New-York tribune., 1916-05-09
BY ROBERT DUNN.


With the Army on the March, near
Glenn Springs, May 8 (By telegraph
to Marathon)-Carranzista soldiers
conducted the raids on Glenn Springs
and Boquillas, in the Big Bend coun-
try. southeast of here, on Friday
night and Saturday This was es-
tablished beyond doubt by papers
found on the body Of one of the off
GERS of the raiders who was killed in
the fight with Sergeant Smyth's de-
tachment of eight cavalrymen at
Glenn Springs.
The bandits were led in their az
tempt 70 take the cavalry patrol by
surprise by Mexicans from the
Texas side, whose features were con-
cealed by maska. Some Of these, de-
spite their disguises. were recognized
by soldiers and by cattlemen who
later came to the aid of the besieged
troopers.
Three American soldiers -Privates
Coloe, Cohen and Rogers were killed
in the fight at Glenn Springs, and three
we're wounded. Garnet Compton, lad
Of four. also was slain by the bandits.
His body was terribly mutilated.
Fifteen MeIicans Killed.
Al least fifteen Mexicans were killed
and thirty-fve others wounded. Most
Of the bodies Of their dead we're found
about the scene Of the fight Friday
night, but the bandits are believed to
have taken the bodies Of others with
them on their fight into Coshuila-
The attack on the patrol shack be-
Gan suddenly shortly before Friday
midnight The glare of the burning
Wood.Elis wax works first aroused
three OF the soldiers. They started 10
make sortie. but were driven IN by
the shouting, yelling Mexicans. The
troopers then began an action, shoot
ing from the doors and windows OF the
adobe, which lasted for an hour and
half
The Mcxicans advanced with lighted
fuses, throwing them upon the can
delaria-thstchod roof Of the shack
setting 1t ahre The cavalrypen, who
had jumped up IN their underclothes
az first. called 10 six Of their comrades,
Privates Defrees, Brick. Dempsey,
Coloe, Tyree and Croskem, who were
IN a tent near by.
The six made rush for the adobe,
and all succeeded in getting inside eX-
eept Tyree. He later was supposed TO
be missing but had passed the night
with ranchman. Finally, as the aoooe
got too hot for the men and all thelr
bodies were being blistered, they were
forced TO make the sortie.
Soldiers Break for Open.
We've got to fight her out in the
hills, boys Sergeant Smyth cried.
First hold your FIRE, so as not 70 draw
theirs too soon" This was done.
The nine came out singly through
the door, except Cohen, who was shot
while crawling through a window. Rog-
trs was killed forty feet from the door
and Coloe six hundred yards from
camp by the masked civilian Mexican
ouiposts. who had guided the Carran-
zistas
Croskem and Dempsey routed some
OF these outposts from a hay tent on
me other side, pursuing the Carran-
lisias. and hiding in the hills till the
next day.
Sergeant Smyth, knowing Of .. u.
.ompton's three small children, sought
ms house 70 save them But Compton,
VINO was found to-day wandering about
me desert, was not there, and he could
lnd neither of the two young boys,
Isrnet and Howard, the first OF whom
rad been mutilsted before being muir
dered
Holds OF Bandits Alone.
On leaving the house Smyth was fol.
owed by the Carranzistas. He dropped
70 the ground, firing into them at n
prYals, until finally, in a desert am.
phithestre, he built a hollow csirn OF
rocks where, with his feet horribly
burned and cut by stones, he stayed
tsntil the next morning, defending his
NE for hours.
The Gamboa family. who pretended
2 help Mrs. Hart, the next day AT
Sr Vincente were accomplices of the
srrsnza soldiers, following them
sefoss the river on their way 70 return
70 attack Deemers on Sunday.
Cries of "Vivs Csrranza! and viva
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