New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-06-30

question" he said. "If Captain Boyd
had orders TO 90 through Carrlzal 10
Villa Ahumads, he demonstrated that
he was a very brave man and mat ne
would make every effort TO carry out
his orders. II he did not have orders
TO 20 through to Villa Ahumada, ne be-
haved very foolishly."
Three hours later. when Spllls5ury
had crossed 10 the American side Of the
international bridge, he was asked;
"Do YOU know the contents OF the
statement General Trevino issued re-,
earding your claim that the Oi!rlzeI
fight resulted from Captain Boyds &C
tom"
81 do" he answered.
DO you still stick to that e'a'e-
ment7"
al certainly do" d.. 81
"Were YOU coerced into making it?'
81 was not"
you will not change your story now now,
hot Won are safe on American soil ~
NO. I certainly will not. But / refuse
N answer any more questions
Salisbury said that immediately on
his arrival in Chihuahua City the com.
msnder of the Mexican army corps or
the north sent for him and asked him
"a outline the Csrrizsl encounter as ne
saw H. which he did He said he was
unable 10 saw who fred the first shot,
and added that the American command
engaged there numbered rs men, ten OF
the original SIS comprising the detaen-
ment having been sent back from Santa
Maria.
Tells of Boyd's Orders.
I've had been on scouting expedl-
ton for sevral days, when captain
/ Charles T. Boyd, commanding the
troops. told me that we were Douhu
for Villa Ahumada TO investigate re-
norts that bandits were in that vlcinlty
and 70 locate a deserter," he SAID. e
srrived outside Carrizal a week ago
/ last Wednesday, and Captain BOYD sent
a messenger into General Felix Gomez
commanding the Csrranza troops Ihete'
asking permission 70 pass through tng
town toward Ahumada on peSceIu'
general Gomez replied by sending
Lieutenant Colonel Rivas out 20 COM
with Captain Boyd. A par!ey' at "hl1h
| was Interpreter, was held IN inc 80 49,
-" - the Geld. The Mexican ofhcer
toId Captain Boyd that his orders were
tbat Americans could not advance
9Th east or west. Captain Boyd then
ssted for a personal interview win
General Gomez. This was granted.
"General Gomez reiterated the IN,
formation given by his subordinate and
rotnrned 10 his lines. A few minutes
go almost simultaneously, bota
cor,mands formed in lines OF skirmlsh
Then a detachment Of Carranza troops
ran aTound our left flank, apparently
80 srrround US. We found ourselves
a., tba centre OF line OF Mericans
.tx.tch;n0 In a horseshoe-lke curve
about us Then the firing began
Two Machine Guns Used.
OF don't know who began IT. ou'
f-on tbe centre Of the horseshoe
WsYican machine gun poured hail OF
hrlIets at us. while from the point OIL
the curve on our left flank anothef was
firing at as. ...o- .bo secont
Conference he had urged Captain Do!'
not TO advance in the race OF tile III
trarv orders of the Mexican IeSuei
but was told that the ofhcer shou''
follow instructions 81 o,
"'Don't fire until you are fred upon
BOYS : heard Captain boyu shou' !"
he gave the order 70 advance over m'
earnest protest" the scout Aoueu
Snillsburv said he was surrounde'
bv n hand of Mexicans, who forced hin
TO surrender and threatened 70 S'''
him Immediately.
"Thev said had fred the shots tina
Killed their leader and they called M
the 'teiano.' and seemed 20 believe Una
vas a Texas Mexican. and consequent
IL in their opinion, traitor TO Mexico
| Until with the other prisoners, m!
arms ware bound and ] was put IN
stock car bound for chihuahua City,
believed that was 20 be executed.
"The soldiers also believed the!
were 70 be killed, but ! assured them
they were not, and, as we got 1urtnel
MO the interior, our confidence be
con 20 come back. But again at Chr
Suabua CITY | was told that the Gov
srnor Of the state had ordered m!
execution. and not until | had talAe'
with General Trevino was l relieved
OF the impression.
story OF Killing Wounded Men.
II WAS In the immigration statioi
that the negro troopers told thell
storiee Of the Carrizsl tight and theil
experiences at Villa Ahumada and Chr
huahua City
William d. Gibson, Archie Jones AM
Luther Alexander. the latter two beint
slightly wounded in the arm, were EN-
phatic in their statements that I'M
Mexicans shot the wounded American
on the field at Csrrizal.
"Those who could speak little Eng
hsh Dragged about shooting our boy
while we were going through via
Ahumada," Jones said. Several boys
living Just beyond me al Carrlzal wer,
not fatally wounded. but when | wen
past them after losing consciousness
they were dead with several bulle
wounds in their bodies
"Thev stole my S400, my half-cara
diamond ring and my l7-jewel watch,
Gibson said, land when we were pass
-. .hrouob villa AhumaQa an(