El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-17
MEXICAN BOMB
PLOT REVEALED
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Cities Marked for At
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tam SIDE anoFe and alongside the
track Immediately there was a panic
on board. Women and children be-
gan crying and screaming as they
dropped on their knees and bowed
their heads 70 lessen the danger. The
men cursing In voluble Spanish.
spranE peu nell from the cars. as /
had seen them do on several previous
occasions Of the same kind
Germans shot Down.
I ran out Of the front door OF the
coach in which I had been riding
and sprang 70 the ground with the
rest on the side from which the bui-
lets we're coming I looked ahead
ana saw four Germans running into
the brush up the mountain side. They
had not gone far when the first man
dropped ana rnen the rest. one after
the other, feu dead in their tracks.
The bodies were most horribly mu-
tilateu. as I learned later The four
were Followed by a dozen others
who, upon seeing their leaders fail.
dropped 70 the ground and began
firing
on this occasion I had no rife.
my only weapon being IS caliber
revolver Beside me was an old man
with rifle which he eVidenLy was
fncapable Of handling skilfuuy so I
asked him to let me have IT, Throw
lnz myself on my stomach I took
aim al q Xaqui whom 1 saw running
palaiiel with the train up on the
mountain side.
Helps Fight OF Indians.
AT the third shot he threw up his
hands and fell headloug over the
edse Of a small cliff he was skirting
and rolled on down the mouutsin. !
] empued the magazine and begged /
more cartridges and fired whenever :
I could see a target dropped three
others rfaF b
or wounded I am unable to say. 7
was not sufficiently interested just
then 70 Investigate
The Faquis tried TO get up to the
train, evidently expecting 20 be able
70 massacre every soul on board .
knowing. as they did. that there was
no escort But the passengers put
Up such a brave fight that the In
uians were beaten off with the loss
OF not fewer than six killed and
several wounded, exclusive Of the
ones that had fallen 70 my gun. After
q battle lasting 20 minutes the en-
gineer began whistllng as signal
Tor All passengers to return on board,
which they did when he backed as
rapidly as he could TO san Bias. stop
pms 70 pick up some unarmed men
no had ran back nearly two miles
from the scene Of the tight Our cas-
ualties. ia addition 10 the four Ger
mans killed. consisted OF IS wound
e. mostly women and children
Big Battle at Espernnzn.
Next day the bridge was temper
arly repaired 20 enable the train 10
cross On arriving at Esperanza. a
Few miles from the bridge, we found
that the attack on the train nad
.aken place during desperate at
tempt by 1900 Taquis to rush the
garrison consisting Of 500 MeEicans.
% which SO MeXicans were killed and
l5l wounded while IS TaQui dead
bad been left on the field. On add
non 20 an unknown number OF dead
and wounded carried off This was ]
me biggest battle IN all the history !
lt the bloody struggle between Mex
cars and TaQuis. While the train t.
waited we saw the dead placed on a / {
-unerzl pyre and burned The four
Germans from the train were brought I 6
n and placed on the pyre.
An escort Of zoo troops was placed
On board the train which reached /
zuaynas without further incident
Goes 70 Mexico City.
Rademacher, the German consul.
said he had received q message TO
send me 20 Mexico City at once TO {
report 20 the German ambassador
1e wanted to know where ] had
been, whereupou ] told him ] had
been following an American SPY who
old me SchWiertz had given him in
formation and who was seeking that 3 q
traitor 20 obtain more news Thfsf
was satisfactory 20 the consul. who y
gave me s125 20 pay my expenses I
,n the way 10 Mexico city. Z
But I told him ] was obliged to 20 +