The Archive · 1916

Americans Massacred in Mexico

NINETEEN MURDERED IN COLD BLOOD

El Paso, Jan. 13.

Thomas Holmes, the—only American to escape from the mas-sacro at Chihuahua, says that nineteen persons were murdered. There were three hundred bandits.

Holmes bolted when he was asked to undress.—Reuter.

Washington Jan. 13.

Secretary of State Lansing haa demanded that President Carranza shall promptly punish the bandits who committed the massacre at Chihuahua.—Reuter.

Washington, Jan. 15. The Cabinet has decided not to intervene in Mexico, relying on President Carranza to punish the murderers of the American citizens killed at Ohihuahua.—Reuter.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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