Show NEGRO REAGH BOH THE mm BORDER MEXICANS RELEASE MEN CAP CURED AT CARRIZAL AND AND PLACED IN IN PRISON n soldiers declare mexicans were the aggressors and blame them for ensuing slaughter wounded soldiers being murdered i el paso texas the twenty three negro troopers of the tenth cavalry cay alry who at ai carrizal CArriz Carrl zal alVilla villa ahumada chi city arid alid juarez have been central figures in we the most A striking and potential chapters of the mexican situation are once more safely out of mexico survivors of a bloody battle with a 8 vastly superior force victims twice of mobs that stoned them more than once gripped with the fear of execl I 1 tion tor for their part in the boyd expedit tion and bastl lastly y objects of intercession by the president of the united states they were brought to fo the border from chihuahua citron city on a special train irain on june 29 and turned over to general george bell jr commander of the el paso base the menbere men were in shreds and patch es bessome some being almost nude and wearing blankets their clothing having i been torn fro from nithe them m it was thought tho aught probable at military headquarters the twenty th three ree troopers will be kept kepi at the fort bliss hospital until all danger of infection edtion from disease will have been removed and then transferred to tb their air various commands with the soldiers came lem H spillman the mormon scout who guided captain charles T boyd and hla his little command over the trail that led to the carrizal Carrl zal encounter two ot stories ories widely diver diverging were brought back from their captivity by the prisoners one told by upholds statements he was credited with making itt at chihuahua city charging captain boyd with bullheadedness in ia advancing in tho the face of a certain mexican attack the other narrated by fighting men of the tenth declares the mexicans to have been the aggressors and blames them for the ensuing slaughter the latter account Is embellished with charges that have not hitherto been brought to light plate private william D gibson declared that he was certain that after the americans had quit the field of the carrizal Carrl zal battle the mexicans went over it and killed several americans americana who were wounded but still alive numerous others of the troopers claimed they had been robbed of money and valuables following their capture revised reports at the department headquarters on thursday indicate that fifteen men and officers of C and K troops are missing of this number general trevino reported twelve killed the records show that forty seven men and one officer have returned to the american lines jines the total list when the expedition was started was eighty seven including a mexican and a mormon ser serving as guides the return to the border borderon bor derot of twenty tour four prisoners leaves beaves ai s ni missing lising fifteen |