Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1911-04-27
HERO DIES UNSUNC
FOR REBELS
Dick Mason, American Soldier
Dies in Boots, With Six Bul.
lets in Him: All in Front.

hiN'''' NN, Npiti ~" .
"DisK Mason. or "D.ck ~ as he
Was known Ia Hisbcr. Nuyrc Doc vas
cmplotrd at the -, II lltrI th' Pat
uc" livery ana for a time 90 Low w.
died with his boots on Boo tIr rcpol
Uttt,k Oh aqua Ifirta. s c,d"ncrd
ot @ iottcr from David N.hst"r,
n companion ia arms Of Mason n th
Phoenix Mason fell with Els bullet
wounds IN his body and ever on" of
The outlets was received boo lruu. vita
sin bullets ~ his body boz asked for
als sun tina, he might do NOR hsht-
iug before he died.
Mason Was well KNOW her, aud
made many friends during h.s r'si-
dcncc IN iIisbcc. AFTER the battle uf
Agua Prirta. Deputy sheriff win
White Visited the hordrr c,t, and
identinrd Mason ~ Di,k HI The
l"ttcr telling OF Mason mauucr oi
death ana the rebel ATTACK of The city
MI De uf interests To- DIS friends
here. II follows.
M u y Morch,ad
Phoenix. Ariz.
Dear SIR 4 guess YOU hpt, not for.
gotten the night In PhnonX tina, YOU
gave 'Siorty" Mason and myself SIN,
apiece when We told YOU wc were GO
ir' o. Join tho insurr,ctos
We had a hard time getting across
the line. having to come 100 the wa,
tu Douglas before We could succeed
In the attempt know YOU mus
nav" seen In the neWspapo OF
'ShoriN's' death In the battle %
Aqua prlcta last Thursday after.
noon. We cgmc acre and Joined tn,
forces of col. RED" Lopez about q
month ago. We Roi 3o.20 Winchss.
tcrs and 200 rounds of cartridges
and marched boldly across tho lin,
about o'clock IN the morning
about - of us--wlthout any troubl.
whatever u Ia THURSDAY We did no
dc anythiig but driii ana hike acros
the country Finally. Colonel I.ope
on Wednesday called M aii up an,
| asked al of us who We, not sfrsi,
I" 80 Z" Aqua Prleia o. got ON hi
right hand. About 900 of us nclud
ng twenty Americans promptly step
ped over. So that afternoon We hcl,
| up train on the Nacozari raiiwa,
and rode - miles from Aqua Prioti
| and cimpcd The next morning
Thursday. " hid up the tram an
| added lot Of empty sf.rl ears an,
| loaded all 'lir lnsurrcctos on an,
! headed IA. train for Douglas
W" rushed right Into the very tow
Itself We caught 10: Mexican req,
lars on their guard ana after ficrc
iiahtins, which lasted about two hour
and ten minutes We captured tn
town, disl"dgcd the regulars. got 500
rounds of Mausor bullets and 10
mod,rn rifle. Tn. Americans ,c,
the cha gc from thu depot uptown
and poor old shorty" was as ham
a man as you ever san. We were /
the lead NJ street that was sNo
/ by a continuous stream of Mauscr hui
'tsl from ago regulars ,ntrcnchcd %
the top 81 high adobe building TIL
only way We could fight was Ia jum
from one doorway tu another an
| shoot them when they pokcd the
heads up to take aim at us irir
Ia ut SHORTY To keep under cove
AZ much as possible bu, he was rcck
less and We had not gone NOR. tina
NIFTY feet before h. Was shot To piece
/ ''h'' IN NNNUuN, Nll III 'tunt.
never saw cooler or Drawer man nm
der action Three ot IN. American
we're killed only in IN" fight and tw
wounded. W" brought shorty" I
~" hospital 81 ihiS side and n. live
and was rational un,il O'Clock La
| night when he died quietly.
| W" insurgents have 1899 soldier
holding Aqua rricta 1gaipst IN. fed
g ais. We are expecting an attack b
me i"d"rals tomorrow with a hume
| "l machine guns. We look for IN
h"rccst battle Of the WhoIe war.
t'll ynu We had lot OF hot nah,
Ing for two hours We los, abou
twenty-five dead ana thlrty-two can
,urod II anybody tells YOU tina, IN
Insurgents don't mean business an
dont Know how 10 fight tell them "a
me that they arr u LOT Of liars
| IT YOU see DIR. Reed tell him tina
| shorty made good use of his bis
tul and that the last thing h. sal
was. Where Is m, pistol, Mac, hay
| YOU found II yeti some on. too
II in the battle ana ! have not \,
| been able To- find A.
| W. ara having a grdnd tim. ncr
In Douglas. The town simply On
Wild with drligh, a, nur victory.
was like big ball game. the Amcrl
| cans cheorcd and threw money acros
The line all during IN, battle whlcl
was very hot from tine jump. w
could not iirr At them IN the direction
OF the line but We had 10 60 dow
the border aud Gus, them from thr,.
cement ptlatlhouets Tk.. ,.t....
| caused ~ L. lose so many mon.
Believe me We are condpctirl
things as orderly a. any trained arm
ar. having no disordcrly conduc,
no footing, no raplnc and no drunk
enness have only a few minui.
To dash OF this lcttcr--you asked m
To write. Colonel i.op,z had lust "a
men go you may imagine that he /
the idol of the hour down here.
With kindrN regards and hes
wishes, yours for the revolution.
DAVID McALLfSTER.
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