Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-22
OUTLAWS LOCATED
IN MOUNTAIN PASS
AND OVERPOWERED
When Trapped in Block
house by Cavalry They
Open Fire.
MEXICO DELIVERS PROTEST;
DEMANDS RECALL OF TROOPS
State Department Is Asked to
Make Answer, Possibly
Today.
II S T A LISH FLYING BASE
Ten Observation Planes, Armed With
Machine Guns. Due to Leave
Prcsidio at Daybrcak.
MEXICO DELIVERS PROTEST;
DEMANDS RECALL OF TROOPS
ESTABLISH FLYING BASE
Ten Observation Planes, Armed With
Machine Guns. Due to Leave
Prcsidio at Daybrcak.

WASHINGTON. August 81. Four
Mexican bandits were killed by Ameri-
can troops in Mexico.
Mexican government demands imme-
diatc withdrawal OF forces by the
United States
Expedition continued combins noun
tain passes and canyons in search Of
men demanding ransom for captured
aviatora
Flying base is established In San
Antonio. Texas. and observation planes
This briefly sums up the situation
tonight with respect to the strained
relations between this goyernment and
the CarranZa regime in Mexico.
Word reached the capital tonight
been slain by The American forces who
pass. The bandits fough, desperately. ,e t
they FOUND they @ere tfaeped' ssesSp WIEN WIEN
the American troops. approached the
block ian,, house, With the intention OF
nrs said 10 have made their escape.
The fire was returned, and the block
house charged By the American cavalry
troops.
Three Dead Identified.
Three OF the four Me1ieans killed
!
Identity of the fourth bandit has not
been ascertained. All four arc known
ating along the Big Bend border for
years.
The two men who cscap ped were pur-
sued. but the trail was lost in the
itely established tina, Jesus Renteria.
leader OF the outlaw band that cap
tured Lieutenants Harold q. Peterson
and Paul II. Davis. American aviators.
was no, among the dead.
Captain Ma,lack MAJ says he passed
column OF 200 Carranza troops below
comma nder asked Where the he Amerieans cans
were going When he, was Informed
waved his hand. and said GO ahead"
Captain Matlack came TO Marta from
Mexico at sunset in an airplane driven
by Lieutenant Eugene Eubank. who
landed in a Mexican mountain valley
picked up the captain and returned
with him TO report the progress of the
man.
Matlack said the American troops are
in high spirits.
Every one in the expeditionary
no casualties except one man who had
a cactus thorn in his hand.
I'VE are making progress IN the pur
suit Hard storms have slackened our
speed somewhat. but we consider that
We made good time.
AFTER leaving the Rio Grande Mon
day morning. soon after daylight. the
expedition followed fresh trail. The
four men TO whom the money had been
paid had start Of more than five
hours u.s.
Tracks in Mountain Pn.s.
I'VE followed them to high noun
tain pass, where they scattered. one
going north and three southwest. as
Indicated by the fresh tracks They
scattered like quail. and il was diff
cult to follow them because OF the
faint trails.
"The night with the bandits in the
fortified blockhouse started az soon as
the American troops commenced to
search the place. fire being opened by
the Mexicans from loopholes. Th.
troops returned the fire
being pursued. These two latter out
laws are believed to have been mem
tors could not identify them"
Captain Matlack will return to his
troops n Mexico tomorrow He held
man and Colonel Longhorne tonight.
No Fear of Clash Now.
Fear Of a clash between isolated
troops was relieved by a telegram from
General Manuel Dieguez, whose COM
mand includes the Ojnaga district, to
lean troops were wholly within their
rights, under treaty of 1912. in pur.
suing bandits.
The treaty Is said to have originated
when American and Mexican troops
were pursuing an Apache leader back
and forth between the two countries.
Major General Joseph T. Dickman,
commander OF the Southern Depart
ment. announced tonight that he would
remain in Maria tomorrow to GO over
the Big Bend district situation with
Colonel George T. Langhorne. He had
planned to return TO San Antonio to-
night.
Troops Fifty Miles From Border.
The American forces are tonight be
lieved to be about fifty miles south Of
the Rio Grande. Reports also havs
been received indicating they have had
three encounters with the bandit
forces
According to advices received to-
night. the Mexican soldiers are ex-
pressing a Willingness to aid the Amer
lean forces in the bandit chase, but are
hampered by the lack of orders from
General Manuel NJ. DiegueZ zone com
mander of the Chihuahua district. who,
Spparently. is not In close touch with
the situation.
In the note Of the Mexican govern
ment. delivered to the State Depart
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