Show MEXICAN BANDITS HOLD UP TRAIN THREE DEAD Robb Robbers rs Burn Trestle and Prevent Pursuit by Detachment Detachment De- De nt of Troops GERMAN IS SPARED I Except f for r Taking Valuables Valuables ables bles Day Coach Passengers Passengers Passengers Pas Pas- Not Molested BROWNSVILLE Texas Oct I 19 Mexican Mexican bandits early today today today to to- day held up and robbed a StLouis St. St Louis Louis' San Francisco passenger passenger passenger ger train killing three persons and wounding four others near Olmito 01 Ol- mito se seven en miles north of here here- The dead r H H. H H. H KENDALL engineer pinned beneath engine CORPORAL l Third United States cavalry r r DR E. E S. S MCAIN l Cameron county physician The injured ar are Harry Warns Wallis seriously wounded in arm R R. Woodhall fireman Bc scalded and nd bruised S laude Claude J. J tr trop troop op A Sixth cavalry shot In in the Jaw C. C H. H Lay troop D DoT Third ird cavalry shot in neck and leg Bandits Bandi s Burn Trestle A long trestle estle half haIr a mile south o of the wreck was set et afire Immediately Immediately Imme Imme- after the train train was h held ld up and almost almo t destroyed This hindered hindered hin bin dered the passage passage of the first detachment detachment detachment de de- Of f troops which were were- sent in pursuit so so that th the bandits had ample time to to flee into the the- brush Passengers who reached here re ona on on onI ja I a relief train early today said that the train was derailed and that that- Mexicans Mexicans' poured Into the coaches shouting Viva Pizana P and com nce Col A. A P P. Blocks c command o of ot the cavalry p patrol in this section sec sec- section I. I tion said today that he lie le did not believe be be- lieve th the bandits came from the I Mexican side of the river as he had received d no reports to indicate crossings last Hide Under Seats Passengers crawled u under se seats ts or sheltered themselves as best they could from chance shots After Arter finishing finishing fin fin- In Ia the smoker the Mexicans robbed the day coach passengers mostly of ot small amounts of mone money and Jewelry Mr and Mrs Finite I stein of Houston reported that Mrs FinkelsteIn had lost a di diamond mond ring ring and 50 in m cash Except for robbery rob bery none was molested in the day coach The entire robbery lasted probably ten or fifteen minutes The wreck occurred about midnight midnight mid mid- night with the train running thirty thirty- five miles an hour to make up lost time The mail clerk and the express ex en- press messenger were not molested The first men to reach the train were vere five oil well drillers l mers camped 1000 feet from where the holdup oc oc- These men crept up close but seeing that they were outnumbered outnumbered by the bandits remained in hiding biding until the Mexicans left lert Troops Sent to Scene Five Five companies of infantry and two troops of cavalry were s sent nt today from Fort Brown here bere to the district where the th r robbery occurred L L. L. L Henninger a passenger from Cot Bluffs Blurts la Ia had a narrow before th the e escape cape Ho lie hid his money bandits ban entered the day coach where he sat at with Morris Edelstein of Brownsville A robber unable to open grip stuck a pistol into the latter's stomach while another the gringo grin grIn- of ot the robbers ordered kill go Edelstein who spoke Spanish t told ld the Mexicans that Henninger was not an American but a German German- Tho The bandit then lowered his gun robbing Henninger of his grip coat and some Jewelry but failing to get his money Wallis Wallis' said today that he recognized recognized recognized Luis do de la Ia Rosa as ns s one of ot the tho train robbers Ha He knew del a Rosa Rosawell Rosawell well wen before the bandit troubles be be- be gan |