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Show SUTfCOLOmSIS TH R EH AMERICANS MEET DEATH AFTER BRAVE FIGHT IN WESTERN CHIHUAHUA. Had Left the Border to Haul Supplies to Ranch and Were Overtaken by Outlaws and Killed After Fierce Fight. El Paso, Texas. Three Americans, Carl Eck, 17 years of age, W. Bishop and Sam West, were waylaid and kilK ed by Mexican bandits at Chocolate Pass, in western Chihuahua. Parts of the wagon they were driving to Casas Grandes in the MJormon district were, found by E. E. Eck, uncle of the Eck boy. A Mexican rode into San Isidero with the news that the three Americans, Ameri-cans, after barricading themselves with the wagon bed, had fought des. per&tely until they were all killed by the bandits In command of Mocha Miartinez, one of the most noted bandits ban-dits in the north. The men were Mormons employed by Mel Womer, a well known and wealthy cattleman of the Mormon colonies col-onies In Mexico. They had left the border here to go to the Look ranch with a quantity of supplies. Leaving Pearson they passed ever Cumbre tun-i nel, where the tunnel tragedy occurred last year, and had passed through the famous Chocolate pass battlefield, when they were overtaken by the bandits. The Mexican was sent to the nearest near-est station for assistance and the Americans barricaded themselves behind be-hind the wagon box, which was first filled with stone. Bishop, the older man, took command and directed the fighting, according to the story told by the Mexican, who reached San Isidero with the first news of the killing Sunday Sun-day night.. He had just rounded the first butte when the bandits opened fire, killing Bishop and West, he said. The boy wias the last to die. He fought desperately des-perately for three hours. |