The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-01-12

 bandits yesterday after being taken i from a Mexico-N orthwestern train 50 miles west of Chihuahua City, robbed and stripped of their clothing, accord ing to a message received here last. night by H. c. Myles. British Vice Consul here, from British Consul Sco- we'll at Chihuahua City. 1 Thomas H. Holmes is the only mem 1 Der of the party known to hay" es- capped
 1 The known dead are: Watson, Charles R., General Man ager' of the Susihuirachi Company and 1 connected with the Kansas City Smelling and Refining Company in Chicago and Kansas City He was married in Kansas a month ago.
 Wallace, w. J., General Superintend- 1 ent, was formerly in charge of the 1 mining company's office in Chihua- hua-> He has wife living there and l two children
 Romero, N. B., chief bookkeeper, na- tive of New Mexico; has been con nected with the Pearson Syndicate, and has a family in Chihuahua Evans, Tom M., storekeeper of the 1 mining company, formerly a member of Lester 6 O., lumber dealers in Chi huahua.
 Pringle, c. A., mine foreman, for merly a foreman for the Pearson Com pany in Mexico; formerly lived in San Francisco.
 Anderson, Maurice, 25 years old, the son of Roland Anderson, manager of the Chihuahua Foreign Club at Chi huahua, wher his> mother lives 1 McHattons Robert F., stenographer for the mfnnss.s company, nephew of R.R F. Peale Nof 225 Fifth avenue, New York.
 Couch, Avery C., not known, except that he was a native Canadian and a natura1ized American; he was engaged as a miIman. Hall, Alexander, another rni11nnan, about whom little is known He work ed for the Phelps-Dodg Company in Douglas, Ariz-, before going to Mexi- Co.
 wadIe1gh, Charles, a mi11man. l Robinson, E. L.
 Newman, G. w
 Hasse, F C., a mine foreman; for Company, Miami, Ariz. Adams J.
 Simmons. R. H., master mechanic. Pierce, w. D.
 1 Woom,<J. w., Fl Paso. Crossette, Murray. H. Jones got a passport for the trip but 1t is not known whether he went. The Americans were returning from Chihuahua to-. mining properties at Cusihuiriachic. Their assai1ants are supposedly members of te forces of General Jose Rodriguez, a Villa ad-
 
 in the neighborhood
 Almost imrpe diatefy after the first news of tffe raid was received, a cen sorship was imposed on the wires be- tween Jaarez and Chihuahta City by the Carranza officials. This action was taken, it was said, until the story could, be verified from, official Mexican sources.''
 Rescue Party on Way.
 Last night a rescue party under es- cort of a troop train of Carranza sol diers was being formed to go out. to te scene of the reported massacre and bring back the bodies
 According to the brief messages re- ceived here, the train bearing the Americans was stopped by the ban dits about 50 miles west of Chihuahua City, the mining men were taken from the train, robbed, stripped naked. and lined up along the cars for execution. Holmes, it is said. was on the extreme end of the line. As the firing squad detailed by the bandit leader took position, it is reported, Holmes broke away and fled into the desert for his life
 With feet and body cut and bleed ing from stones and sharp cactus, the fugitive ran, without looking back, until he no longer heard the whistle of bullets pass him or the sound of AT1nS. a0a SuCCO0Q0O-- Tn T0acn1ng Mex1cans, it is reported, and was aid ed back to Chihuahua Gffy.
 Says He Hid In Car. @
 Another version of Holmes. escape was received late yesterday by officials of the Mexico. Northwestern Railroad in a message from officials at Chihua- hua City. It foI1ows:
 '@T. H. Holmes, a. member of the party, who, escaped, said that the p-T1 -1- day morning by 28 armed Mexicans at Kilometer 68. According to Holmes te foreigners in the group were or dered to a1ight. Holmes hid in the lavatory. From his hiding place, he watched his companions being strip them to march toward the west. Holmes descended from the train andN escaped in the darkness.
 J<'In a few minutes he heard shrieks immediately followed by/a fusilade of shots from the direction taken by the Americans and their captors.'
 News of the raid caused consterna- ton here, as many of the families of the men supposed to have been on board the train live here.
 List of the Victims.
 A verified list of American mining men in Chihuahua was prepared here from records of Mexican passports is sued This list contained IS names and, as Holmes message places the number taken from the train as IT, it is presumed one remained in Chi huahua. It has been telegraphed to the State Department at Washington.
 Holmes Gave First News. T
 The first news of the bandit raid was received here through a cryptic telegram from Holmes to officials of the American Smelling Go. asking them to- notify his wife that he had reached Chihuahua City and was safe. Whether he was prevented from send ing further information or supposed news of the occurrence already had reached EI Paso, is not known.
 His message aroused anxiety con- cerning the fate of the other men