The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1919-08-21
TWO BANDITS CAPTURED.

MARIA, Tex, Aug. 21.-One bandit
was believed to have been killed and
two others made prisoners since Amer
dcan troops crossed the Rio Grande
into Mexico Tuesday morning. re-
rort received here last night told OF
an American cavalry sergeant who
rode to the border after dark and re-
ported that Captain Leonard Matlack
OF the Eighth cavalry, had captured
two bandits, believed to have been i'm
plicated in the capture of the aviators
Peterson and Davis.
Neither man was Renteria, the ban
dit leader, he said One Mexican was
killed Tuesday when American avia-
tors returned their fire when they saw
three bandits near the border, one of
whom was seen to fall with his horse.
Pursuit. Over Mountains
As soon as 1t was sufficiently light
this morning to follow the trails, the
Americans took up the bandit chase
for the third day across the border.
One column picked up the hot trial
of two bandits believed to have been
companions Of the two bandits cap
tured late yesterday by Captain Mat
lack.
According to an unofficial report
brought to the Rio Grande last night,
the pursuit is continuing over the
mountain peaks. down steep slopes
and through tiny mountain valleys.
BY sunrise aeroplanes left the
ground here for, Presidio, 60 miles
south, where a flying field base for
the expedition has been established.
Furnish Soldiers News
The work of the aviators Is con-
sidered extremely dangerous because
there are few landing fields in Mexi-
CO. 1t is necessary to fly close to the
ground where the bandits may fire on
the aviators as they did Tuesday.
One aviator had flown down mar
row canyon under a shelving rock to
see if the bandits were finding con
cealment from the aviators under a
shelf. Another came in with his case
covered by red blotches, caused by
driving through a hail storm in Mex1
co at high speed.
When the flyers left this morning
they carried news bulletins furnished
by the Associated Press which they
planed to drop for each cavalry troop
operating in Mexico, to give them
news of the outside world since they
crossed the border.
The American troops slept last night
on the trails of the bandits after losing
them Tuesday in torrential rains, pick
ing up the trails again yesterday.
Mexican Troops on Trail.
General Pruneda with approximately
,25O Carranza cavalry troops camped
for the night near Cuchillo Parade, 4(
miles up the Conchos river from the
base at Ojinaga. They left Ojinaga
last night to take the field in pursuit ot
the bandits. American pack trains anc
other units crossed and recrossed the
path of the Carranza troops without
friction, according to reports from the
fields.
Mexican consul Cosme Bengochea
at Preside, Tex. announced that the
lPruneda troops were attempting the
same object as the American troops
to run down and capture the bandits
He said he anticipated no trouble be
tween the two bodies Of troops in th'
field He also denied Chico Cano, thu
bandit leader in o. ga district wa
made captain Of the Carranza column
stationed at San Jose. opposite lndio
Tex, on the Rio Grande.
Major General Joseph T. Dickman
commander of the southern depart
ment was expected here today to In
spect the troops in the Big Bend dis
trict.
1t is not known whether Genera
Dickman will go to the Rio Grand
while he is here.