El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-17
BRINGS MESSAGE
FROM C0LONISTS
Son of Bishop Hurst Says
the Bodies of Wright and
Hayden Were Found.


Dodging Villistas. reported near. and
realizing that the Carrancsta officials
had issued instructions that no Ameri-
cans should run the risk of a border
flight without a proper military escort,
Daniel Hurst reached I'll PaSO Thurs
day from Casas Grardes. Hurst is the
son of bishop j. II. Hurst, of the Nor
mon church. in Ell PasO. and he brought
TO the border the first personal mes
sage from the alarmed cOlonists mobl-
lized at Colonia Dublan and COlonia
Juarez
Young Hurst, on arrival. gave infor-
nation that may be Of value for the
punitive expedition in capturing Villa
He stated that the colonists We're under
a great strain. but that this had lifted
with the reported passing east OF the
colonies by Villa.
Wright and Hayden bodies Found.
Il know that Edward Wright and
Frank Hayden were killed by the Vii
llstas at Colonia Hernandez. which is
20 miles west Of Pearson, because on
the day after the reported execution,
soldiers from the garrison at Pearson
went out into the hills and located the
two bodies. The bodies We're buried
where they We're found. Both men had
been riddled with bullets.
My trip up was ar uneventtul one,
said young Hurst Il rode part of the
time In the passenger coach and part OF
the time on one of the lumber freight
can conductor, Archer. and the three
year old Wright baby, being restored
to the mother, Mrs Maud Hawks
Wright. Hurst was the only American
on the train.
Two start for border.
Hurst said that on Saturday night or
two days after the massacre Of Ameri-
cans at Columbus a man named Alex
ander and one of the ranchers reported
killed at Corralitos by Nillistas rode
presence of Villa in the country and
his fear that they had killed many
Americans TO the nortn Alexander then
is said to have secured fresh morse
and TO have Joined another cowboy who
had been hunted by villa. named Tracy,
and both set forth for the border
1t is reported that these two cattle
men reached Columbus on wednesday
Of the present week and upon their
statement of the precariOuS condition
of the colonists a forced march Of cav
airy from the seventh and 10th regi-
ments was begun from Hachita- y. NJ.
Hurst did not comment upon the man
ner in which he passed the vigilance OF
the Carranza garrison He said he had
managed to get to Juarez successfully
and then come across without detection.
The others wanted to come out he
added, but as a military escort could
not be provided and the authorities re-
garded the movement of so many peO-
pie without protection as dangerous and
possibly inviting massacre by Nillistas,
no such program had been arranged
Hurst Not Alarmed.
Bishop T. II. Hurst, who is i'm closer
touch with the Mormon celonists than
any other individual IN FL Paso, said
Friday morning that he was not alarmed
for an attack by Nillistas on the colon
lists assembled at Colonia Dublan and
Colonia Juarez, as his information was
that Villa was now in the San Buena-
ventura district. 1T is very fortunate,
as the colonsts were not well armed
and badly equipped to meet an attack
by bandits with modern guns and ann
muntion." he said.