Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1916-01-13

!: The capture was made by MAXI
miano Marquee. it was said. He is an
employe of the Heacst interests at
Babrlcora and is now at Madnra keep
ing order with about 125 americans
and n few soldiers. The message
stated that Rodriguez was nhet In a
pitched battle. defeated and his men
scattered, captured and killffd.
one of the women reported killed
at MADEIRA was said to be the wife
of Captain Jack Leftbridile. retired
British army officer, who's with an
| English woman companion. Mrs.
Berry. had been staying at Babricora
Ranch, the Hearst property.
Tho bodies of the eighleen Ameri
cans killed Monday near Santa
Ysabel, Western Chih hahua, were
taken in charge by unfiertakers pre-.
paratory to- sending them to relatives
in various parts of the. country.
| The body'of Joseph Finders, reported
/ to have been Killed. was not among
those arriving today.
f, Il. Stephenson. secretary of the
! Mining and Smeltel. Mems Associa-
! ton, of Chihuahua, who organized
the party that recovered the bodies,
said that the heads were almost blown
off.
"They were stripped of clothing be-
fore being dragged out of the ears
and killed." said Stephenson. When
we arrived at the scene of the
massacre a Carranza guard remained
at Santa Ysabel. where we found a
number of the bandits encamped
We returned to the troop train to get
a machine gun and then proceeded to
the place where the bodies were
| heaped.
An expedition which left Chihuahua
| City to recover the bodies of the slain
| Americans were informed by the sta
| tion agent at Santa Ysabel that Ben
| iamin Smell and Frank Woods passed
| there bound west half an hour after
the Watson train was reported In
trouble. The station agent said he
warned the two men to return, but
| they said they were armed and feare&
no trouble. Nothing later was heard
of the party and 1t is believed that
! thew met the fate of the Watson
] train.
| Following is the statement of Mr..
| Holmes as given 20 the State Depart
ment and press:
"Our train left Chihuahua city Mon.
day morning, January TO- at about Il
o'clock. The train was stopped at or
about the Ranch Baeza, a point about
| five miles west of Santa Ysabel. be-
tween 1:3D and 2 o'clock that after
noon. While the train was standing
at the station of Santa Ysabel two
armed MeXicans rode by and
scrutinized the train. The Mexican
passengers at Santa Ysabel told me
afterwar1 that the riders had inquired
if there were any soldiers on the
train.
! Train stopped in Cut.
! "At tho point of the massacre our
train was stopped in a cut so that the
! last car was just inside of the cut
/ We we're stopped by another train.
the front trucks of one of the coal
cars of which were seen TO be off the
track. This was the first we knew
of a train preceding us There was
nobody to be s a around the train in
| front.
when our train was stopped New
man and l w re sitting together and
! Evans came up and looked out of our
window Evans, Newman, Machatton
and | then got off train. Watson
was either getting off or about to do
so when l looked back and saw him.
Just after alighting | heard volley
of rifle shots from point on the other
side of the cut and just above the
| train.
Looking around could see bunch
of about twelve or fifteen men stand
ing on a solid line, shoulder to
shoulder. shooting directly at us
They were fifty or seventy-five feet
away. The coach cut off my view, so
could not see how many bandits
there were. The depth of the cut on
the side near Santa Ysabel River at
that point was about two feet. On
the other side it was much greater
! To the rear Of the train was an en-
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