Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-03-09
A NATIONAL OUTRAGE.
A Mexican Lieutenant and Three Sol
diers Cross the Rio Grande and At
tempt to Kidnap a Deserterr
They Rope and Beat Their Ean, but
are Set Upon by Americans Before
They Can Recross the River.
They Leave the Deserter for Dead-Two of
the Soldiers Killed and a Third
Wounded In the FusiIade.
AN INTERNATIONAL BREACH.

AN INTERNATIONAL BREACH.
Special to the Gazette.
EAGLE Pass, Tex, March 4.-This city
is the scene of the most unwar-
ranted Outrage that hiss ever been com
mitted upon the citizens of the United
States by the soldiers OF foreign coun-
try with which this republic is at peace.
About IL O'Clock Saturday morning Cap
tain Munos, commander of the soldiers
stationed in Piedrss Negrss, came to this
side and asked permission of the Custom
Inspector to let four of his men come
over on horseback and look at some
horses they wanted to buy, receiving per-
mission to cross provided they returned
within short time.
A lieutenant ami three soldiers came
over in the ferry boat and sitter talking
some time with Captain Munos they
started towards the railroad depot
AT A GALLoP.
The poor fellow, whose desertion from
the Mexican army and crossing to this
side was described the other day, was
working at Frank Fox's brick yard, noar
the depot, and the lieutenant and his men
evidently knew exactly where to fnd the
deserter.
He saw them coming at full gsllop
and knew what was up.
He crept into CRATE, half under one Of
the kilns, hoping to hide, but was geen.
The Mexican lieutenant drew his men
up and ordered two OF them to dismount
and draw the man ont, which they pro-
ceeded to do, drawing their pistols and
hitting the deserter several times over the
head as they were doing it.
The lieutenant then unrolled a rope
from his saddle and
RoPED THE FUGITIVE
and dragged him some distance, the three
soldiers belsboring him numerically
with their six shooters, endeavoriDg to
get him to Cross back to Mexico with
them.
About this time Deputy Sheriff Shad
White came up and told them to quit or
he would arrest them. They in reply
threw down their pistols on him, telling
him to get on! of their way or they would
Kill him. ,.yszsssss
Shad White being unsrmed ran down
to get Sheriff Cooke, and in the mean
time ne Nexicans, leaving the deserssrs
apparently dead and covered with wounds
from knife stsbs and beating him with
pistols, got on their horses s1dstarted
through town for the river s7s2ss
AS HARD AS THEY COULD GO.
When they got near the ford they en-
countered Shsd White again, followed by
Ed and Win vanriper and Sheriff Cooke,
and furious fusillade took place.
Shad White was shot through the right
hand and fell from his horse, and the |
horse ridden by one OF the Mexican SOL
diers fell dead from bullet from Whit. g
Winchester.
The Mexicans made every effort to
reach the other side Of the river before
the Vsnripers and Cooke could catch
them, and the lieutenant, who WAS riding
ahead on fine sorrel horse, succeeded in
reaching the Mexican bank and immedi-
ateiy turned and commenced firing with
his pistol into the crowd which had BY
this time assembled
ON THE AMERICAN BANK.
The dismounted soldier plunged into
he river afoot and was shot through the
head and killed by Ed Vsnriper when
about half way across.
OF the other two, one, corporal, was
wounded by rife shot in the side, and
the lieutenant had a flesh wound IN the
face.
The people of both Piedras Negras and
Eagle Pass are indignant st this outrage
upon international friendship, and de-
mand of the government protection and
retaliation.
The civil authorities claim to be en-
tirely innocent of this natter, and most
probably
KNKw NOTHING OF IT.
1t was scheme gotten up entirely by
Captain Munos snd bis lieutenant.
The Mexican Corporal ment oned in the
as being wounded by Deputy
Shad White, died soon after reaching the
other side.
White is shot through the right hand
md left wrist, and only by miracle es-
;sped with his life.