The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1916-05-11
ANOTHER MEXICAN RAID.
FOUR KILLED WHEN OUTLAWS
MAKE ATTACK.
1t Has Not Been Determined Whether
Outlaws We're Villa or Car.
rama Followers.

Ell PasO, Texas, May 7.-Three
American soldiers and a 10-year-old
boy have lost their lives and two
American citizens have been kidnap-
ped and carried south of the inter-
national boundary to almost certain
death in another raid of Mexican ban
dts that takes rank with Francisco
Villas famous attack on Columbus,
New Mexico. Whether the marau-
ders 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
settlements near the border-Glenn
Springs, Boquillas and Deemers-
took place on Friday night and Sat-
urday morning, but news of it did
not reach here until today.
Report to Funston.
Practically all the details of the
raid reaching here today came to
Gen. Funston from Major O. B.
Meyers, of the 18th cavalry, station
ed at Maria. According to Major Mey-
ers the bandits, about seventy-five in
number, crossed the Rio Grande late
Friday afternoon at point south OF
Terlingua, Tex, where there is a
guard of about thirty men.
From there they proceeded east
ward through the desolate reaches of
the Big Bend country over an old
wagon road toward Glenn Springs, a
small ranch settlement.
A few miles west of Glenn Springs
an American patrol Of eight men
from Troop A, Of the 14th cavalry,
under command of Sergt. Smith, was
stationed. The bandits began an at
tack on the little temporary shack
in which the eight troopers were
quartered before the single seminal
could raise an alarm. The time was
about II o'clock.
The attackers rushed toward the
shack shouting viva Villa!" and
viva Carranza!" They were met by
a sturdy defence from the half asleep
Americans, however, and failed in
their evident attempt to make a
quick capture of the patrol guard.
Three Killed.
From II o'clock that night until
after o'clock in the morning Sergt
Smith fought the Mexicans from the
shelter of the patrol house. In that
time three of his men, Privates
Cohen, Coloe and Rogers, had been
killed and he and all the rest were
wounded. Then the shack caught
fire.
1t was impossible to stay longer so
Sergt. Smith ordered a retreat. Two
Of his men were so badly wounded it
was necessary to carry them.
Smith and the other men succeed
ed in removing the badly wounded
and took out the bodies of the three
dead men and carried them to place
of safety.
There was motor truck ATTACHED
to the camp. The dead and danger
ously wounded men were loaded into
this and sent toward Marathon, a sta
tion on the Southern Pacific, IS miles
north.
One man accompanied the truck
This left Smith and two others to en-
gage the bandits. They retreated to
the low hills and fought from behind
rocks and mounds of gravel.
Mexicans Retreat.
While this was going on, ranch
men Of the vicinity heard the shoot
ing and hurried to the scene. Al
though few in number they formed
an adequate reinforcement and about
4 o'clock, as dawn neared, the Mexi-
cans retreated.
This was five hours after the fight
ing began. The bandits rode toward
the east until they came to Glenn
Springs. There they looted gen.
eral store and killed the 10-year-old
son of G.. G. Compton. Then they
proceeded to Boquillas, few miles
north of the Rio Grande, where they
seized supplies and forage and rode
on again.
Their next stop was at Deemers.
Here, according to the reports receiv
ed in Ell Passo, they looted the gen
eral store of John Deemers. Then
they crossed back into Mexico, TAX
ing with them Deemers and Louis
Coy, man in his employ.
1t is believed that Deemers and
Coy were killed after being taken to
the Mexican side.
News Sent to Funston.