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Show I EFFORT MADE TO STOP MASSACRE El Paso, Tex , Jan. 13 The mutilated muti-lated bodies of the eighteen Americans Amer-icans killed Monday afternoon by Villa Vil-la bandits near Santa Ysabel, Chihuahua, Chihua-hua, arrived in Juarez at 2:05 this morning. El Paso, Jan. 12. Bart Kramer, a son of a ranchman In the Guerrero district, about 100 miles from the scene of the recent massacre of foreigners, for-eigners, also was killed by bandits, according to word tonight from Madera Ma-dera Lumber company employes at Madera, Chihuahua. El Paso, .Tex., Jan. 12. Tho number num-ber of foreigners massacred in the Box canyon west of Santa Ysabel Monday afternoon was placed at nineteen nine-teen late today. It was authoritatively authoritative-ly stated that General Pablo Lopez, a Yaqui chieftain, closely allied with General Francisco Villa, commanded the massacre. About twenty bandits attacked the train, It was said, while 200 were grouped as a reserve to one side of the right of way. Arrivals from Chihuahua City said that a troop train of twontly ears conveying between 500 and 1000 Car-ranza Car-ranza troops had preceded the mining company special by about fifteen minutes, leaving the capital. The engine en-gine and two cars of this train were said to have been derailed by the bandits In order to stop the passenger passen-ger train of Americans. What became be-came of the Carranza soldiers, if they were in the military train, could not be learned here. The name of Thomas Johnson late today was added to the list of victims and that of J. Adams was changed to Joe Enders of Hayden, Ariz., making mak-ing nineteen victims. Reports of those arriving from the capital today were to the effect that the body of each victim bears a bullet bul-let wound in the forehead, in addition addi-tion to other wounds. It was said that the head of C. R. Watson was completely blown off. |