New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-13

hua, said that the train bearing the
Americans was stopped by a derahed
train in A cut This train is said 20
have been part Of the equipment beal
ING Carranza troops The conductor
said that General Reyna held the train
men under guard while the Americans
were robbed and shot 90 death. Those
who were wounded in the first fuslllade
were later shot dead.
Besides the reported presence among
the bandits Of General Pablo Lopez, the
Yaqui chieftain, a General Reyna to-
night was reported by the conductor Of
the ill-fated train as having placed him
under guard when he alighted 70 IN
vestigate the derailment of the troop
train ahead
The affidavit OF the conductor fol
lows:
The train arrived al Santa Ysabel
ut 1915 p. m. Arriving at Kilometre 6S.
eight kilometres beyond Santa Ysabel,
we encountered a train. Engine 81. of
the track. When ! got off TO see what
had happened the shooting started.
"Afterward General Reyna came up
and placed Us under guard, searching
Us, and also searching the car. All
the money on the passengers and in the
car was taken. After this had taken
place we left. the Americans having
been killed.
Some Of the foreigners were first
shot on the train and q number. in
Guiding one Mexican, who were wound
ed in the car. were later taken off and
murdered. Some of them jumped off
the train and ran toward the river.
These included Watson. They were
followed and fired upon"
The previous stories OF the foreign
ers being lined up naked and shot was
not confirmed by the version given by
Holmes. Mexican passengers arriving
to-day from Chihuahua City were re
spOnsible for the statement that LOPEZ
was the leader of the bandits. All the
property of the Americans, except one
handbag. was taken, they said, and the
car riddled with bullets.
A mass meeting called for this after
noon 10 demand protection for Amer
leans in Mexico was postponed when
II was learned that the funeral train
bringing the bodies OF the victims 20
the border would not arrive before
midnight. The meeting will be held
tomorrow il was said.
Total of Dead Is 10.
The name Of Thomas Johnson. late
to-day. was added 20 the list Of victims.
making the total death list nineteen.
The name Of Joseph Enders, Of Hay
den. Ariz. was substituted for that ~
J Adams
Reports Of those arriving from Oh
huahua to-day were 10 the effect that
the body Of each victim bears bullet
wound in the forehead, in addition to
other wounds. IT was said that the
head OF c. r. Watson was completely
| blown of.
/ officials OF the Mexican Northwest
/ ern Railroad said that the Carranza
government was not attempting TO pro
teet the MADEIRA Company's properties
/ at MADEIRA and Pearson. II was al
/ legged that a troop train carrying forty
men was sent out from Juarez to pro-
| tect these properties at $3.50 yester-
/ dav and returned at $3.50 p. m. The
/ train was still in the yards late to-day
Delay in transportation Of the bodies
! of the victims 10 the border mere
/ caused much dissatisfaction. Late to-
dsv thew had not left the capital, al
| though two other passenger trains had
come north during the day. Arrange
ments had been made FOR their pas
sage directly across the river 20 TINS
city. Plans for public funeral were
abandoned since many relauFes from