Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-02-04
FATHER DESCRIBES
Staying Of HIS SON
Testimony Discloses That an
Invasion of Texas Was
Planned.
BURN TRAIN. CLOSING TUNNEL.
Aged Man Shot in Own Doorway
When Refusing to Give
Up Money.
[ BY Associated Prcss.I

BY Associated Press
Ell PASO, TEN.\S. Feb. 3-Additioua,
stories OF murders, plundering and
othcr lawlesSncSS, said to have boon
! peFPetrated upon Americans in Mexico.
were told to the Senate subcommittee
investigating Mexican affairs at the
committees first hearing in Ell Paso
today.
Il. r. Eckc. formerly contractor en-
pioyed on a Mexican railway, told OF
the murder of his son, and added that
the men responsible for tho murder had
been well accounted for"
S. H. Vcater. El Paso police CAPTAIN.
testified concerning the devastation
and abandonment of the five Mormon
colonies colonies, in Chihuahua. and w. A schultz.
maulipas, testified regarding murders.
which he said had come to his knowl-
edge and personal indignities suffered
by himself. Senator Marcus A. Smith
democrat, Arizona, presided at tho
hearing
Invasion OF Texas Planned.
fonsbt e1t'tz ssinsf inther Of four sons who
oratirc testimony rcgar riding the alleged
dual dual role PLAYED by Luis de La Rosa,
/ ing factor in the attempted execution
| or the plan of San Diego. He said that
~ ON, one time he saw De la Rosa, then
q captain in the Carranzn army, drill
,nS troops on the parade ground at
| Victoria. capital of the State of TIA
time by soldiers that De la Rosa was
drilling the men for the invasion OF
| Schultz told the story of the killing
OF an American named Sawyer -
lie @Sn, bac ne ta sa'% t6s Mas nto an old man.
returned With % Wife "''ea One stdies d.y ana tbs
Mexicans. came to his house and shot
him In the stomach because he hest
where he kept his 'aasaasa meney II His RaGE aife
Pointed out the place When she I Gse ree
| ] appealed to General Nafarrette. ask
ing him If he would permit me to join
a posse to run down his murdercrS. we
| non.t need your assistance vas Ma
going. to drive all of you Americans ans
Americans Arc Insulted. %
AS an example of indignities to
| which he. said Americans were sub
}ecied. SCHULTZ told of an incident in
barracks in front Of which a group OF
Sc, soldiers was sitting. They arose as
ne ne. anpr91ached ,1 che, and one by one spat upon
| was within throwing distance
r. E: Ecke is the. American who led
passengers had been burned to death. in
the cumbre tunnel in 1914. lie told
the ioiiowing story of that disaster:
nave been MaNimo Castillo. had blocked
one end of the tunnel with burned
TrnIn Dashes Into Tunnel.
| Deceived by the absence or any ruar3
at the northern end of the tunnel. the
train bearing approximately 15o pas
the tunnel. where it collided with the
burning ears How many Americans
%Sfs on the ,n train has never been fully
bodies wsTs @ removed they eea were un ans
okeS Eoke,S description OF the relief work
included the statement that four days
had diminished enough to permit s. res.
cuers TO enter. AIaimo Castillo waa
arreited Mas, ID in ny,t FL paso. but released for
he thought he was still somewhers iiu in
Ne New ny .,iss nleSico Martin Lopez, whose
Sacrc. never was captured by Ameri
cans. 'e' =
Tells OF Som. Death.
death OF his son. Karl Ecke. II. The
young man. accompanied bv J.; no I
bishop and two servants. Il negro and
alstrict In an automo bile shortly after
the the, Gumbro disaster. They were
naitsd na TED by a group of .Mexicans few
the bows father, The men were tax
| en- 10 nearby house. where the de-
biShop was shot through the heart
fhcke and the Mexican servant leaped
..Ct tnr norscs. tcthcrei nearby but
me laSsoS of the Mexicans fell over
Their their loads, and when. their bodies
were were tound they bore evidence OF hav-
ing been dragged until life was gone.
Ecke's neck was broken The Mex-
,;,h ,Gah Was not killed. and it was from
MIN that the father learned the de-
tails OF his sons death.
What happened to the Mexicans?"
>, They were all accounted for" was
ties?" "u'nofi-
BY the proper authorities. T be-
LlcVe. said the father. The VilIistas
GOT tour OF them. somebody else got
another and then there weEs four LEFT,
neY nave been accounted for too
CHARtiES VILLA RESERVES
ALL RIGHTS TO LOOTING
WASHINGTON Feb. Because
frIncisco Villa reserves. all rights to
ROBBERY and loot for himself" his
operations are looked upon with ia
Vor by the population. the Senate com
mlttcc investigating the Mexico situ-
alton was told by Henry IL EDox :,