The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-04-13
WIDOWS OF Z SLAIN .CARRANzA OFFICERS PASS THROUGH CAMP
Are Very Bitter Against Villa-Spies Preceded the Bandit Into Minaca and
 Other Towns Attacked

1 Pershing's Camp At the Front, April j10.-(via Aeroplane to Columbus, N. M.,
 April 12D-Two widows of Carranza officers slain by Villa near here passed through camp today en route to Chi
 huahua- One was Sonora Innocente Ri-
 vera, aged 16 and the other Sonora Tomas
 Milan, aged 20.
 q wished to kill Villa myself" said Sonora Rivera, ''so they are sending me away from this part of the coun- try"
 Senora Rivera had been married three months when her husband was killed by some of Villas forces at Guer- rero March 2s. The 16year-old bride was in Minaca at dance that night, while her husband a colonel from Bhaciniba was on duty in Guerrero.
 The other young woman, Sonora Milan, had been to, San Ysidro to Sunday night dance, from which she was returning, accompanied by her husband, 8 lieutenant colonel, when some of Villas men came upon them.
 Sonora Milan was short, her husband tall Villa officer leveled his rifle directly over her head as she sought to protect her husband and shot him dead. e PRECEDED BY SPIES The two young women said that Villa sent attachments to attack not only Go cid nd all of which are near, the same night. At San Ysidro Villa soldier, that is, disguised as a tortilla seller, entered town two days before the attack, act ing as spy on all the garrison's plans.
 Similar spies preceded Villa into Minaca and Guerrero. Neither of the young women knew of the wounding of Villa
 The young women were part of a train load of Mexicans, including some wounded constitutionalist soldiers. On this train feeling against Villa seemed to be high It ran by day. but stopped at night to avoid becoming target for bandit attacks. Plenty of corn cobs were carried on this train for heating purposes during cold nights, when fires were built on the ground lalongside the door. Around this fire | the passengers gathered. monte 1 game was played on blanket by the ! fire with silver coins for stakes. | On Sunday the women passengers put
 on light lawn dresses except some Az tee Indian women, who had none. They were barefooted but they seemed to meet the passengers on grounds of so- cial equality.
 CAREFUL WITH PEONS 1 The troops in Mexico all have to be cautioned to use the utmost care not
 to have trouble with Mexicans unless
 they are plainly bandits. 1 Detecting Villa synlpathizers among
 pa ssersby on the road is difficult. l An aged blind Mexican today stepped
 up to an automobile train asking; l Are you Americans?"
 I Receiving an affirmative reply he
 said:
 q heard that the Americans are coming to take the state of Chihuahua 1 to gvie it over to the rich men," He was assured the Americans were
 after Villa only.
 "Ah," he said, 'so you want him
 just because he killed Americans in
 Columbus.'
 1 He was told that that was the sit uation. Then he revealed some of the
 surprising transformation which has spread through Mexico about American affairs
 .'I do not understand it." he said.
 sThere were thousands of Americans
 on the Lustania which was an Amer
 ican ship. These Americans all were
 killed on the Lusitania. If your coun- try will chase Villa for killing Amer
 jeans in Columbus why did it not chase l the men who killed the thousands of | IAmericaua on the Lusitania ?n l-..--