Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-01-14
FUNERAL TRAIN, WITH IS BODIES
 REACHES TEXAS
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(Continued from Page 1.) fate that had befallen them and the Mexicans who were allowed to re- turn unmolestcd fully verified the sgd news.
 Said they. We saw. them ordered If the car and then the shooting be- san. Some ran, but they are all dead. The Villistas told us to go back hone and to tell the Carranzis;as to send some troops out for them to get to work on.'
 The foreigners hastensd back to the club to await the result of an in- terview between Captain 'Scovell, the British consul, at present represent ing American interests in absence of Nil. Letcher, and General Trevino.
 C&rranzistas Move Slowly.
 "Tha general promised to send Out troop train early in the Lmorning. He gave permission for all foreigners who cared to go along to carry arms to assist in recovery the bodies.
 "A number volunteered and later assembled at the Mexico North western, railroad depot. f;s .v".3sstss san.
 "We waited from 3 a. m. toe,9 a., II. Tuesday for the soldiers to entrain tl.eir horses and then got into small following train of three box cars and a caboose. Because of wet wood fuel and caution of the military train, tt took us six hours to ge- to Santa Isa- bel, about 35 miles, and five miles short of the scene of the massacre.
 sv Gorni4 in mand of the troops, had already dis embarked some cavalry. who went 9 short distance ahead. ~ s,
 "The military train had a platform ahead of the engine with three ma chine guns and four more, in box cars behind.
 Mexicans Give. Warning.
 "But at Santa Isabel the. colonel decided to abandon the train, holding u. there for some time. The sun was getting low and we realized that if we did not complete our task we might never get the bodies away. We interviwed hin. and finally got him TO put ten soldiers in our train and permit us to go ahead. We got with .n a mile of the tragedy when we were stopped by two excited Mexl- cans who urged the crew to reverse the engine and we moved back to Santa Isabel.
 eve there found that the two men had been part of the train crew oi Watsonis train and had been heN n,isoners and that the troops, pre- snmably bandits, were just over the r.ll awaiting us.
 "presently their advance guard t,pped the rise shortly after ana waited there leisurely counting our forces. ,1
 eve finally persuaded the colonel to give us 60 mounted men to go with ,.s abreast of the train and on which we had now mounted two machine guns: We got to the scene of the tragedy just as the sun went down;
 "As the train cane 10 a stands'ill We could dimly see the wrecked tram that had halted the Watson train anu then our eyes fell upon a. patch Of white that showed up against the rocky cut. Rifles in hand, we jump cd from the train and hastened up.
 Fourteen Nude Bodies in Pilc.
 "Heaped up in g pile were 14 bodies stripped of all clothing. bu. their undersffrts. Some of them were nunctured with many holes while without exception the features were so disfigured by close shooting that identification was difficult.
 I've dropped our rifles and with ont .peech ran for blankets to carry the dead into the car.
 "When they wire all loaded, our escort started back. We only moved a few yards when the engine left the track nearly an hour later we had IL back on. .on
 "Finally we got to Santa lsanei ahout g o'clock that night to find all wires down. We feared that they had been cut ey Villa, who might be rlanHYHg an attack upon us. We had a cons ultation and finally secured permission to proceed to Chihuanus Cuy, where early in the morning | committee t.ok charge of the bodies.
 .The train had been footed Of $2O.- GOO in silver and currency, apart from tfe personal belongings of the men.