Waterbury evening Democrat., 1888-03-05
AN OUTRAGE BY MEXICANS
A CASE THAT DEMANDS INVESTiGA.
 TON BY THE GOVERNMENT.

Getting Into Our Territory by Deception.
 They Attack and Wound a Deserter,
 Threaten the sherin, and a General
 Fusilado Follows.
 EAGLE PASS, Tex, March 5.-This city on Saturday was the scene of as gross an out rage as has ever been committed upon the citizens of the United States by the soldiers of foreign country with which this country is at peace. About Il o'clock Capt. Munos, commander of the soldiers station in Piedraa Negras, came to this side and asked per1nis- sion of the customs inspector to allow four of his men to come over on horseback and look at some horses they wanted to buy.
 Receiving permission to cross provided they returned in short time, lieutenant and three soldiers came over in the ferry boat, and after talking with Capt. Munos they started toward the railroad depot at 8 gallop. The man whose desertion from the Mexican army and crossing to this side was described tho other day working at Frank Foxes brick yard, the depot. The lieutenant and his men evidently knew exactly where to find the deserter. He saw them coming at full gallop and knew what was up. He crept under one of the kilns, hoping to hide, but was seen. The Mexican lieutenant drew up his men and ordered two of them to dismount and draw the man out, which they proceeded to do, drawing their pistols and hitting the deserter over their head several times 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 sol diers belaboring him unnercifully with their six-shooters, endeavoring 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, drew their pis- tols on him, telling him to get out of their way or they would kill him. White being unarmed, ran down to get Sheriff Cook, and III the meantime the Mexicans, leaving the deserter apparently dead and covered with wounds from knife stabs, got on their horses, and started through the town for the river as hard as they could go. When they got near the ford they encountered Shad White again, followed by Ed and Will Van Riper and Sheriff Cook, and a furious fusilade took place Shad White was shot through the right hand and fell from his horse, and the horse ridden by one of the Mexican soldiers fell dead from ball from Whites Winches- ter.
 The Mexicans made every effort to reach the other side of the river before the Van Ripers and Cook could catch them, and the lieutenant, who was riding ahead on a fine sOTrel hCrse succeeded i'll reaching the Mexl- can bank, and immediately turned and began firing with his pistol into the crowd which had by this time assembled on the American bank. The dislnounted soldier plunged into the river on foot, and was shot through the head and killed by Ed Van Riper. When about half way across the other two, one a corporal, was wounded by rifle 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 at this outrage upon international friendship and demand of the government protection and retaliation. The civil authorities claim to be entirely innocent of this matter and most probably knew nothing of it. It was a scheme gotten up en- tirely by Capt. Munos and his lieutenant. The Mexican corporal mentioned as being wounded by Deputy Shad White died soon after reaching the other side. White is shot through the right hand and left wrist, and only by miracle escaped with his life. The Mexican who the soldiers tried to kidnap is seriously injured, but will probably recover. United States Consul Allen has telegraphed an account of the affair to the secretary of state at Washington.