The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-23
Captain Boyd and Iteuten- ant Adair Among the II American Dead After the Battle Seventeen Prison CTS Brought Into Chihua- hua City Include Scout Whose Account of Battle Is Most Detailed.

Chihuahua City, Mex.s June izo.--1ialio IT American soldiers, negro troopers or the Tenth cavalry, who were caprurSo dYl the battle at Carriza1, were brought here yesterday with Lem H. Spills bury. a mormon scout, employed by General J. J. Pershing, and were tn- terned.
 sDiIIsbt1rv said that Captain Charles T. Boyd commanded the Americans and with Lieutenant Henry R. Adair, was among the killed. Captain Lewis Riduey Mercy, who was with the American detachment, was wounded in the shoulder, but escaped
 In announcing yesterday afternoon a. story of the battle which he said Spillsbury told him, General Jacinto Trevtno, commander of the military district of the northeast, announced that any time and at any place the American troops move other than to- ward the border he will comply to the Aetter with his supertors orders and will attack them as General Felix Go meg did at CarrizaI. General Trevino said that all diplomatic arrangement were outside of his sphere.
 Spi1lsbury's story, as announced by General Trevtno. was to the effect that 76 negroes, comprising Troop IT of the Tenth, Captains Boyd and Mercy. lieutenant Adair and himself com posed the American detachment that encountered the A1exicans- He said
 
 Boyd and Ada1r, and at least Il of the negroes.
 spinsburyes account, as given out, follows:
 We left Casas Grandes on Sunday morning. arriving outside of Carrizal early Wednesday morning. Captain Boyd immediately dispatched a. cour- fer to the Jefe Polftico of the little viI- lage, advising him that we were on our way to Villa Ahumada-
 After we had waited some time, Lieut.. Col. Rivas came out and warned Captain Boyd that he had better turn back. Captain Boyd then explained that he was in pursuit of some bandits who, he had heard, had footed Santo Domingo. and also was bound to catch a negro deserter, who he had heard was in Villa Ahumada.
 s'In reply to this. lieutenant Rtvas notified the America that if he at tempted to advance he would have to pass over the dead bodies . the Mexi- cans. He advised Boy1 that he had better not argue the matter.
 stRivas returned to the village to report to his superior officer, General Gomez, who sent out a note inviting the Americans to enter CarrizaI for 8 conference. Captain Boyd declined this invitation.
 "On this ground Gomez went out ir person and insistentfy urged the Amer jeans to retire, pointing out that his orders from his superiors necessitated this acting on them without further barley. General Gomez repeated these words as he walked away. Boyd merely answered, sA1I rtght.'s''
 General Trevino's announcement then goes on to quote Salisbury as saying that after General Gomez had retired to his troops, who were lined Hup outside the town, Captain Boyd or dered his men to advanc1% whereupoY Spi11sbury expostulated with him, ar guing that a fight was sure to follow Salisbury is reported as saying tha fCaptafn Boyd s'obstinately seemed tC think that the Mexican general wa! only b1uff1ngs'' and the firing quickl. began.
 Tt is to be noted at this point il the narrative the story is interrupted and General Trevtno gives a summar! of spi1lsbury's story. the summar. agreeing with the previous Mexican version.
 He is quoted further:
 .tCaptain Moore and Lieut.. Adair fel n1orfaHy wounded. Captain Morey was wounded in the shoulder, and i'm xnediately the horsemen fled with thei1 mounts. leaving behind IT negroes and myself. We were forced to surrender [ saw the bodies of Boyd and Adail and of at least II negroes on the field of battle.'s
 Mexican authorities asserted today that the prisoners had been well treat ed en roue to Chihuahua. Genera Trev1no says he received some days aga announcement from Genera Pershing that he had received Genera. S lTrevtno's warning not to move east south or west. Since that time foul negroes other than those taken al Carrfza1 have been captured, and also a white American