The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-05-11
MEXIGARS COMMIT
ANOTHER ATR0CiTY.
KILL FOUR AMERICANS AND KID.
NAP TWO OTHERS---PROMPT
AMERICAN ACTION.

El Paso, Texas, May 7:-Three
American soldiers and a l0year- old
boy have lost their lives and two
American citizens have been kidnap-
/ ped and carried south of the inter-
national boundary to almost certain
death in another raid of Mexican
bandits that takes rank with Fran
cisco Villas famous attack on Co.
lumbus. New Mexico. Whether the
marauders were Villa bandits or
Carranza forces is not known.
The bandits foray, carrying them
through the southern limits Of
Brewster county. in the Big Bend
district of Texas, and taking in three
settlements near the border-Glenn
Springs, Boquillas and Deemers
took place on Friday night and Sat-
urday morning. but news of it did
not reach here until today.
Within an hour preparedness had
been begun for adequate action.
Major Gen Frederick Funston order
ed four troops of cavalry to proceed
to the raided districts to reinforce
small detachments already on their
way to the scene from Preside,
Texas, Alpine and other points.
These troops got under way to-
night. 1t is ssid here that if the
exigencies of the case demand such
action they will cross the border to
run down and disperse the bandits.
The force consists of two troops of
the 9th cavalry from Fort Bliss, El
Paso, under Major George t Lang
horne, and two troops of the 18th
cavalry from Fort Clark, under Col
Frederick W Sibley.
While military events were devel-
oping with such rapidity the confer
ence over the cooperation of Amer
lean and Mexican soldiers in Mexico.
which had been expected to reach
elimination today, came to an
abrupt halt.
A few miles west of Glenn Springs
an American patrol of eight men
from Troop A, of the l4th cavalry,
under command of Sergt Smith, was
stationed. The bandits began an
attack on the little temporary shack
in which the eight troopers were
quartered before the single sentinal
could raise an alarm. The time was
about IL o'clock.
The attackers rushed toward the
shack shouting, Viva Villa" and
Viva Carranza!" They were met
by sturdy defence from the half
asleep Americans, however, and
failed in their evident attempt to
make quick capture of the patrol
guard.
THREE KILLED.
From IL o'clock that night until
after 2 o'clock in the morning Sergt
Smith fought the Mexicans from the
shelter of the patrol house. In that
time three of his men, Privates
Cohen, Coloe and Rogers. had been
killed and he and all the rest were
wounded. Then the shack caught
fire.
1t was impossible to stay longer so
Sergt Smith ordered q retreat. Two
of his men were 80 badly wounded
it was necessary to carry them.
Smith and the other men succeed
ed in removing the badly wounded
and took out the bodies of the three
dead men and carried them to a
place of safety.
There was q motor truck attached
to the camp. The dead and danger
ously wounded men were loaded in
to this and sent toward Marathon. a
station on the Southern Pacific. 85
miles north.
One man accompanied the truck.
This left Smith and two others to
engage the bandits. They retreat
ed to the low hills and fought from
behind rocks and mounds of gravel.
MEXICANS RETREAT.
While this was going on, ranch
men of the vicinity heard the shoot
ing and hurried to the scene. AL
though few in number they formed
an adequate reinforcement and
about 4 o'clock, as dawn neared, the
Mexicans retreated