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Show NEW STORY IS TOLD OF ATTACK ON CHIHUAHUA Mexican Army Officer Says Bandits Entered City With Citizens Bent on Celebrating. ATTACK FOLLOWED AT GIVEN SIGNAL Major General Scott Believes Be-lieves Villa Is Alive; Will ' Not Ask Bell for Source of Hi3 Information. ' BROWNSVILLE, Texas, Sept. 26. That General .lac into T re vino bungled his attempted ilcf'eusc of ( hihualii.a ( i ty on Hidnljjo lay from the Villa attack an1, as a n-ult, may be removed from command oi the army in northern Mexico Mex-ico and succeeded by Our nil K. P. Nafnrrete, now commander of the Car-ranza Car-ranza forces in Tamaulipns, was reported in Matauioiiis, opposite here, today. A new story of the chihuahua City attack iv as told in Matamorns today by a Mexi-ffln Mexi-ffln army otlicer. He said' Hl.'oOU civilians civil-ians t'rom the surrounding section were invited into chihuahua to participate in the celebration and that among them were 700 Villa followers. At a given signal the bandits divided into bands and made attacks on various parts of the city. One of these bauds attacked the municipal palace, where Ceneral Trevi.io was attending a ball. Trevino was wounded in the shoulder. Another division of the bandits attacked at-tacked the penitentiary, releasing sixteen six-teen prisoners, among whom was General doe Lopev.. who was represented to have been executed several months ago. According to the Mexic.ni- nrmv officer, offi-cer, in the bat I !e which followed 200 Villa adherents were captured and fifty killed. |