Arizona republican., 1916-08-01
THREE MEXICAN
BANDITS SLAIN
TWOARE CHASED
Republican A. p. Lessec wirel

Republican A. p. Lezsec Wire1
Ell PASO. Texas, July 31-Carran-
"a soldiers and customs guards are
tonight pursuing two of the five
Mexican bandits who crossed the
American border today and fought
with a detail of the Eighth United
States cavalry reinforced by a de-
tachment of Mexican troops. killing
two Americans and wounding a third,
into the desert south of San Ignacio,
Chihuahua
Reports from Captain Marcelo Mar
ullo, commanding the detachment.
composed of about six soldiers and
six Mexican customs guards. received
in JuareZ tonight said that the out
laws We're last seen about eight miles
south Of the American frontier. He
added that indications that at least
one of the two fugitives is wounded
were contained in the discovery of
blood spots on the sand and upon a
clump Of mesquite near which they
apparently stopped to rest
At the For; Bliss hospital, where
Sergeant Lewis Thompson. of Bloss-
burg, Pa, was taken suffering from
a bullet wound in the left shoulder il
was asserted that his condition Is
John Twoney. of Paterson. n. j., and
| Robert Wood. a United States GUS
toms inspector, killed in the engage
ment. were brought here tonight.
W ood who lived at Fort Hancock,
was q years old and native OF
Strawberry Point, Iowa. He entered
the government service last Saturday
and began his work only few hours
/ before he was killed.
! At military headquarters here and
I in JdareZ. belief was expressed tonight
that the bandit chase would not con-
tinue long, it being pointed out that
the bandits are fleeing afoot across
the desert which affords little water
and no food while their pursuers are
well mounted and heavily armed
i At military headquarters here an
nouncement was made that in view of
the fact that the Mexican troops CO.
operated actively in the engagement
with the American detachment and
is making vigorous pursuit of the
outlaws. no United States troops will
cross the border.
Troops f.. l.. and II. of the Eighth
cavalry at Fort Bliss, ordered under
arms today, later were ordered to,
their barracks. General Bell asserting
that the garrison of sixty men at
Fort Hancock. composed of eighteen
caValTymen and a detachment of the
Eighth Massachusetts is adequate to
cope with any possible emergency
| Detailed reports of the engagement
received here tonight by General
George Bel. Jr. commanding the El
Paso military district indicated that
earlier reports that Lieutenant Charles
Telford was in personal command of
the detachment of his troops engages
were erroneous.
Private Francis f. Sheain, of BaIti-
more Nj. Of the hospital corps who
brought Sergeant Thompson to the
Fort Bliss hospital made a personal
report to General Bell
+ We left Hancock at 4 o'clock this
! morning, SAID Sheain. with a de-
tachlnent Of six cavalrymen. besides
myself. Lieutenant Telford and the
| tive customs inspectors, Wood and
; Bean
!, After riding southeast about five
d miles we approached hut on a
e rough mesa. covered with willow and
mesquite and near the river. Here
| TWO 0f the cavalry men dropped be-
5 hind as horse holders and the rest oi
n us went on afoot. Inspector Wood
Sergeant Thompson and Private
= twoney were sent off to the right, and
r Inspector Bean and Private Stoke
= kaufman and myself went to the left
o we lay under mesquite bushes fol
n while, watching the house but coulc
: not see sign of life Then we al
moved up to about 25 yards A dog
came out the back door, and prett,
! soon | saw mans back
Rean row moved up to the house
and the rest of us followed. He call
ed out something in Spanish and a,
old man came out and answered
Bean told US q bandit was in there.
AT that moment, | heard the clicl
Of shell being slipped into a gun
. ! jumped around the corner of th
hut. bis Mexican with bandolier
d swung across his shoulders stenpe,
out quickly and raised his gun q
d Wood. | tried to beat him to it an
V SO did Wood. Put he got in a sec
: ond too soon and Wood fell Tn
$ Mexican fell at my first shot, and
: finished him with second.
10 Il dropred back and began firin
d at the house. and the house and tn
% two adobe sheds when | heard Thomp
= SOC cry. They've got me. doc
Il I dragged Thompson behind a mes
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