The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-13
Outrages By Villa Men Com
tinue; Carranza Officer Re-
fuses to Move Troops to Aid
Eeleagu.red Mormons
SECTIONS OF RAILROAD
DESTROYED AND TRANS
HELD UP BY BANDITS
Americans On Train | hrcaIen-
ed With Hang ng By Officer
of Carranza Guard 10000
Mexicans n FL Paso Show
Gre t Unrest
BY KENT y. HUNTER.

by KENT y. HUNTER.
III Paso. Texas. March l2.-Three
developments today brought the lord
err situation to a crucial point and
revived fears of a general McM an
uprising.
United states troops may not haya
onl, villa. To deal with. but also thu
Caranzaistas and the huge Mexican
population on the American side OF
the border.
Tire developments today were.
First Continued outrages by Villa
and his bandits. both in the Casas
Grande countries and east in the Tor
resa District, have shown the United
States military authorities that the
Cafranza government either viii no,
or cannot check the activities of the
"scourge OF the border
Second Refusal OF General Gabriel
Gavira. in command of the Carranza
forces at JuareZ. to send troops to
Casas Grandes. where 500 Mormons
are cut off from all aid and threat-
ened with death Reports of insults
from villa officers have been given
General Pershing, and the military
leaders have grave apprehension that
Car3,.-za will, after all. unite with
Villa against the Americans in case
of an invasion by American troops
Great Unrest At FL Paso.
Thifd. The reported moving 81
f. American troops from Fort Biie-
through JuareZ as one of three
columns or punitive expedition ~
&c: Villa. has brought evident unrest
in the Mexican colony of 600 in
+. paso and o general uprising is
feAred simultaneously with the cross
ing of the first American troops over
the international Bridge.
10 yepp,fS nf Villas activities dur.
, ing the dav include a Did movement
OF his troops south from Corralitos.
on the Mexican Northwestern Rail-
way toward Casas Grandes. also on
the line of railroad and about thirty
miles away. From Corralitos Ia Dud-
Ian. six miles north OF CaSas Grandes
Villa troops destroyed wide sections
Of railroad track and cat of. the final
hope of escape of the 500 Mormons
: trapped There's tsfShup Hurst,
of the Mormon Church in El Paso.
has had no word since early morn-
ing from the little company there.
and fears tina, already the Viilistas
have attacked the town.
4 Carfanza force of 100 garrisons
Tire town. but neither Bishop Hurst
nor any Of the United States military
authorities place any faith In their
ability to stand against the Villa force,
estimated al between $500 and 2.00o
mc7. In addition to the differences
in forces. say the military men, Villa
IT, returning - his home territory ''as
conquering hero "a god in tho
eyes of the MeXicans. as the man who
defed the United States army and
got away with it.
ViIilstas Hold t'p Train.
Ip addition To tho q 'struction OF tho
tracks south Of Corr altos nd the
threatened massacre Of the Mtfmous.
Ni!iistas in the district just north OF
/ To1rcop. four hundred miles SOUTH
east of FL Paso. held up and looted
Horthbound train at Cunejos. on
the Mexican National Railroads Ten
Americans were on the train, but a
! Carranza guard OF thirty beat or ths
raiders. with a loss of two killed Sew
erai Mexican passengers were killed
or wounded, but none of the Ameri-
cans was touched.
Several of the American pasSen-
gers who reported later to Consul Ed
wards in Eel Paso said. however.
when the Train arrived here that Car.
rama officers had insultcd them So
I Americans.
The men now in Iii paso are Az
bert Taylor, of Taylor Bros. extensive
mine owners in western chihuahua:
/ David Horwitz. of the Laskin Swat
Company. FL Paso: Harry Vein sales
man: Chucchili John Joseph and II.
J NJ. Barley.
/ Carran1a Oficers Make Threats.
( The train was attacked just as IT
| stopped for water at Cune los, coming
north from Torreon. said Mr. Taylor.
/ There was q guard of sixty cs.rranva
/ troops. under three officers, aboard thu
! train. The attacking force of Niiiistas
numbered about thirty. When the first
/ shots were iired the train crew started
TO move. The Nillistas followed along
+ the right pf way. firing at the enGi-
( neer and hreman and trying to make
I them stop, but they ducked out of
! sight and 3; the train run wild. Soon
I the increasing speed left the raiders
( behind Then the Carranzistas came
up from behind their seats fired few
shots back in the direction of the
! raiders and began to talk,
1 "'If Won Grngocs hadn't been
aboard this train there would not have
been any trouble one officer told ms
! We ought to take you all out and
hang you. guess we will before We
/ get to the border at that
Then we walked away and the six
of us. with four other Americana,
/, whose names I do not know. got to-
/ gether in the last car of the train and
( prepared 20 defend ourselves liz tho
| Carranzistas made any effort to farrf
out the threat There was no further
/ trouble, and In Juarex we felt safe.
Consul Edwards at FL Paso learned
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