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Show VILLA MURDERS MORE AMERICANS EI Paso, Texas, March 31. A man named Herman Blankenburg and two other foreigners were murdered yesterday yes-terday at Minaca, Chihuahua, by Francisco Fran-cisco Villa and his followers, according accord-ing to private but authentic sources here. Details of tho killing are lacking. lack-ing. Mfnaca Is situated on the Kansas City, Mexico & Orient railway, which joins with the Mexico Northwestern at La Junta, and is about ten miles southeast of Guerrero, where Villa is reported to have massacred 172 Carranzlstas. Car-ranzlstas. Today's Information substantiates, sub-stantiates, therefore, previous statements state-ments of the bandit's whereabouts and indicates there is truth in the reports re-ports that ho has turned eastward and may como in contact with American cavalry along the Mexican Northwestern Northwest-ern railroad line. Although Blankenburg's namo Indicates Indi-cates that he is of German birth, the meagre Information obtainable here is to the effect that he ia an American. It is believed that tho other victims of Villa's wrath also were Americans, as the bandit's vengeanco hardly would bo turned against persons of any other nationality. The information regarding the reported re-ported assassinations was telephoned from Minaca to Chihuahua last night, over a private line, by an employe of an American concern and telegraphed from Chihuahua to El Paso. It baa been turned over to army headquarters headquart-ers here. |