The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1919-08-28
BANDIT Chief IS
KILLED BY AVIATOR
Bullet From AirpIane Killed Jesus
Renteria, Officers Say.
MORE OF BAND ARE TAKEN
Mexican Troops Capture Nine Mem,
bers of the Outlaw Gang-lll-
4 Feeling Reported to Exist
on Border over Invasion.

Maria, Tex, Aug. 26.-American av-
iatorS made Jesus Renteria, bandit
leader, pay in full for his treatment of
Lieut.. Harold G. Peterson and Lieut..
Paul II. Davis, held for ransom by the
Mexican, when Lieut.. II. III. Cooper
killed Renteria from an airplane, ac-
cording to statements made by Maj.
james Z. Yancey commander of the
United States punitive expedition,
Capt. Leonard NJ. Matlack and Lieuten-
ant Peterson, who returned from Mex
leo last night with the force that had
been pursuing the outlaw gang.
Lieutenant Peterson reported that
Renteria was the man killed from the
air by Lieutenant Cooper, who with
Lieut.. Frank Estill, his pilot, returned
the fire of three MeXicans who shot at
their plane while the Americans We're
on scout patrol last Tuesday.
"Slim" Olivas one of Renteria's
band, and another bandit passed
through Cerando ranch Wednesday,
leading a wounded horse. Olivas told
the ranch owner that Renteria had
been killed by aviators in Navarette
canyon, according to Captain Matlack's
statement.
Meets Carranza Patrol.
Major Yancey also confirmed the
statement made by Lieutenant Peter
son that a night patrol of American
troops came upon large patrol of Car
rama troops near Coyame Saturday
night while pursuing Apolino Renteria,
brother of the bandit leader, and the
pursuit was abandoned
The American patrol returned to the
camp of the eXpeditonary troops for a
conference. At this conference, Major
Yancey said, a decision was reached to
withdraw Sunday, as the Americans
had been unable to locate he hot trail.
"Our patrol in charge of Captain
Matlack, with comparatively few men,
ran into Carranza night patrol north
of Coyame" Major Yancey said. at
was reported there were about 40 Mex
lean troops in the patrol, and it was
impossible to learn how many MeXi-
cans were in the main body. Our pa
troll returned to our night camp.
81 held a conference with officers of
the expedition late Saturday night. 1t
was decided to withdraw, as we had
been unable to locate the hot trail we
had expected to find. The bandits
were far i'm the interior then.
"Our orders were to pursue the ban
dts as long as the trail continued hot
When we lost 1t we decided to return"
Nine bandits are reported to have
been captured at Coyame by Carranza
soldiers. The captured bandits are
said to heve been members of the Je-
sus Renteria band
Further Trouble Feared.
RanChers and Texas rangers from
settlements along the Rio Grande ar
irving here reported much i'll feeling
among the civilian populations of small
towns across the Rio Grande. These
ARRIVALS said the search for the bandits
and military operations in Mexico had
intensified the bitter feeling which
many natives on the Mexican side Of
the river who are in sympathy with the
bandits have had for many years. Fur
ther depredatiOns are feared by Amer
lean ranchers, although border patrols
have been strengthened along the Rio
Grande in this district.
Lieuts. George ]. X. Rice and U. L.
Boquet. American army aviators who
were reported missing below the Rio
Grande. after they had left Royce
field for Mexico to reconnoiter for the
punitive expedition, were located at
Terinqua Tex. They had become lost
in the rainstorm and made a forced
landing. Neither flyer was injured.