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Show A'Sipw nncoe ''MiLiHtiiVA i'iiiiJLiiu i SIXTEEN MEN TAKEN FROM TRAIN, STRIPPED OF CLOTHING AND SHOT TO DEATH. . One Member of Party Escapes From Firing Squad and Reports Details De-tails of Tragic Fate of His Countrymen. El Paso, Texas. Sixteen mining 'nn, most of them Americans, en route from Chihuahua City to Cusi-huiriacnic, Cusi-huiriacnic, western Chihuahua, on Tuesday were taken from a train, about fifty miles from Chihuahua City, stripped of their clothing and shot by Jxitan bandits. Confirmation Confirma-tion of news of the tragedy we made by officials here of the Carranza de facto government. One qf the men lived in San Francisco, Fran-cisco, another in Los Angeles, while tile others are ail believed to have been residents of El Paso. First reports of the tragedy were received here in a message from Thomas M. Holmes, the only survivor, to .Mrs. Holmes, advising her of his safe arrival at Chihuahua. Inquiries instituted -by ofiicials of the American Ameri-can Smelting & Refining company de-veloped de-veloped the details. The ill-fated party boarded a train at Chihuahua City, intending to re- I open at Cusihuiriachic properties of 1 the smelting company, officials of c which had been given assurance of protection by the de facto govern- t ment. According to one account, bandits stopped the train early Tuesday r morning and ordered the party to t descend. Holmes, however, slipped n into the lavatory, and from his hid- v ing place witnessed the stripping of E the prisoners of their clothing. The n party then was marshaled down the o track, escorted by a firing squad. As o Holmes slipped from the car and ran a in the direction of Chihuahua City, 1 he declared he heard shrieks, fo'l- i po lowed .by a volley of rifle shots. rnei. A ,protest addressed to President A "No. Wilso7 '.Tuesday night was signed by Vnmanaed V yly.undred mining men in hotel """ Vlouu fofre. Advices also were re- '!c utenai numerous expeditious at 't'y left to reopen proper- el Yiwrtj'.e by the Mexican revo- hs 'itlai'rning to the border. 00 .spu' NGE PVr "AI 'e |