Imperial Valley press., 1927-04-21
SURVIVORS
DESCRIBE.
MASSACRE.
[Orrrrs of Mexican Train
Disaster Unnerve Those
Who Escaped.
pEAD LISTS, VARY
mS
> 20 Americans Harmed AS
Bant!its Make ShambleS
of Coaches.
Hv A. w. TOJGER

II '"9 Hv A. w. TOJGER
is United Press staff Correspondent)
bog MEXICO CITY. Anril 2l-Snr-
of ivors including Americans of the
be assacre Of passengers on 4 Quad
h niaa lara Mevico CITY train at La
i roprca. arrived TODAY so unncrvea
Il caGd shaken by their terrifying ex.
calve wholly coherent accounts of
| wfe shambles. The government an.
I onnced that 50 persons were known
I fhb be dead. American survivors cs.
Simnted the dead al about 100.
81 " None of the foreigners aboard
"he train was wounded. The for,
sIgners numbered 10, includin"
\ nYmcricans. British"rS and u Ger.
,,'aan woman. Mrs Curt Levin who
"9as suffering from sever" hc"r'
! Ittack when the relief train with
i'pinc of the dead and the survivors
'rrivcd ut 2:20 =. m. today.
Mr.. and Mrs. y. Dockwith. Amer.
ban residents of Guadala lara and
fr. and Mrs Watson and tho lat
rfr s daughter were among the cur
i,ivors who reached here today. The
NatSons are British
ID 'Tt was horrible beyond words -
,pockwi'h said. Statements of sur
'Iivors Indicated that the attackers
Hid not deliberately burn Messengers
lboard the train bnt that some
FOUNDED persons were unable 10
:3avc the cars when the raiders
'rdercd all out before setting them
fire.
Order PASSENGERS Off
The Dockwitbs aud Watsons s"id
here was crash of rifle fire
,oward the front of the train and
nat thev plainly could hear the
ries Of the wounded. Their grouD
Fas badly shocked but agreed that
;bont 100 persons had been killed
Other eve witnesses said that af
Ter tn" SHOOTING ceased the raiders
uttered the train. looting and rob.
ping, aud then ordered all paescn.
kers off. The coaehcs were fired
Immediately and some of the wound
al nersons Were believed bv the
Eurvivors 70 have been unable to
s"anc from the nvre.
Most of the Pullman passcnpers
lavcd some of their luprare bnt
many surrendered their valuahles TO
he raiders. who also enckcd the
Express ear. obtoining 100000 ncsos
n gold destined for the Rank of
Montreal and the Bark of Mevieo.
After firino the train. survivors
,aid. the raiders rode away crving
viva Cristo Rev - ('I.ong Live
Christ the King
The raiders were white froSked
men of the Pcon class. survivors
aaid. led bv the famous bandit
known as "El Catorce.' who once
vas member Of Chavez Garcia -
1and which terrorized the state of
Michoacan during the Villa rcvo.
ution.
Some of the survivors said priests
aecomnanied the raiders. IN" raid
srs left before the train had been
consumed by fire because of the ap.
Droach of rescue troops under Gen
sral GARLIC from Ynrecnaro.
Relatives stoical
While q crowd of 400 kinsmcn.
Dhvsicians and nurses. soldiers aud
police stood quietly in Colonia sta.
zion the train bearing some of the
Head and wounded arrived from the
scene of horror at 2:20 Il. m. The
tense calmness of the stole Indians
was dramatic as dead or wounded
relatives were removed from the
train.
There We're five bodies and eight
Wounded persons aboard the train
which arrived here. Manv others
of the dead had been buried at the
scene Of the raid or removed from
The relief trains at stations enroute
10 Mexico City. Ambulances met
thc train and the wounded surviv.
ors were hurried to hospitals.
Eve witnesses of the attack said
that the dead included soldiers.
~ children and six women. Both
first and second class passengers
were among the dead. witnesses
agreed.
The attacked train left Guadala.
lara at $3.50 n. m. Tucdav and
icrosscd the bridge at Ocatlan over
the Lima river where detachment
Of federal troons said that the line
ahead was safe. At SIS the en-
zine left the rails. which had been
tampercd with. carrying two OK.
press cars with it.
From n distance of 80 yards, the
raiders opened fire on the dis
abled train, concentrating on the
second class coaches where tho
armed escort Of the train was rid.