El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-01-13

I
i boarded the death train They RODE
I over the river, standing between tnt
/ two sOmber rows Of cOffinS- me COZ
I fins were counted. There were is OF
on it. And there was Watsons DIE
Chihuahua in Darkness.
Rude collins were made by the
Americans in Chihuahua. to contain the
bodies OF their murdered cOuntrymen
after the report and confirmation Of
their murder had reached the city OF
Chihuahua The night that the tram,
from which the Americans nag pseIl
AIKEN and killed, returned to the city
OF Chihuahua the power plant OF the
city was shut down and the city was
left in absolute darkness, adding TO the
tenseness Of the general feeling OF me
city, the horror Of darkness and the
wild rumors Of the possible antl-Amer-
lean actions of the Villista sympa-
thizerS in the city, the Americans
spent a night or alarm, satheLeo 70
gether in the Foreign club OF the city.
There were about 100 Americans OF
which three were women
Nothinz had been left in the baggage
car OF the train but one old SUIT case.
Of the five dogs that were taken Dy
the Americans on the trip four re
turned. but one. a fine white OuLdog,
was badly hurt, having been shot
through the back The bulldog and an
Airdale dog belonged to C. + wat
SON Tuesday was spent by the Amer
leans in preparing the coffins-
Twenty Americans Accompany Train
There were some 20 Americans VINO
arrived on the death train up from chi.
huahua. and ten Of them were armed
with revolvers, automatics, and rlIles-
No trouble was looked for, they SAID,
but they were prepared Tney We're
there to see that the bodies OF IS muir
States soil without Mexican or any
other red tape, they said That was
their special job.
Keep in Touch With Death Tram.
The top floor Of the Mills building IN
Ell Paso was the nerve center or plans
to meet the death train. E. > PlumD
office was headquarters after night
fall. and continuous communication
was maintained with J. r Woodul sta
toned at the Juarez depot telegraph
office keeping in touch with the pro-
gress of the special bringing up -
American bodies. WoodUi spent the
rex, on the job Of tracing the death
train in its ncrthWard progress.
Enders Not Among Dead
In Z s Plumb's office the final lss
of names and addresses OF the dead
men was being compiled once more
There were IS tabulated. with 18TH
possibility in Joe Enders- The arrival
OF the train let Enders out His body
was not there
Two Canadians.
OF the IS Americans massacred in
western Chihuahua Monday, Is were
known TO be citizens of the United
States Two were declared to have
been Canadians, J. W Woon and A II.
Couch. The list Of them, official and
checked with the arrival Of the bodies
was forwarded TO the state department
at Washington before dawn Thursday
morning
J. v. Woon, whose father is en-
ployed by the Southern Pacific at
Houston; h c. Hase. Of Rolla and Kan
sas City, Mo; r h Simmons, whose
Watson, OF Ell Paso; Maurice Anderson.
Of Ell Paso; ]. P. Coy, of Los
Angeles; Aleck Hall, OF Douglas;
Ariz.; E. L Robinson, OF FL Paso; c.
A. Pringle. OF san Francisco; G. ".
Newman, Of FL PasO; ". D. Pearce, OF
Los Angeles; T. IL Evans, OF FL Paso;
NJ B. Romero. of FL PaSo; ". J. Wal
lace OF Tombstone and FL Paso; r. P.
Of FL Pas0: Charles Wad-
son, OF Fl Paso. and a H. Couch, Of
Ozona, Texas
Bodies Are Viewed.
TWO huge motor trucks backed I'D TO
the death train at the old Santa Fe
iepot and took off the IS bodies. Nine
OF them went 10 Peak & Cos undertak-
n6 rooms Nine more went TO Nagley
Z Kaster's- There the coffin lids were
Dried off Collector Cobb and the min
ng mems committee called at o'clock
in the morning, long before dawn. to
view the bodies.
All the bodies but WatsOn's were mu-
Hated BY vOlley after vOliey of rifle
nots poured into their heads and faces
-fter death The top of Simmons's head
vas blown completely Off Watson was