The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-04-14
Indications Point to Treachery
on Part of Carranzistas. Who
Put Shippers in Ambush
HAD NO INTIMATION
ATTACK INTENDED
Americans Peacefully Passing
Through Parral Fired On
Quickly Made 1t Hot for En-
envy $50 of Whom Dead
tBy I'll. II. STANsBURY. ,

tBy I'll. II. STANSBURY.1
ia Paso, Tex, April l3,--Ope
American soldier was killed. and
twenty wounded yesterday by
Mexican Shippers, citizens of Par.
raj.
The attack or the American
iorce was made with arms issued
by the Carranza, garrison eou-
mltndsr at that point
HE force attacked WAS de-
fachment OF the Thirteenth cav
airy, which chased Pancho Villa
across the Durango border ON
Monday night.
The troops had been forced to
turn back for lack of supplies.
Ibes had no warning of the at
tack, and were half way through
the town when the firing began.
RETURNED FIRE.
To protect themselves they dis
mounted, depioycd and returned
the fire.
The Geographic adyIces by
which the news of the engage
nicnt was conveyed to the bor-
der declare that not less than
100 Mexicans were killed.
These messages also carried
the assertion that members Of
the Carranza garrison took mart
In the fighting.
General Funston at O'Clock
this evening had received no Of
fetal notification of the engage
nfent. official status had srru
given TO the news. however. nv
fAAsA Nnt 80 al
cram from Consul Letcher at
Chihuahua.
The effect of the news has been
to start hurried preparations to
prevent an immediate attempt TO
cut the lines of communication
between Columbus and $4,000
troops now I'm the field.
No living authority north or
south Of the border can predict
what the developments Of the
next forty-eight hours will he"
said the highest military author
its In this vicinity when he read
the report from Parrai.
TEARS AWAY SHAM
both military and civil an.
tnorifies declared the tncidcnt
serves to tear aside the ,.IoaL ~
sham behind which the Carrnnxa
government has protested their
cooperation with the effort or thu
United States TO capture villa.
The frantic efforts Of the NcXt-
can officials to minimize the Inn.
portance OF the affair ne repards
TO casualties, clearly indicates
fear OF an uprising which tI,ev
VIII be unable TO cope with.
Mexican fashion. they s,harve
full responsibility for the att,rl.
TO the commander of the .tmcrs-
can force.
oBREGON's ACCOUNT.
Minister of War Alyaro OBJ
RECON sent the following COM
inunication TO General Gabriel
tsavira, the Carranza commander
at Juarex.
MY department desires 10
bring to the knowledge OF the
army the lamentabIe incident o.
curing yesterday In the city OF
ParTaI, In the State OF Chihua-
hna. between the people OF that
city and an American force be-
longing to the troops engaged I'm
the pursuit of Villa, communicates
this to You In order that In your
turn You make 1t known To your
suborsifiates and give IL also to
the press, 50 the people may know
the facts as they are.
"At 1 o'clock In the afternoon
an American force, composed Of
$50 men entered parral. Our
commander notified the com-
mander OF the said force that the
Americans should vacate. The
commander Of the Americans be-
gan to carry out the wish of the
authorities when the people of
the city organized . meeting III
protest against the entrance into
the city Of the American troops
without permission.
1.-THE civil authorities tried tn
avoid q conflict, hut their forces
were not sufficient to handle tlae
situation. In the friction which
resulted, one American soldfev
was killed and several citizens
were wounded.
ssThe municipal president.
Jose De In Lux Herrera, and tins
Constitutional Generals Gnrcaz.
IMzano and Hernandez. with s0usr
of their officials and troops, trten
To calm the people. thus avOltllng
an incident which might Aaxe -
summed very large prOpQrt1nsx9s
American forc0 left the c1f4. s
II bare inf0szaed -