The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-08-22
Fight Desperately When
Americans Trap Them
in Blockhouse.
DICKMAN REMAINS AT MARIA
Absndons Plan TO Rettirp
to San Antonio TO Coz =
Over Situation. 40
TROOPS FAR IN INTERIOR
Exac, Location of Cavalry
men Still Withheld by
Commanders.

MARIA, Texas. Aug. ~ -Four
Mexican bandits we're killed by
American troops In Mexico yesterday.
Captain Leonard MatlRck, who ar
rived here by airplane tonight re-
ported. They we're surrounded In an
adobe blockhOuse that the Me6ipAns
had constructed In a mountain pass.
The bandits fought desperately
when they found they were trapped
and TWO escaped
When the American troops APP
preached the blockhouse with the In.
leniion Of searching II for hidden
bandits. The MoxlcanH opened fire
from port holes.
The fire was returned and tho
blockhouso charged w the Ameti-
can cavalry troops
Three OF the four Mexicnna Killed
have been identified as Jesus Janir,
Francisco JRnlr and Jose FNIentsS
| The Identity OF the fourth bandit
has not vet been ascertainei.
All OF the four men are known
| TO Captain Mallack as bandits oper.
ating along the Zig Bend border for
/ yearA
The two men escaped we're pur.
sued but the trait was loet in the
! mountain canyons
Leader sulI Alive.
II IN known that JesuN ReuteriR,
leader of the outlaw band thai cap
l iured Lieutenants Harold q. Peter
son and Paul H. Davis, American
ayintors was not among the dead.
| Captain MRtIack said he paHAed a
| column " 200 Carranza troopa below
the border yesterday. The CarranEa
| commander. Matihck reported. asked
/ where tho American troops were 20,
/ ing When he was informed that
the AmSticans we're pursuing band, =
| who had held American ayiatOrs, the
| Gnrran1a commander waved his
hand ana said "go ahead. No effort
was MADE TO hinder the punitive ex.
petition
captain Mhtlack came from Mex
/ ICo az sunset This evening iu an air
/ plane driven by Licutonant Eugene
4 Eubank. who landed in Mexican
/ mountain valley picked up the cap
I tHlu ana returned with him to re-
( port the progress OF the punitive sS-
/ pcditlOn to General Dickman,
Keen for Chhr.
According 10 Matlack the Amerl-
[ can troops are IN high spirits and
/ keen for the chase. They are will
| ing TO ride day and night through
/ storms and over all sorts OF trails
! to oyertake the bandits Among the
/ most enthusiastic members of tho
/ expedition are the young ayiatorH
/ Peterson and Davis. Matlack said.
| Everyone In the expcditionary
| force ~ we'll" Captain Mntluck said
| We have had no casualties except
ono man who had q cactus thorn In
: hlv hand
/ After leaving tho RIO Gnndc
/ Monday morning soon after day
| light the expedition followed u fresh
1 trail" hr said The four men to
| whom the money had been paid
/ had u start uf more than five hours
/ on uH
! I'VE followed them 10 hirh
. mountain ptas whore me four scat.
. .rrrd. one going north and three
-uutnWcsf HB Indicated hy the fresh
tracks 10 was dlffl' 'O follow
them because of hc faint trails
Tho fight with the bandits lr
thr fortified bl0ckhouse sHrf"I 1a
soon a4 the American tToops COM
mrnrsi 20 scnrrn 'ha'plake, frr pe
1 Ink opened by NE rMeXicana from
.Foar nodloa wrto fo6hd Two Of
| tho huudus l.rtpni They sui are
being pursued These two latter
ru'aue are beloved 10 have been
members uf ltcut,rl1'7 gang hui the
aviator. could not Identity 'hom'
Captain Ntra,k viii return 20 hi,
troops % Mexico tomorrow. llc had
Il long conference with Genera
DIuAmlu and Colonel George ]
.larrauruo tonight
I Major General Joseph T Dinkmnn