The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-01-16
CAUSE OF EXPLOSION IS MURDERERS ARE
VFIlFD IN MYSTERY YET TO BE- RUNDOWN
Such Assurance Given Wash
ingtonin Reference to Mas
sacre Of Americans.
NO FORMAL REPLY YET.
No Repetition Of the 0utbursts
Of Indignation That Have
Marked the Congress.


WASHINGTON. Jan, 16-General'
Carranza' g formal reply to the United
states for punishment Of the bandits
who killed eighteen American mining
men near Santa Ysabel, Mexico, had
not yet reached Washington tonight
but officials were not inclined to
doubt the good faith OF assurances
given by the generals ambassador
designate here, Eliseo Arredondo,
that every effort would be made to
run down the murderers.
The assurances were renewed by
Mr.. Arredondo tonight In making
public the reporttof General Trevlno,
in charge Of the forces detailed to
capture the, bandits and insure pro-
lection to persons in the district In
which they have been operating. GEN
eral Trevino whose dispatch. trans
mltted by the. Mexican consul at El
Paso, also described the massacre,
said those reported would be hunted
down WITHOUT rest,f u 4,
The day passed without any repe-
Itition In Congress of.theputbursts OF
INDIGNATION that have marked almost
every session since word of the Santa
Ysabel incident waa received Chair
man stone, OF the Senate foreign re-
latlons committee, However. called on
Secretary Lansing and requested that
the committee, be. kept advised
promptly OF receipt, Of further infor-
nation. The secretary promised that
would be done. 5,t.ts.s J.
Trevino's Report.
The report of General Treyino rs
made public by Mr. Arredondo fol-
lows: N
On Monday at 11:15a a. III. special
train Number Al left Chihuahua ioi.
Cuischuriachic, erriving at Santa
Ysabel at :16 .. m. and 1t found an
other train Of national railways haul
ed by engine Number 907 deralled.
Upon persons alighting from their
train to, see what had occurred they
saw armed men on both sides OF the
road who were firing upon them, af-
ter which a. so.called general, named
Reina, ordered. that the crew be put
under guard. Hhe then robbed all
the passengers, looting the contents
Of the cars and express. The murders
followed. ~ tyt'- 7'
ION the same day OF the above In
cident the general headquarters or
dered that a regiment embark Mt once
under the command Of Colonel Jose
vilIanueya to start In the direction
Of Santa Ysabel with instructions to
pursue the bandits and to endeavor
10 get in touch with General Cavazos.
commander of the detachment at Bu-
stjllos, Cusichuriachic and San Anton
TO- who was watching the movements
Of the enemy which had assaulted the
train.
"The bandits upon, observing the
movements Of the Constitntionalist
forces in all directions retreated 70 a
mace called Carretas, according to
the information at hand, scattering
In small groups which fed towards
the west and south presumably in the
direction Of the mountains Of Dur
ango. II any information ls heard
that new bands have appeared in the
mountain range they will he localized
by our forces and will, be hunted
down without rest, In order to pre-
vent their concentration at'any given
point. ).
"Military headquarters at Juarez
informed the general headquarters
that our garrisons at Pearson, Casas
Grandes and MADEIRA had been In
creased. With this combined move
ment OF our forces in two divisions
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