Show BANDITS WIPE OUT FARM settlement FIFTY MEN WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE ARC MURDERED BY FOLLOWERS OF VILLA mexican farmers stoutly defended their homes surrendering after ammunition gave out only to be slain by ruthless raiders ul el paso texas reins it lias ins been learned here that till an entire mexican farin set was vas wiped aped out when lien francisco villa and his followers follow eis nia acred more than fifty men women and children hll dien it and ild burned their homos homes and crops angered because a small party of its ills nion had ard been fired filed upon near the community on oil the previous pie ilous day tillit alth nien men swooped down on the place the fari funnels liers stoutly defended homes and it was not until atwon ty five or thirty of them hit had been killed and theli their ammunition exhausted that the survivors sun hois twenty five the in number surrendered these survivors sun hois there Is reason leason to believe would have hae escaped with their lives had not one young man mail crazed with grief over oel the loss ot of ills his wife mite and family faintly attacked att inked villa and attempted to wrest the rebel lehel leaders adeis le run gun from n his hand villa being large and heavier header than thai ills adversary adeis iri subdued the men inen after it struggle nud and shot cliot him dead in his fury fui villa then ordered all the men of the community put to death and tile liontos lion sos grain and other possessions of the community burned according to one of three men who escaped death tit at the hands of the rebels at a small party of villa follo followers I 1 rode lode up to the village at night and demanded provisions upon being refused they the threatened to shoot up the community and members of the local militia or social defenders opened fire file on oil them driving them into the brush the next nest morning the reprisal attack began and lasted several hours during which time the farmers succeeded in killing at least fifteen of the attacking party |