Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1916-05-11

Alpine, Tex, May Villa bandits
Rio Grandc Friday night and sweeping
fifteen miles inland on American soil
raided the little settlement of Glenn
Springs and attacked "a detachment OF
American cavalry, consisting of nine
mon, of Troop a, Nth cavalry.
Three troopers and a little ten-year
old boy were killed, two cavalrymen
were wounded and another is missing.
lie is believed to be a prisoner of the
bandits who are now fleeing southwark
into Coahuila, Mex.
Two American citizens. j. Deemer
and man named Compton, according
to reports received here. were carried
across the Rio Grandc and reports have
it that their threats were cut. a
posse of fifty citizens of Marathon to-
| night are in pursuit of the Nillistas.
lei Paso, TEX, May Three Amer
lean soldiers and a ten-year- boy
have lost their lives and two Amer
lean citizens have been kidnapped and
carried south of the international
boundary to almost certain death in
smother raid of bandits that takes rank
Iumbus, y. NJ. Whether the marauders
were Villa bandits or Carranza forces
IS not known.
The bandits foray carrying them
through the southern limits of Brew
ster county in the Big Bend district OF
Texas. and taking in three little set
Elements near the border--Glenr
Springs. Boquillas and Decmers---
took place on Friday night and Sat
urday morning. but news of it did not
reach here until to-day.
Within an hour. preparations hat
been begun for adequate action. Major.
General Frederick Funston ordered
that four troops of cavalry should pro.
coed to the raided section to reinforc,
small dctachments already on theil
way to the scene from Preside, Alpine
and other points.
These troops got under way tonight
j is said here that if the cXigcncies o
the case demand such action they vii
cross the border in order to run dowr
snd dispcrsc the bandits. The force con
sists of two troops OF the Eighth cavalr.
from Fort Bliss, Fl Paso, under Majo
George r. Langhorno and two troops o
the Fourteenth cavalry from Fort Clark
under col Friedrich w. Siblcy, com
Iander of the Fourteenth.
Tho two dctaChments are expected t
d"train tomorrow morning, Major Lang
hornc's at Alpine and Colonel Sibley's n
Marathon. From these points they vii
march south ninety miles to the border.
While military events were developins
with such rapidly, the conference owe
the cooperation Of American and Mex
Can soldiers in Mexico which had beer
expected to reach n elimination to-day
came to an abrupt halt
Generals Scott and Funston met Gen
ran sub-secretary of foreign affairs il
the immigration station at the American
end Of the international bridge shortl,
after II o'clock this morning, for what
had been expected to he their final con
ference. 1t developed later however
that practically the only matter dis
cusscd was the bandit raid at Glenr
Springs.
What was said at the meeting wa:
mot divulEed. Immediately afterwar,
General Obregon and Secretary Amadol
hurried to Iuarez, where they entered
General Obregon's private car and hegar
j conference which lasted three hours
General Gavira, commander Of the
Juarez garrison, General Santos ant
Andres Garcia, Mexican consul in +
laso, took part in this discussion
Tonight General Obrcgon was il