El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-15
BANDIT : RAID
LANG'S RANCH
Cowboys on American Side
Form Posse to Pursue
the Raiders.
Confined From Page ~


appearing near the American border is
now known to have been for the pur-
pose Of getting ammunition. shells and
rifles for the Villa force which he
commands before the expected attack
on Juarez was started.
Government agents Ic-e have been ,
watching the movement of ga number
OF well known American and liesi-au
ammunition smug-lers uIo r1v- been
unusually busy recently in the vicinity
OF H2ckita. Columbus and other border
points These agent said tne- had
positive information that quantities OF .
ammunition had been suuuEsled across :
the border to Salazar both east and &
vets of Columbus and that this -mmu- B.
milton was being cached south of the .
line for transportation on mules 20 the I
Villa base III the vicinity OF Nado
Fusiles
The raids across the border. ;rey say. :
We're made for the purpose o. drawing .
the United States army patrol TO the .
JOE" district i'm order that ammunition I
might be rushed across the line else
where.
scents Make Win Search. /
Corner Ranch. \ NJ. tBy Automobile +
Courier TO Hacidta. y. NJ FEB. Ii
Mormon scouts led by Lem Sp.Ilsbury,
recently a civilian scout with the Amer
lean expedition in Mexico. crossed into 4
Mexico territory Wednesday in their /
search for A. p Peterson. Hugh Accord
boys nisS'ng since the raid on the
Corner ranch last Monday. They re-
turned TO the ranch Wednesday night
to report their efforts frUitless.
Detechments Of the 18th L. : cav
airy also scanned the hills and ravines
Tor miles along the border. seeking in
telligence OF the missing men. Their
efforts were likewise unrewarded-
said Men Were Killed.
An American negro residing at Ojitos
- lHFHaa aHfH 10
W ednesday and reported he had been
stopped by band of Mexican rebels
on the way, who said that they had
fought with and killed three Americans I
near the border last Monday evening. !
They described the Americans as COW
boys The mans story. which was told
10 II. y. Morehead. manager OF the
Warren ranch near here. increased the
growing apprehension that the Ameri-
cans have been killed by Prudencio
Miranda and his band.
MOrmons Resume Search
Lem Spillsbury and his Mormon
scouts today resumed their search for
the missing Americans. separating in
-wOS and threes to search the country
thoroughly. No trace Of the missing
Americans or the Mexican bandits who
today
Lieut. Col. Waterman's troops were
oatrOling in the vicinity of the Corner
-anch today. Lieut. Col Waterman de-
I .
-anch. He said he had been in tele-
lhOnic communication with the COM !
nander of the patrol in the Lang and
-ulberson ranch districts and that all I
Vas quiet in both places.
Ranch House in Disorder.
Hachita. y. NJ. Feb. 15.-The Asso-
lated Press correspondent visited the
Corner ranch Wednesday and found the |
place in disorder from Mondays raid.
The rooms occupied by the six Mexican |
r NHlNT 49, Z
he missing were thoroughly ransacked |
and articles strewn about the floor. |
chairs and tables were overturned IS
{ hand to hand encounters had taken
place Outside the buildings there were ,
several old Mexican saddles on the
ground. evidently left for better ones
AIKEN from the stables.
over in the corral a short distance |
way. were three scrawny horses aban- ! G
lOned by their former owners and in I
everal places the haTbed wire fences =
we're cut. showing that in their haste
o leave the bandits had taken a short
Turn Toward COIOnia Diaz. u
From hoof prints all around the vi .
Unity Of the corral the bandits turned
heir horses towards the path leading
0 Colonia Diaz. Mexico. 1t was this 7
ath that Lem Spillsbury and his scouts +
OllOwsd Wednesday in their incuTsion i
nto Mexico but after riding for two
niles finally lost the trail
Other losses reported by James FOns- I
ale Of the PalOmas Land q Cattle Co.
essees of the Corner ranch. were 80
cad Of fine horses and mules besides o
number Of cattle The families of :
he three kidnapped men are grief =
tricken. A. 2. Peterson. IS, the oldest L
the party. has d wife and seven chill | Z
rem living az Hachita. Burton Jensen,
>, has a wife and two children also n
esiding at Hachita. while Hugh Accord ~
% and makes his home with his =
ather. \. G Peterson. at Columbus. y
Mexican Negro Held. =
II was learned Wednesday that a .,
iexican negro. Bunk Spencer. had been =
AIKEN captive by the raiders in one y
I their earlier raids and held for $4,000 d
lnsom. Efforts Will be made to secure s.
~ -arosea l.