New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-05-18

heard the firing began. they would have
sense enough 20 crawl under the bed
(Alasl there is none) Harris. II pos
sible. in delivering the note, was 70
warn him. but naturally not 70 give
any hint Of our near presence
Eighty Men in Night March.
The start from there began at 10
M with our full force Of eighty men
and three automobiles. 1t duplicated
exactlv. except that II was much
longer. the night marches 70 raid and
search towns that ! had made in Chit
huahua with Major II. 7. Aliens llth
Cavalry column. rode in the motor
car in which | had travelled over near
ly 200 miles OF desert 10 be in at this
capture.
The cavalry, behind which we crept,
without lights and with mutfers on AL
ways was distinguishable by its paliid
cloud Of dust. Now and again y rode
forth into the moonlight, silhouetted
in single file, like some black band
Of medieval knights. Sometimes sus-
picious splrals OF the white slkah in
other directions made us get out Of
our cars. crouch behind them. rifles IN
hand. or lay our ears TO the ground 10
catch the approach Of other hoofs.
Dawn found US with the cars parked
behind a rocky ridge which overlooked
this splash Of green in the early morn
ing rose OF peak and desert. We could
see the mounts Of the two troops
standing motionless in a semi-circle
around these tumbledown adobe dwell
ings. Not man was in sight. Not a
shout sounded above the wsiling Of the
dogs. Suddenly on a bowlder beside
us emerged q private with the yellow
cord of the cavalry in his hat 10 say
that word had gone ahead Of our APP
proach and the bandits had flown. But
Deemer and Bayne were both down
there. alive and well.
Deemer Not Resentful.
We raced 10 our cars. and in FIVE
minutes dismouurCd before the two
rescued Americans. Major Langhorne,
tall, gray mustached and urbane. as
though he were addressing Emperor
William himself was shaking hands
with the storekoeper. Dcorer was a
mild looking. school teacherish fellow
in blue overalls and gold spectacles.
His reached hair was interspersed with
gray. When ! got his attention, he
first introduced ne with some ceremony
20 the two black poems with white cot
ton shirts In whose charge the outlaws
had left him. His very first words
revealed the oddness Of his character
and Of the justification of his search
by an arm OF the United StatS army.
"My sponsors" he smiled. 81 am
still responsible TO them
Did they threaten 20 kill you" |
asked.
ooh, often" he replied. But the
younger men. the tentientes for all Of
them were oficers-kept assuring me
they would keep me from harm. They
advised me 10 say that was a Ger
man, and ] did. When ! told the colo
nels that they looked grave and said:
Yes, we have orders from above TO
treat Germans better than you grin
goes, or any others
II is now two days since his rescue,
and Jesse Deemer has hardly left the
presence Of his native friends. He sell
dom comes near his fellow countrymen,
privates or officers. Not once has he
expressed gladness at his release. II
all is an anomaly until one understands
certain Texans OF the bOrder-espe-
cially Of that Big Bend country. home
of Swallowed and exiled characters, like
the old Jackson Hole country OF
Wyoming Running guns and ammu-
milton is part Of its hidden life. I'm
written debts are owed and must be
paid there. | make 10 personal hints
in Deemer's case, but there may have
been many reasons why he and his big,
outstanding, buck negro friend should
not have been killed and why their
lives were valued at par with a Viii
lista or Carranzista colonel. Take
your choice, for they are the same.
Scarcely had we had breakfast-weak
coffee and bareback when Major
Langhorne gave the order to FIJI the
automobiles and keep up the bandit
chase lie called for volunteers to ride
in our three machines, and every hand
in sight was raised.
This is our present situation:
10 seems 10 me impossible. now,
without further food and equipment
for this bandit chase. with at least
three-ouarters Of its purpose accom-
plished, 10 continue further. Yester-
day a few quarts of gasolene-the
broken truck was in use again would
have enabled us TO head off by another
road from Cerro Blanco the main band,
which had left there the night before
and had TO stop at the next water hole,
forty miles away.
Moreover, the attitude Of the Car
rama soldiers now reported 70 be hur-
rying northward from Mojada. on the
Mexican Central Railway. TO head off
the band would be as uncertain as ever
where our troops on their soil are con-
cerned.
Also II is believed here that the free
hand given 10 pursue the bandits does
not specify that il may be undertaken
beyond Cerro Blanco. Up to the pres
emit time no more trucks with provis-
ions and only one pack train have
been allowed 10 cross the Rio Grande.
And Major Langhorne's private motor
car is still the sole means Of communi-
cation between him and his superlors.