Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-01-13
CITY BANK CLEARINGS.
Yesterday
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bodies Of the victims to the border
here caused considerable Indignation
Late today the bodies had not left the
capital, although two other passenger
! trains had come north during the day
Arrangements had been made for the
| transmission of the bodies upon ar
rival directly across the river to this
city.
No Public Funeral.
AS the day progressed plans for q
public funeral of all the victims were
! abandoned since many relatives from
! various parts of the United States
| claimed the victims.
| Thomas y. Holmes, the sole foreign
survivor of the massacre, reached the
! border hero about noon in a state of
nervous and almost mental collapse
! He refused to discuss the massacre
and hurried to his home where he was
protected by his family from visitors
| A compilation OF stories he had told
10 fellow passengers on the train and
TO mining men in Chihuahua and rs
gathered by officials of the American
Smelling and Refining company, fol-
lows in brief. II is understood that
detailed statement viii be filed to the
state department about o'clock this
evening.
Track Torn Up Ahead.
Tho train reached Santa Ysabel,
sixty eight kilometers from Chihua-
hua City, approximately forty-eight
,,,ilno onl IN ncrnorf,o y epno11 doc n
arroyo the train proceeded slowly. 1t
was seen the track had been torn up
a short distance ahead.
General Manager Watson, Holmes.
Tom Evans and Robert MacHatton
alighted from the front car of the
train when the engineer whistled for
the obstruction and came to a stop.
AS the four Americans reached the
ground they saw about fifteen Mcxi-
cans of a group of about seventy on
the raise of ground to the right and
n short distance from the tracks.
These started firing.
Watson. Evans, MacHatton and
Holmes scattered right and left, Wat
son and Holmes going up an embank-
Mltuls w dANOi, Outl. ltil anu biA'a
rolled over the embankment down the
other side into stream of water rum
ming through the arroyo. In falling
Watson knocked Holmes over. Holmes
decided to play dead and laid quiet
while behind him on the other side of
the embankment the firing continued.
He presently found himself unobserv-
"a ttrln.4 - aff No - tho
protection of a small bush and then
wormcd his way out of the massacre,
whieh was continuing 10 his reaI4
statement by Holmes.
The following is the detailed state
mont of Mr. Holmes, as given to the
state department and press tonight:
"Our train left Chihuahua City
Monday morning, January 10, at about
II o'clock. Train was stopped at or
about the ranch Baeza, a point about
five miles west of Santa Ysabel be-
tween 1880 and o'clock that after
noon. While the train was standing
at station of Santa Ysabel two armed
Mexicans had ridden by, and studied
the train. The Mexican passengers at
Santa Ysabel told me afterward that
the riders had inquired if there were
any soldiers on the train.
At the point of the massacre our
train was stopped in a cut SO that the
last car was just inside OF the cut.
We were stopped by another train
the front trucks of one of the coal
cars of which was seen TO be OFF the
track. This was the first we knew OF
a train being ahead of us There was
nobody standing, or to be seen around
the front train. 1t was evidently
placed there to stop and block our
train. When our train was stopped,
Newman and | We're sitting together
and Evans came up and was looking
out Of our window. Evans, Newman.
MacHatton and | were the first to get
off the train, stepping off of the right
hand side. Watson was either get
ting Off or about to do so. behind us.
when / looked back and saw him.
Hears Vollcy Fired
Just after alighting / heard vol |
ley OF rifle shots from Il point on the
other side of the cut and Just above
the train. Looking around, could
see n bunch OF about twelve or tifteen
men standing in solid line, shoulder
to shoulder, and shooting directly at
us. These bandits were between my /
and seventy-five feet from us. the |
back end of the coach cut off my view
so | could not see how many bandits
there were. The back steps of the
coach where We got off was at the
beginning of the railroad cut The
depth Of the cut on the river SIDE al
that point was about twelve feet. on
the other side of the bank 1t was
much higher. The Santa fsabel river
lay beyond. To the back of the train
was a railroad embankment that had
q decline from the track toward the
river.
Makes Run Cor Life.
Watson after getting off ran al right
angles to the train toward the river.
and were directly behind
right on the bank of the rail-
road cut. MacHatton fell ! do not
know whether he was killed then or
fripped. Watson kept running and
hey were still shooting at him while
turned to the right and ran diagon-
1lly backwards from the train, going
down grade. where / fell in some
brush probably 100 feet from the
rear of the train. | lay there per-
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