Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-11-04 | Page 10 | Mormons Put to Death by Villa

I MORMONS PUT TO DEATH BY VILLA ':j EI Paso, Tex., Nov. Two more H) J A Americans have been executed by VII- H V) listas, according to Refugio Martinez, M a former lieutenant of Villa's array, I "who arrived here tonight from Casas Grandes. Chihuahua. The murdered men, Martinez said, were Mormons, one of whom was named Taylor. Ho did not know the other man's name. According to Martinez, the two Americans were slain last week in the mountains west of Casas Gxandes. They had been impre'ssed by Villa Into service "with his army of in- , rasion to drive learns: rarrvinir nrrwls- H! ions. The teams belonged to the Kpj Americans and were confiscated when H!f I the Villa army left Casas Grandes sev- H lii eral weeks ago. Hf I On the arrival of the column at the I'r , Ojltos pass, In the mountains which rli separate Chihuahua and Sonora, Tay- j lor and his friend refused to go fur- 1 ther, owing to the starved condition fjm of their horses. They attempted to g'Uf leave the camp at night secretly with Hlfljl their wagons. Btfl Their departure was discovered by Hjij the Villistas in the morning and a de- Hlj tachment of cavalry was sent back Hjj along the road to arrest them. Mar- Hg tinez says he watched the departure H of this detachment and also saw it 1 return about five hours later with Hf(' the two wagons. Martinez asked tho H! i officer in command of the detachment Hj' what had become of the Americans. !" The officer smiled and pointed to the seats of the wagons, which were covered cov-ered with blood. Martinez deserted hj the Villa army before it entered 1 Sonora.