The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1916-04-07
U. S Irsspss, llsasf Cs!sasl
Dodd, Altad 500 Bandits.
THRn-@f DEAD N QRPnd heHI
villa. With Hip Shattered. Escapes %
Wagon End Of Gang Seems
Near "A Americans M

EPaso = FOar hundrsd American
savalrynea, under The command of
coaonel George A. pcdA vhirsinx
down from the granite Slopes Of ths
xrest eoatinsntal divias. have fallen
I Ike a thundsrbolt On the maln BODY
OS Frnnciseo Villas bandits At The San
GcrOnimo rHneh scattering them like
eAaa Ia the wsnd. ard driving The
bandit chief. w0anded ard srsPpssd %
seek hiding place in the mountains
over which be has ruled foe 20 many
years. villa vas hurried frosa danger
IL . carriage.
ne battle opsnnd at s O'Clock In
tho naornsng Of March -.
The news 81 the hriiliSnt expleis Of
the American troopers was flashed
over The Mexican wires into Juarrn
Saturday and sent . thrill along the
border. Fer ~ hours the veteran
Colou~l Dosd and his picked riders os
the Seventh and Tsnth Cavalry drive
down he valley of the SMrta Maria
river. At the end of bSmile ride
they hszrss apon the unsaspeesing camp
where 500 h4ntits wcru eeiehrating
The massacre u l72 cHrranza soidsers
two DAYS prsyiously AZ GasrrSro
villa shot ;hro1gh the les ard with
one hip shattered. vas hgrTied frcfn
the srene barely in tine 70 escape ths
cuslazxht II the sohiiers q the NoEth-
The bMndsts uade hrief bot hope-
less stnnua before The hrree ehArge of
Colonel DosSd ard bis trooperx Th<n
they broke ard hed. leaving 81 dsad
On ghe heaa. ineinding their command
cr. Generai Eiis<e Hernzndez. Two
rsachine guna. several horses. FiseA.
arasnznition ard squipnent fell Into
the Aaras of the vietorE.
Among tho known w0unded Is Pablo
Lopez. Villa lisusenaaf In tbs Colnns-
bus raid Tbs AmeFicnn casualties
were four privAtes w0undea.
The American soldiern did nct Hngur
ON tha fieid Of victory. Fer ave hours
they drove the enemy before them into
the wilderness cs mountain peak. de@-
ert and canyon, where roads. CT even
trails. are unknown ard where q mis-
step rneans death 10 horse and rider.
They halted only after the chase had
led them ten miles from the battlefield
ard the fugitiyes wsrs scattered far
and wide In little bands Of half a dozen
men each.
Villas career has erded. His power
has been broken. His death or cap
ture Is q question only of days. per
hnps only hours. Such Il the incvit-
able conclusion reached here As little
by little the details Of "Docid's ride"
seep across the border. II seems Inn
possible that the crippled. defeated
bandit can remain hidden long even In
the mountainous wastes In which ne
has sought refuge.
The scene Of Colonel Dodd'a victory
is q broad valley lying at the head Of
the Rio Santa Mara. On the west
there are barren foothills Of the con-
tinentaI divide and to the east IL q
trail, made famous by villa. which
leads through the Laguna dc Castillo
district TO the iIl-famed Santa Ysabei.
| II was At the latter place that villa
killed IS American mining men. q
crime which sent thrill Of horror
throughout the United States and
marked the beginning Of what many
believe 90 be the end Of his blood
stained career. IL was toward Santa
Ysabel that he was believed TO have
been heading when the troopers Of the
United States swept down from the
North on his camp.
From the meagre details which have
reached here from Mexican and Amer
lean military sources. II appears that
Colonel Dodd's men made their way
unnoticed through the arroyoa, or deep
gulches, which split the foothills In all
directions, and were almost In the
camp before the alarm was given.