El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-30
FIVE MEXICAN OFFICERS KILLED;
GUARDS ADMIT SHOOTING WOUNDED
Lem spiIlsbury Says Two Lieutenant ColOnes Captain
and Lieutenant Killed in Addition to Gen. Gomez at
Carrizal; Mob Threatened u s. Prisoners at
Ahumada; Scout Silenced Machine Gun.

chine guns, getting two bullet holes
through his hat
Spillsbury's story Of the events lead
ing up TO the Carrizal fight, with the
details OF the fight and what happened
after they were captured, is the first
detailed story to be told Of the entire
affair since it occurred.
This story as told TO The Herald
THURSDAY evening in his own words is
as follows:
w day morning, June Is. en-
route to villa Ahumada.
Capt Boyd. Lieut. Adalr and SO men
were If the party. The first days
march " as from Dublln to Galena river.
The 5econd days march from there to
san luis ranch on Santa Maria river.
We left there at o'clock Tuesday morn
ing and marched 10 SantO Domingo and
arrived AT Santo Domingo at 10 o'clock
a m, June 20 We were Joined there
BY h troop ar $50 p. m. Of the goth, IN
80 men including Capt Mercy We left
there on the morning Of the elst at a
m and marched TO the irrigation ditch.
one-halt mile west of CarriZaL We wa
tered our horses there and sent a Mexi-
can courier TO get permission to pass
through the town as there were Car
rancista troops there and we wished 10
pass through without any trouble
Advance Guard.
They Immediately sent an advance
guard cut OF eight men Lieut.. Col. Ri
vas vas in command. He asked Capt
Boyd what was his mission and Capt
Boyd told me 10 tell them that we were
in pursuit o. 2 deserter who had left
for villa Ahumada and We understood
was in Villa Ahumada now. and also
that we understood there were some
bandits IN the neighbOrhoOd Of SanuO
Domingo ana we wished TO investigate
this Col Rivas then stated that the
negro trooper ha0 been sent to FL PasO.
and f mere were any bandits in the
country that they (the Corrancfstas)
must ne them and he had orders from
Gen Gomez 10 stop our advance until
further investigation was made Capt.
Boyd then requested to see Gen. Gomez
in person Col Rivas sent Immediately
for him; TO notify Gen Felix B. Gomez
that capt Boyd wanted to see him. In
the meantime this courier had come
with a letter from Gomez to Rivas, stat
ing 10 Capt Boyd TO move into town
with HIS troops for further conference
Capt. Boyd had told them that he had
an orier that required him to 90
through this town on a peaceful mis-
sion His note was sent TO the jefe
politico and he told the jefe politico
therein 10 notify the military authori-
ties.
Did Not Want to Enter Town.
Capt Boyd did not like this idea OF
going into town as ne could see move
ments Of troops on the right flank and
on the left So then he told Col Rivas
that he would like to see Gen Gomez
in person He sent the courier after
him aud Gen Gomez came right out
Gen Gomez asked US where we were
going ana what was our mission and we
told them the same thing that We had
told before. He said that he had orders
from Gen. Trevino to stop American
troops going west, south or east and the
only WY they could 90 was north. He
said. however, that if Capt Boyd would
wait a couple or three hours he would
wire his general at Juarez and see if
he could get the pass for him Capt
BOYD IOld him that he could not wait
that he guessed he would have to come
right CH in Cen Gomez said If you
DO, you viii have TO walk over our dead
bodies
Had To Obey Orders.
Capt Boyd said he was very sorry
but that the only way that he knew
TO obey an order was TO carry it out
Ihen We retreated back TO our col
1mn and Gen Gomez did the same.
Capt Boyd gave the instructions to
his men that / did not hear all Of them
but one order was for his men not to
lire until they were fired upon. He
told Capt Morey TO take care Of the
right flank and Lieut. Adair the left
They dismounted then and started 70
advance in column line. I asked Capt
Boyd what he wanted me TO do. He
was kind Of undecided what the Mex
cans were going 10 do He did not
Know whether they We're going OF
open fire or whether they were run
hing a bluff on US
Firing Started.
7 asked him what I was to do and
he said to follow him gave my horse
% his striker and he hardly had taken
him when the firing s-arted. The BOYS
said that the MexIcans started the
firing. 1 think they did too because
II the orders I was not up in front
was back about 20 feet in the rear
II Capt Boyd, right straight back Of
him. When this machine gun, the
Aexicans had, opened up on us the
Americans all fell to the ground and
the fire The last thing I
heard Capt Boyd say to his men was
% charge the machine gun. They did !
so They would fire and run a piece !
md then drop down and then reload !
and fire again In the meantime I
here was quite a number Of Next
ans who came down on our left flank
md also a bunch on the right flank, I
Who came from back up in the trees. /
Ne had never noticed these before.
Had Machine Gun.