of their plans
and spirited Salazar away in an auto
mobile.
with the arrival Of the victims
bodies, indignation here was at fever
heat. A great meeting OF protest
against the administrations watch.
FIJI waiting" policy and to demand
Immediate Intervention was being ar
ranged.
Thousands planned to attend the
funerals of the murdered men VINO
live here.
Another Massacre Reported.
Ell PASO, Texas. Jan. 13.-Twelve
more Americans, including two wom-
en-, are reported today to have been
murdered by Mexican bandits. Ma
dera, Chihuahua, was the scene OF TINS
latest massacre, according to uncon-
firued advices received from Chlhua-
hua City.
with the seventeen American min
ing men shot and killed by large
yijlista force near Santa Ysabel on
Monday and other reported murders
Of Americans and foreigners, General
Villas order to skill the gringoes
has already cost over thirty lives
within the week. Two British sub
iects also were victims of the massa-
ere at Santa Ysabel
Roy Cramer. young American
ranchman, was executed by Villlsta
firing squad at Guerrero, Friday, con-
firmed Chihuahua City advices stated
today.
with the temper of Ell Paso's citi-
zens rising to the fighting point, the
authorities on both sides of the bor-
der took precautions to avoid clash
between Americans and Mexicans.
Fearing crisis when the train
bearing the bodies of Santa Ysabel
victims, arrived. the hour of its ar
rival was kept an official secret. The
hour of its departure from Chihuahua