Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-03-10

mined stand after reaching series of
hills, Is miles south of the border
The battalion after receiving q fresh
during the battle consisted of the
death of a corporal whose name has
not yet been learned. and the wound
ing Of Captain George Williams, who
sustained a bullet wound in the hand.
The Mexican casualties in this engage
ment were not reported. OF the 16
Americans killed eight were civilians
and eight soldiers. A revised list of
yesterdays casualties follows:
Civilians Killed:
w. G. Ritchie, hotel proprietor.
w. r. Walker, customs rider.
c. G. Miller, druggist.
Mrs. Milton James.
J. s. Dean.
]. J. Moore.
DR.. Fl. ]. Hart, Ell Paso.
w. A. Davidson, Ell Paso.
Soldier Dead
Harry Wiswall, corporal, Troop G..
Frank T. Kendvall, horseshoer,
Troop K.
Corporal Paul Simon.
John Neivergert, band sergeant.
Fred a. Griffin, private, Troop K.
Sergeant Marg A. Dobbs, machine
gun troop.
Thomas Butler, Troop F.
Unnamed corporal.
Wounded Civilians
Milton James.
NJ. Pucha.
Mrs. j. ]. Moore.
Wounded Soldiers
Lieut.. G. c. Benson, Troop G.
Jesse P. Taylor, Troop f.
Theodore KalZorke, Troop L.
Michael Barmazel, machine gun
troop.
John Marlborough, Troop X.
James Venner, Troop NJ.
John Keough, Troop G.
Captain George Williams.
Private James Veeder, Troop X.
All the wounded are expected to
recover. In addition to those killed
by Villas men in Columbus. several
| others are believed to have been
executed by the bandit chieftain be-
fore the American invasion. Arthur
Mckinney, William Corbett and James
| ONeill, employees of the Palomas
Land and Cattle Company, which
property was raided on March 1, were
captured and are said to have been
Frank Hayden, taken prisoners near
Pearson, Chihuahua, recently, are also
believed to have been killed.
Take Baby From Mother
| Mrs. Maud Fl. Wright, wife of John
Edward Wright, was taken prisoner
with her husband and after nine days
in captivity was released during the
height of the battle in Columbus.
Her baby, she said, was taken from
her and she was told given to Mex
lean family.
Mrs. Wright related how she learned
Villa had premeditated the attack
upon Columbus, and of the privations
endured by the bandits in their over
land journey to their objective. A
Mexican soldier she said. told her that
the members of the Mormon colony
near Casas Grandes had been slain
by bandits. In carrying out his plan
for the attack, Villa is said to have
sent spies to study the situation and
report the strength of the American
forces stationed at Columbus. In
connection with this alleged method,
Lebrado Marquee, a Mexican resident
under arrest here is believed to have
pointed out to the marauders the
houses in which Americans lived. A
search of Mexican homes for arms
was also made by the Federal author
tiles.
A telegram ostensibly from the
manager of the Palomas cattle COM
pany received here yesterday and stat
ing that Villa was there is now be-
lieved to have been sent by Villa him
self as a ruse to cloak his movements.
Accordingly when Villa was thought
many miles from Columbus, he crept
upon the city and in darkness opened
fire and applied the torch.
Quiet prevailed here early to-day.
Trains which arrived over night were
held here until daylight to avoid the
possibility of attack from the Mex
lean side.
TWO Mexican wounded, one a Villa
general named Garcia, died at the
American army hospital early to-day.
The pocketbook of T. NJ. Evans,
one of the Americans killed in the
Santa Ysabel massacre, was found on
the body of Pablo Lopez, second in
command to Villa.
A considerable force of armed
civilians left Hachita to-day for Glib
sons ranch, fifteen miles west, upon
receipts of a report that body of
Mexican bandits had appeared near
that point. Col. II. ]. Slocum imme-
diately took steps to determine the
correctness of the report.
Dispatches to the Mexican en-
bassy said that the Carranza consul
at Columbus was among the missing
and expressed the fear that he had
been killed. Eliseo Arredondo, GEN
eral Carranza's ambassador, said he
had communicated with his govern
ment, after his talk yesterday with
Secretary Lansing but had received no
reply.