New Britain herald., 1927-04-21

class, survivors said, led by the fa- nous bandit know as "El Catorcc, ' who once was a member Of Chavez Garcia's band which terrorizod the state Of Ntichoacan during the Villa revolution.
 Some Of the survivors said priests accompanied the raiders. The raid CTS left before the train had been consumed by fire because of the approach of rescue troops under General Caril,o from Yurecuaro.
 None Of the 10 foreigners aboard the train was wounded. The for eigners numbered 10. including Americans. Britishers and q German woman, Mrs. Curt Levin, who was suffering from a severe heart attack when the relief train with some Of the dead and the survivors arrived at 2:20 a. m. today.
 While a crowd of 400 kinsmen, physicians and nurses, soldiers and police stood quietly in Colonia sta ton the train bearing some of th" dead and wounded arrived from the scene of horror at 2:e0 q. m. The tonse calmness of the Stoic Indians was dramatic as dead or wounded relatives were removed from the train.
 There were five bodies and eight wounded persons aboard the train which arrived here. Many others Of scene Of the raid or removed from the relief trains at stations en route to Mexico City. Many wounded per sons also were removed at Queretaro and other stations.
 Fourteen ambulances met the were hurried to hospitals. Eye wit rosses of the attack said that the dead including 4S soldiers. 17 chill dren and six women. Roth first and second class passengers were am ong the dead, witnesses agreed.
 The attacked train left Gudala- jara at 5:30 ?, m. Tuesday afternoon and crossed the bridge at Octalin over the Lerma river where a de- tachment of federal troops said that the line ahead was safe. At SIS the engine left the rails, which had been tempered with. carrying two express cars with it.
 From a distance Of 50 yards, the raiders opened fire on the disabled train, concentrating on the second class coaches where the armed es- cort Of the train was riding.
 First Sergeant I'iliberto Cabrera a c2-year- old soldier wounded dur ing the engagement. told the United Press the following story:
 When the firing started. Captain Banuet ordered the soldiers to reply immediately. We started firing at the flashes of the rebels rifles at a distance of from 50 to 70 yards. Lights In the second Of the second class cars were eXtinguished SO that the rebels would not have such q good target.
 "Our ammunition began 10 run low and several men were ordered to the ground outside the cars. After three hours all our ammuni- tion was gone. Then the rebels, crying Viva Cristo Rev surround ed the train shooting and stabbing soldiers 10 death.
 "Only four of US escaped; two in civilian clothing. one who lay be- heath the corpse of Captain Banuet, and myself. I told the rebels that I was only a chauffeur.
 "They poured oil on the coaches and fired them, leaving the wound ed to burn alive. They carried me to their camp q kilometer (5-S of a mile) away and finally I was re- leased. Most Of the rebels were mounted. l rode with a priest in a Ford"
 q met the death train c5 miles outside of Mexico City and talked with the passengers in second and first class coaches" A. w. Folger of the United Press says. Most of them were too overwrought to give intelligible answers to my questions. Many of the illiterate Indians aboard the train said that the attacking band numbered 1000. but tt was generally agreed among the passen- gers better able to estimate their number that the raiders numbered slightly fewer than 500.
 Federal troops put up an heroic defense," one passenger said. Many of them took shelter behind the toppled engine and fired until they were shot or stabbed when the raid CTS surrounded the train. It was q useless defense. The raiders had plenty of ammunition and were pro-