Judsonia weekly advance., 1916-04-05
COLONEL DODD ATTACKED AZ TER RIDING 55 MILES IN
 17 HOUNS.
THIRTY MEXICANS KILLED
Villa, Shot Through the Leg and With One Hip Shattered Was Hurried From Scene Barely in Time to
 Escape Onslaught of Soldiers.

El PaSO.-FOur hundred American cavalrymen, under the command of Colonel George A. Dodd, whlrling down from the granite slopes of the great continental divide, have fallen on the main body of Francisco Villa's bandits at the San Geronimo ranch, scattering them and driving the ban dit chief, wounded and crippled, to seek hiding place in the mountains over which he has ruled for so many years. Villa was hurried from danger l in a carriage The American losses were but four men wounded.
 The news of the brilliant exploit | of the American troopers were flashed over the Mexican wires into Juarez and sent thrill along the border
 For IT hours the veteran Colonei Dodd and his picked riders of the l Seventh and Ten%h cavalry drove down the valley of the Santa Maria river At the end of a 55-mile ride they burst upon the unsuspecting Vil- 1 lista camp, where 500 bandits were celebrating the massacre of TIP Car. i IdIlLlSldS JMO IdyS pISNlOuoIJ GU rero. Villa, shot through the leg and with one hip shattered, was hurried from the scene, barely in time to escape the onslaught of the Ameri. can soldiers.
 Make Only Brief Stand.
 The bandits made a brief but hope less stand before the charge of the troopers Then they broke and fled, leaving 31 dead on the field, includ, ing Gen. Eliseo Hernandez, Two ma chine guns, number of horses, rifles, ammunition and equipment fell into the hands of the Americans.
 Among the known wounded is Pab, 10 Lopez, Villas lieutenant in the Go, lumbus raid
 The American soldiers for five hours drove the enemy before them into the wilderness of mountain peak, desert and canyon, where roads or even trails are unknown, and where a misstep means death to horse and rider. They halted only after the chase had led them 10 miles from the battlefield, and the fugitives were scattered far and wide in little bands of half dozen men each.
 Villa Near the End.
 Villas career has ended, his power has been broken. His death or cap ture is only question of days, per haps only hours. Such is the conclu- sion reached here. It seems impossi- ble that the crippled and defeated bandit can long remain hidden, even in the mountainous wastes in which he has sought refuge.
 The scene of Colonel Dodd's victory is a broad valley lying at the head of the Rio Santa Maria On the west rise the barren foothills of the continental divide and to the east is trail which leads through the Laguna de Castilla district to Santa Isabel. It was toward Santa Ysabel that he was believed to be heading when the troopers swept down from the north upon his camp.
 Colonel Dodds men made their way unnoticed through the deep gulches, which split tho foothills in all direc- tions, and were almost in the camp before the alarm was given. Villa IS reported to have been in a small tent nursing his injuries when the crash of the American volleys awoke him to action. The extraordinary hold Villa has over his followers is shown 1 by the fact that their first thought was to save him. Unable to walk or ride, he was hurriedly placed in a light wagon and driven over the rough mountain trails to some secret lair.
 While 31 of the bandits are known to have been killed, it is said that the number may have been considerably l larger. Nothing is known as to the number wounded.
 The last outrage placed to the ac- count of Villa occurred at Minaca, about 10 miles southeast of Guerrero Here the Villistas are reported to have murdered Herman Blankenberg, a mine foreman, and two other fereign- CTS It is believed that the two un. known victims were Americans. Four Americans-Asklin, Temple, Locke and Dr. Steel are known to have been in or near Minaca recently.
 After the battle on the San Geroni- mo ranch the American soldiers re, leased large number of General Car ranzas men whom Villa was holding,
 It is not certain that Villa took part in these murders, as it is hardly pos. ], sible that he could have made his way from Minaca to the San Geronimo ranch, 30 miles northeast in the time elapsing between the murder of the three foreigners and the battle on the l ranch.
 Some time before the Minaca mas. l acre Villa descended on Guerrero. where he slaughtered all the Carran- zistas he could find.
 It is probable that it was In the guerrilla battle that Villa was l wouHded.