The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-10
EIGHT AMERICAN PRISONERS
ESCAPE; CAPTURE GUARDS
BY Ruse They Overpower Mexican Raiders and Bring
Them Into Texas-Deemer Still Alive-Car-
rama Officer Among Dead.

r. Cowen. Nick Postrius. VINO was cap
tured hut escaped, was brought hero
In a motor car by Lloyd Wade, a
rancher. Postrius says the bandits de-
clared they were hunting for Gringoes'
ammunition and gun and that lie heard
one Mexican say to br. Powers.
You have been looking for pnncho
villa now we will show him to you at
I.,suua."
iostrius escaped after being arrested
by the bandits at the mine by leisuroly
Walking away unseen and hiding under
the tramway. When the bandits left
for the interior with hts American cont
ranions he came out and escaped to the
Texas side. Or. Powers was at the
Deerner store when 1t was raided h,
the band Ell route from the mine and
was taken along with the other Amerl-
cans AZ that time.
A CarranZa Captains body was found
In the ruins OF the fire started by the
Mexican bandits NJ Glenn Springs on
Friday night. o O. compton, whose
sun wa one OF the victims. went with
a posse from Marathon to the place on
sunday II found The body.
Compton Is convinced that Mexicans
of the settlements were In league with
the raiders. both on account of masks
worm and because not n dog except his
Uwu parked "a warning. Compton when
~" Mexicans attacked was al HON"
vita his two boys and little girl. A.
fred Mt the Mexlcans, he SAYS. whom
;hoy appeared. exhausting most II his
supply Of 100 cartridges. when he took
his little daughter TO n Mexican woma
rear NV for safety.
Starting back to his house he saw 1--WE
McNicaus had surrounded II and he hid
IN the brush. believing that the two boys
would he safe and knowing hat he
would be killed Il he attempted 10 reach
them.
Found Trooper Buriea.
From his hiding place he made his
way to the adobe house. where the
troopers had fought SO gallantly, and
there he found Private Roscoe Tyroe al.
most buried alive in the debris of the
fallen roof. He rescued him and car
| ried him on his back to tho shelter of
The hills. Without food or water Comp
ton and Tyrec spent a. terrible day and
night. not daring to return t. Glenn
Springs until Sunday. when they saw the
automobiles Of tho Marathon posse ap-
preaching.
When Compton went with the posse
10 his house they found the body OF his
~uiue-ycar-old son Ctarnett.. The child
had been wounded in the leg, stomach
nd chest and his head battered In.
Howard. a younger son. had hidden
under the house. The posse found the
body % "A tarranza captain IN ~"
snouldering wreck Of the Ellis wax fac
tory. Papers found on him proved his
political ~sympathies. but did not give his
name.
The only Mexican who remained IN
Glenn springs refused to identify him and
IL said later to have broken loose
drowned himself In the river. The posse
found bloodstains around the ruins of
| the wax factory. and Il is believed ih'
M~eNlcans must have made the place IL"
funeral pyr. Of their dead.
Sergt. SmNthe, who H. too severely
burned 80 join IN the pursuit to-day. told
rcv details ~ ~. fislt Two soldiers
vhn stopped To pull on their shoes when
: the tent from which they first fought
was burned were at "r from their cn'u-
| itdrs in the adobe house, so th"N fought
! from the shs''er Of a hay rack, aud when
ne house W. burned they got away e.
"a. hills and safety.
Scrgt. Smvthe aud tho two others wlo
escaped fro-n the ndob" house rushed
straight through tho rtrr.a ~ the hurs
burHres the NcNicans IA built aVairs'
tho dor. Tive raiders stood st the
windows and shot through 'pe head me
| three men who attempted to escape
through them
ono. out Of tn. area lighted hy the
i'aiu"s th' troopers took shrlt"r ilnong
tho h.lls. where the, stayed until tlo
arrival Of the unsu~portIrg relief detail
on saturday. =. u. Wood, =. :. \. re-
tired, who had heard the shooting at hs
home, three mile.' away, had started 10
,:'cnn Springs ~ his '1r. hut W. held NJ
on the way. aud with difficulty made his
escape on foot. The captain IL one OF
1 ',p wax ul,rt owners.