El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-19
AGENT
KILLS BANDITS
Also Has Brush With Rat
tlesnake and Wins:
Train Attacked.

nearer rlexico City. beginning amos
Immediately stlft c-l4.n, +lf
fountains here are near t1e sl
When near calerlas. only 10 -liS
from Iranzanliio.-H rolley rang qlt
simultaneously with the aetu-s " ---.-5
had Dr. this time become -afll-l-l. "
fu7Iefa lsrashfur through w0odWork
and glass. u was the lantl- 1900
without which a railroad journey 10
Mexico would be constaereo llle ,lil-
ulete The train OF -FOUR llal-l7
came 10 q stop There were some o.
PASSENGERS very Few OF Wloln MetS
sronen- Every man was armed and
every ian knew Naal 49, % g.
All hands began firing from eo-A
sides OF the train As qotnlng cou44
be seen we fired at ranloln- 1se
nay - cei-7sc l5to-' =. g. 49,. ~. - -...r
did my honest best SO maze Is 5is- 80
noisa as my neiEh5ors, bus could see
nothing 10 shoot at
To judge from the volume Of l-Tlng
which came from both sides Of the
track. there could not nave. neen more
than 90 Of the attacking party.
Observing this. the cor qucLor aalq
there was nothing 70 fear because ne
gang was so small that we should
surely drive chem off
Indeed. that Is lat actually hap
neued- for after the wild hiring ni-u
continued Tor some time We eoa-l -
an occasional figure szulklng away
Then she passengers fired TO better
purpose. and several Of the bandits
sfter some 90 minutes the firing
ceased Altogether. no one on the
train had been hlE The conductor
said he would not 80, because there
were several tunnels 70 pass llrolHn
ard che risk under The circur1stances
was TOO great So we backed TO Nan
zanillo.
Escort starts with Train.
Next morning we again started for
Coiima- thls time with an escort q
Is soldiers. and got through without
Incident I left Coli1fa next morning
at o'clock on q mixed train o. some
10 cars. Of which five were coaches,
FOR Guadalaiara- There were a1out
zoo passengers On board. Of whom
nfohanlT SO were women and children.
There vas also an escort Of 80 sol
diars.
Al The passengers were armed.
maiorltc- having rifles This
was q Terr necessary ureclutlun-
for we were in the territory
dominated by Chavez, = rebel who
created more disturbance tham
any one OK his calling In Mexico
In his time He seems TO have
made q speciality OF kidnapping
young girls ard women and carry
ing them of 20 the mountains for
the amuaemeut OF himself ana bis
gang
We had not proceeded more than
20 miles from Colima when we came
go q place where q rail- was missing.
The engineer must have been asleep
or drunk. for the front truck Of the
enEiue went off the ran.
This -ssne the bandits aust have
been pot hunters Tor they DID not at
tempt 10 shoot rs until we had come
70 fun stop Then heavy firing
neElu az once Tho c0llucLor
ordered all hands % leave the train
and take 10 The brush Three Of
the passengers were wounded &c the
RIFLES were earried on THIS szain
for emergency Hse just AZ siedEeas
saws and axes are carried on
american trains TO be used On cEse
OF wreck. These were served out
10 the passenger intending my
self- who did not have rifles OF
fhelr oWl-
The soldiers at once sprang Off
took cover and began firing heavily
The passengers toiloWeg suit me
children we're panic stricken and ran
wildly 10 and fro. getting In the way
% -he men who were trying 70 pro
test t1em- This caused their mothers
to scream and run after the children
10 take car OF them The confusion
was so great that the conductor
ordered all women and children TO
return - the train and lie dat on
me Loor. took the ride that had
been served cut TO me with q nltnti-
1ul supply OF arunauniti0u and sought
the shelter o. a treei where 7 kept q
szoois Down Two Bandits.
soon was rewarded By me 1n-
pearauee Of THO bandits. about Isl
yards distant. who seemed 90 be in-
lnE Tor = GOOD chance. / took care
r1l am at one Just as he seemed
about % fire. and pulled the -=iSger
me lelAQW crllnp-ec no ana lay Still
The other started 10 run. whareupor
I fired and be EEL headlouE
Meanwhile the soldiers. followed b
me majority u the passengers. had
advanced into me brush PROBABLY 800
yards, driving the bandits back anl
eEentlallT putting them 90 flight
Nheu al had reassemlled 90 wa
1-e mag p 99nei-a we're knoWl
70 nave nsen Killed As the tota
strength Of the gang waa estimated
81 60 70 10 men. % IS seen that theii
ess WIS neaN1- one soldiers hat
been Killed and tT0 wounded auf
seven q the men passengers were
The train crew cried in vain 70 gel
the -oct motive back on the rails. hu
eFentua-y had 10 send ior help from
branch line ahead The coaches were
riclled and the Winde=a shattered
4llar some t-ee hours delay Ui
procaeded. rea1hiuE Guadalaiara al
20 O'clock az u glr
Young GlrIs Carried OF.
Next day we proceeded 20 IraDuato
zraour 5 miles from guadalaiara 81
2 place where station had eue|
stool-sl stations had been hurne.
ly tee rebels. CT banditu to call then
lT l4elr risur uames-We found tl'
1o1- q man lying across the rails
he had evidently been killed abou
ha-f an hour before Investigation
showed that the place had JUST beer
reioel tT enc Of ChaVezs gangs VIII
we're AFTER women They had carrie.
ea1 number Of young girls ami
women me slrElFQrs were too terri
fiel % know bow many. \ 3thin'
could be done. SO the Grain proceeded
arriving Is lraquat0 at 6 in the eve
nl1g- Next morning we went GA int
Mexico City without further Incl
dent-loplriglt 1912 Mcclure News
uAper ==ull cate
Tomorrow DIT, Alteudorf VIII I'll
Of @l interview with won Ec-harfI
former German ambassador in Mckee
hfreln che latter establishes counec
ZION Of German embassy in supposed
neutral country with German milftar
enterprise against nation with whic
country lar1orlnE the embassy wa
pltwarllr az peace
Nearly I'll the auto bus conductor
in manla are women.