Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-06-30
MEX|CANS SLAY
J WOUNDED UPON
CARRIzAL FIELD
One Of Returning Soldiers FROM
Chihuahua Prison Says En-
emy Killed Some of In
jured Soldiers.
SCOUT BLAMEs CAPTAIN
spillsbury Repeats Charges OF
"Bullheadedness" on
Boyd's Part.
kaxEN CHEERED AT Ell PASO
SCOUT BLAMEs CAPTAIN
KEN CHEERED AT Ell PAS0

Ell Paso, lex, June Z9.-l ne tWeh-
ty-three negro troopers of the Tenth
cavalry, who at Carrizal, Villahu-
mada, Chihuahua City, and Juarez,
have been central figures in the most
striking and potential chapters OF the
Mexican situation, are once more
safely out of Mexico.
Survivors of bloody battle with a
vastly superior force; victims twice
Of mobs that stoned them; more than
once gripped with the fear OF execL
ton for their part in the Boyd ex-
pedition, and, lastly, objects of in
tercession by the president of the
United States, they were brought to
the border from Chihuahua City on
special train today and turned over
to General George Bell, jr, COM
. mander of the El Paso base.
Tow Stories Told.
With them came Lem H. Spills
Aury, the Norman scout, who guided
9aptain Charles T. Boyd and his lit
tie command over thetrail that lead
I to the Carrizal encounter, Spills
! sbury spent the night at the home OF
d his brother here. The troopers were
quartered at Fort Bliss, awaiting or
ders from General Funston at San
Antonio. Two stories, widely diverg
|. ing, were brought back from their
fScaptivity by the prisoners.
One told by Spillsbury, upholds
statements he was credited with max
ing at Chihuahua City, charging Boyd
with "bullheadedness" in advancing
ir the face of certain Mexican at
tack. The other narrated by fighting
men of the Tenth, declares the Mexi-
cans to have been the aggressors and
blames them for the ensuing slaug-
| ter.
The latter account is embellished
with charges that have not hitherto
been brought to light.
|, Killed Wounded Americans.
Il Private William D. Gibson de-
claTed that he was certain that after
the Americans had quit the field of
the Carrizal battle, the Mexicans went
over it and killed several Americans
who were wounded, but still alive.
Gibson's assertion was corrorbated
by Privates Archie Jones and Luther
Alexander.
Numerous others of the troopers
claimed they had been robbed Of
money and valuables following their
capture.
The arrival of Spillsbury and the
? ngro troopers at the border today
took rank in the annals of El Paso
and Juarez with the recent visit of
Generals Scott and Obregon. Thou
sands gathered in both cities to wit
ness the event.
In Juarez, big crowd at the Mexi-
can Central railroad station, viewed
Nhe disembarking of the prisoners
ffSln their special train with curiosity,
but gave no outward evidence OF
enmity.
Jers From Mexicans.
Now and then, as they progressed
from the station to the disinfecting
plant, from that point to the CONAN
dancia, and finally to the international
bridge, there were scattering disap-
proving jeers. In the main, however,
the Mexican populace acted with re-
serve. .
Once the crowd in Juarez acted
with genuine good humor. That was
when the troopers descended from
the train. Stripped of theri uniforms
after the battle of Carrizal and with
restoration only partly made, the
\ dusky soldiers were decked out in
striking and motley garb. Their ap-