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Monday, Marcn 3, ihi*. j. ?=f p vSEIEZD AND HANGED Jf ON MEXICAN GROUND < ; i Verarara Assaulted by Federals Kept j Three Days in Prison and Then 1 Taken Out to His Death. i rvvK or ?Plompntn t iXir QO, 1 CXiiS, ri'u. , t Vergara, American citizen, was as- < L saulted by Mexican federal soldiers'< T K)n the Mexican side of the Rio Grande j t and imprisoned at Hildaga February f 13. Two days later he was hanged i c from a tree three miles from that! I city and the b:dy was left uncared for j until two days ago, when it was se- < nrfitlv removed ! 1 ; JL This, it is stated, was established < o the satisfaction of United States * ( Consul Garrett and S. J. Hill, broth- < er-in-law of Vergara, who today went t to Hildago to investigate the death offi the Texas ranchman. They returned late tonight to Nuevo Laredo. Fed-i<' , eral soldiers at Hidalgo, they said, j s denied all knowledge of Vergaras' death and Capt. Apolinico Rodriquez, ' commander there, was particularly 1 emphatic that Veragara and the horses \ which tae ra.nci.mctn claimed had < been s:o en irom lain had been sent * .s.^2- as. Hi.l. however, IV JL. ViU. W*0 > ??. taid -lie rec-g^zed the missing am- ! f rnals ani^n^ .,-e norses :idden by the ' iederal troopers. . ] iil *>iexiC0. J It was e^jnsneu taa: Vergara ' was seized on the Mexican bank ot 1 the river and net on ;.he island about whicha question has arisen whetner 1 it is Mexican or American terricory. i Mrs. Vergara witnessed the assault i on her husband. Vergaa had been J told by 'federal soldiers that Capt. ft Rodrizuez wanted to set:le with him < for seven stolen 'horses a:id, accom- /; paniei by his nephew, crossed the < # river. Tne boy ran and hid in the < W brush wnen the soliders knocked his J uncle unconscious and in view of the distracted wife, watching from the other bank, took him away to Hi- '< ~ ? daigo. Mrs. Verga*a visited her husband in 1 jail tie following day and dressed his 3 wounds. On Sa:urday he was taken ; f om prison, supposedly to be "trans- ^ f ferred to Piedras Negras. Later the^ body was seen hanging. Saw tne (*;.ave. 1 Two days ago the LoJy disappeared ] and a newly made grave in toe Hidago cemezery was noticed by sev- 1 eras. Mexicans, who siuce ioia luc Nuevo La eao police. h Consul Garrett s.ated tonight thai 1 he was con. inced by the federal at- ;: titude t-at it would have been dan-;; fgerous for him to search for the b:d> j! in the cemetery. Pie told Capt. Rod-! 1 v riguez that he would secure orders for the removal of toe body. That no mistake cculd have been made ij :be identity of the man hung is assurea :] by' the identificati:n or tne d^ay dj ; half a dozen persons. Verga a was j well known throughout that section. : x._ Conflicting details in the story of p (T Capt. Rodriguez aroused bitter dis- j < y cussion here tonight. It was learned , that Rodriguez had tcld Consul p Blocker that Vergara had joined the 1 I constitutionalists. Rodriguez denied J thai he had ever received any o ders j from the Piedras Negras commander, jj Gen. (Alvarez, who told :he American j authorities Vergara would be trans- j1 ferred there. The federal captain was j J insistent, howeve", that the missing ] man had been sent to Piedras Negras. ] ^ o 1 '< VERGAKA 8 SLAYERS j MUST BE PUBLISHED ( ] 0'Sliaug^hnessy .Advised .to .Demand | Huerta to Act.?Cabinet With President. < i - Washington, Feb. 2i.?Two hours;' & of discussion of the Mexican situation j in all its phases by President Wilsoii and his cabinet today developed x >, k unanimity of opinion that the -rime hat j1 F -liot yet arrived for any change in the j policy of the Washington government, j .Though still reserving judgment on the. facts surrounding the execution of William S. Benton, British subject, -the president and his cabinet, it was * learned authoritatively, were inclined 1 to regard of serious moment the hang- ' ing by 'Mexican federals of Clemente J Yergara, an American citizen. Imme- I ^ diately after the cabinet meeting Secft retary Bryan cabled Charge O'Shaugh I nessy to demand of the H'uerta gov- 1 ernment the punishment of those re-:1 sponsible for Vergara's death. An ex- ' planation will be sought by the Amer" "arVltr on V "harm be~ j ' iUtll gUrCi UiliVUb VI nu; fell Vergara, when assurances had j' been given to the American consular ' representatives that he was safe. Federals Just as Bad. I |g Incidentally the . memorandum cir- J] culated by the Huerta government \{ among diplomatic representatives In j1 Mexico City, pointing out to the United States that the constitutionalists < were unable to protect foreigners and, ' therefore, ought to be deprived of the, < right to get arms in the United States, 1 did not reach* the State department ? Secretary Bryan said it had not been I received, and there ^ere intimations ] I rorn nigh officials tha: the memoran-' l lum meant little in view of the wan:on < r.urder of Vergara. 11 Vi.tually every move that has ever {; jeen suggested for the protection of * ^ st.i ,10 nnH f/-\r-nio-r>n-r;.' in \tpvir>n c ^lUCJ H_-a.il O auu 1U tuvoivv , md fcr the restoration of peace in .hat country was discussed by the cabinet. No conclusion was reached, is far as could be learned, except thatCl here should be aggressive pursuit ol < 'acts in both the beiuon and Vergara \ leaths. i : J Bryan Sees Spring-Rice. ] Iiate in the day Secretary Bryan ? conferred with Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, < British ambassador, whom he inform- ] Mi that Gen. Villa had consented to < >iir>w i-.hp hrwiv ?f Benton to be seen >r examined by two representatives of i he American government, two rep -esentatives of the British govern- < jrnment respectively, and one army 1 iiid any relative of Benton who de- i >ired to accompany the party. i Mr. Bryan poin:ed out that the i ime ican government would have ] Deen satisfied if a single representa:ive of the British and American government respectively, and one armq surgeon had oeen given permission to i >e the body. He told ih ambus^ador, 1 lioreover, mat a special trai i ^ad i nfnmitP'i hv Vi 1:> to Llike tllO I par>:y to Cnihuahua, whe e the bcay ..as been located, and thai a st.ir: prs- >' ija'oly would bo made tomorr-w jr aext day. It had not been decided today exaci- ] [y who would make up the party, but ( it is regarded as cerrain chat the Brit- < ish consul, Charles A. S. Perceval, and ; iiis secretary; George C. Carothers, American consular agent at Jua ez, md Marion Le.cher American consul it Cliihuahua, will view the body, ilong with two army surgeons, to be < detailed by the war department fr-om Fort Bliss, Texas. Villa's Order Pleases. The news that Gen Villa had issued an order requiring that American ccn- : sular representatives in Mexico be adrised of all arres;s of foreigners was 1 received with satisfaction here. Assur ances-also have been coming i :directly that Gen. Carranza and other leading constitutionalists will see to it that no further international complications are caused by their sid? of the rebellion. Discussion of the Benton case in an ' t informal way among administration officials has developer] the view tna: primarily Benton committed an indiszre ion in going to 'Villa, with whom, it is admitted, he was on unfriendly terms. To go into Villa's camp under such circumstances, nigh officials here . think, was to unnecessarily risk his life. They contrast the affair with the killing of Vergara, woo did nothir.g to: provoke Mexicans, but as an innocent' rancher was kidnapped by federals j and later hanged. >ot Satisfied About Baucli. Thus far the State department nas; < received no satisfac:ory advices con- ' :erning Gustav Bauch. Consul Ed- ! wards reported that he saw him in t-be j > Juarez jail on February 18; that since Llie2 his whereabouts has been un-!,' known, Villa denying that Bauch was i in Chiiuahua City. Further inquiry iias been made. . v Speeches critcising the administra- { Lion's Mexican.policy continued -today i in the house. Representative Mondell, j' republican, of Wyoming, making the j p"incipal speech of attacK. Administration leaders believe a big majority of the republicans in congress are in- ? clined to leave the question in the hands of the executive department of the government. Secretary Bryan is keeping in ^ touch with members of the senate to. -' sign relations committee through Act- J ing Chairman Shivelv. WOULD CROSS BO-KDER Colquitt Asks Wilson to Allow Him to Send Hangers Into Mexico. ? Bryan Wires Him to Wait. Austin, Texas, Feb. 26.?A request to know "whom the United States gov enrment now recognizes as the constituted authority in Mexican States ^ordering on the Rio Grande" went forward late today to President Wilson from Governor 0. E. Colquitt, of Texas. | rhe request was made for the purpose of demanding the surrender of j Lhe "abductors and murderers" of \ + TfArrrn T*O rj TfiVO'O 11" i 7 ?> D PV? I ' UlCiUUUkC Y CI 5U1 CLy <A X ? scuted by Mexican Federals. Then apparently answering the luestion himself, the governor asked 1 consent of the United Slates, "in view . Df the conditions of revolution and !1 anarchy in -these border States, to send i1 Rangers across the Rio Grande in j pursuit of the lawless element of eith- j sr faction when they cross into Texas i: md commit crimes." "I insist. Mr. President that Texas i is a soverign State, is entitled to pro- j :ect Texas citizens on the border from j! in unbearable condition like tha \ svhich now exists,concluded the mes- j >age. Earlier hi the d*.y Governor Colquitt ] lad put in motion an investigation of I l :he Vergara incident through Stat channels. The first result was infor nation from the Webb counry reco:d asserting positively tiat the islam ^vhere Vergara is said to have bee: seized belongs -co Texas. Bryan Wires Colquitt, Washington, 'Feb. 26.?Secretar Bryan tonight telegraphed Governo Colquitt, of Texas, that the sendin; 3f the State milicia into Mexico to ap prehend those responsible for th ranging of Clemente Vergara, ai American citizen, would involve a re jponsibili.y which t.ie federal govern nent alone was in a p:sition to as ;ume. Tie governor had inquired whethe the federal government had any ob jections to the sending by the Stat Df a force to arrest the slayers o ^'ergara. Secretary Bryan replied tlia the Washington government was do ins: all that could be done t? cbtai] the arrest and punishment of the of fenders. 'A similar situation arose in Texas i; ternary, 1912, and February, 1912 when boraer 'roubles caused Gover o Polquitt to declare he might sen* IYv'is rangers inio Mexico either t prevent firing int3 American territor, or to prcfert Americans. When o February 2', Governo- Colqui Drdered four companies of militia t rrownsvi'le the war department tele p-r^he^ Hen Sleeve7*, then in com mand of t^e department of Texas, "un der no circumstances to permit thei crossing of the river, except unde the specific orders of the Serertary c War." RETURNS FFO>T DEATH CELL Becker Lodged in Tombs After Joyon Journey.?Says He Hopes TVhitmon Will Uod^n Va<>nnd Trial New York. iFeb. 26.?Aifter a tri from Ossining diring which he talke with and lovingly caressed his wifi Char'es Becker, the former Iieutenac :f the New York police departmen was lodge:l i;? the Tombs tonight. H v,*as placed in a cell three doors froi tve one he occupied before he w?. "aken to Sing Sing to bs executed To t'r.e part he is alleged to have playe in the murder of Herman' Rosentha the gambler. Mrs. Becke" arrived at Sing Sin prison early in the afternoon with bundle of her husband's clothin When Becker's attorney, Joseph 1 Shay .and two deputy sheriffs arrive with an order authorizing the reieas of Becker from the death house, th former policeman and his wife wer sitting in tie warden's office. One i * J- -1 i.1 3 _ A. tn,e waraen ana me guarus lurne iheir backs. His First Kiss. "Thai's the first time I have kisse my wife in 16 months," said Becke afterwards. As Becker and his attorney, hi wife and the deputies guarding hii stepped outside of the prison "trusty" working almost opposit waved his hand towards Lite lohg gra stone building.- Immediately ther was a shout from the barred wir dows. As Becker was driven past th row of cell windowg anotner roa ?ir? ' " Vil U U On the way to the station Becke expressed regret.- that he'had not bee ab.e to say good-bye to all the othe inmates of the .death house. H changed clothes in warden's office an did not have time to go back befor the train left. . ' Pity for Gunmen. "I am sorry I didn't see them," h said. "I am especially sor-'y I wa unable to say a word or two to th four gunmen. "<Ajid I want to take this opportun ty to i-ay'that I c'idn't really mea what I said yesterday about goin back in;'the police department an cleanup up the gunmen in New' Yor] I wouldn't go back on the force fc all the money in the world. There j r.othing that could induce me to liv in New York after I am finally freedfor I am confident that 1 will be. "I see that District Attorney Whii man is quoted as saying he plans t have mo br ought to trial again withi the next six w^rks. I hope he doe it sooner than chat. I don't fear th district attorney. I be'ieve him t be a jus: man. If he, personally, an no one else prosecutes the case againt me. I know the thing will be don right. Whitman is on the level. I ca 3ay no more than that." District Attorney Whitman toda declared that he will put Becker o trial again fop the murder of Henna Rosenthal. He said he is preparing th people's case and will move for a ne^ :.rial either in April or May. SETS NEW RECOKD. Senate Passes Biggest Appropriate Measure?For the Postoffice. Washington, Feb. 28.?The senat oassed today the largest appropria Lion bill ever to meet the approval o 0 y T You are just ?s near our store <)s to s1 Ci jiiiuiie 6 You are not compelled to make personal visits to our store?you can 'phone. There may be some emergency need. r You may be busy or the weather bad. e ? Just call us up tell us your t wants and we skal* get the g:ods for you at once. 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