The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-04-15
TOOK A HAND
Uncle Sans Boys in Blue Cross Border
and Stop Mexican Fight.
PROTECT OUR PEOPLE
Shots From the Battlefield EndanG-
cred Douglas, Arizona, Where
Number of People Were Killed by
Stray Bullets, and American Sold
iers Put an End to the Battle.


iers Put an End to the Battle.
A dispacch from Douglas, Arizona,
says during a battle which lasted all
Thursday afternoon and resulted in
the capture of Aqua Prieta, by the
Mexican rebels, the American troops
crossed the border and stopped the
fighting. The action YVES taken after
three men had been killed and sever
al wounded in Douglas, and the con-
tinued firing was eudangerlng the
lives of Americans on United States
soil. Douglas was under constant
fire for three hours.
A dispatch from Aqua Prieta, Mex
co, says the rebels have attacked
Auga Prieta and fierce battle is in
progress. Two Americans have been
shot. One of them, G.. W. Crow, is
dead, and the other, Ben Armstrong.
has D>tr taken to the hospital, seri-
ou-'y founded. Both were on tho
American side of the line and were
struck by stray bullets.
Americans rushed to the interna-
tional line, but as the firing cont!au-
eded, they had to seek shelter behind
buildings and in bitches. About 5
minutes after the firing on the Gown
began the headquarters Of the COM
missariat blew up with terrible re-
port. It is not known whether a
rebel bullet struck the magazine at
the headquarters where the dyna-
mite was recently stored or the fed
erals blew up the magazine to pre-
vent the rebels getting supplies.
The rebels arrived on the train
they captured at Fronteras earlier in
the day, and their appearance was
entirely unexpected The federai
garrison of 65 men had stood its
ground we'll, as is indicated by the
fierce fighting.
The rebels attack is from the
west. Detraining just below the
town, they marched to the west and
then with little rushes took shelter
behind the railroad embankments,
resting their rifles over the rails as
they shot into the town.
One fedeal Office on top Of the
commissary at headquarters remain
ed and directed the movements of
the federal troops. The federais III
ed from doorways end from any BAR
ricade that could be ICED.
Two groups of rebels advanced un-
til they were in the shadow of the
American custom house, whare they
continued to fire. The federals,
few minutes later, essaysd a rush
from the centre of the town and took
possession of an adobe almost within
the rebels ranks.
The rebels retreated before this
sortie. One dropped within the shad-
ow of the custom house and is still
lying there. His faithful dog lies
beside him watching over the body.
The rebels, cheered on by the cries
of "Vivia Madero' from thousand
Mexicans lined up at the American
custom house, repulsed the sortie al
ter a few minutes firing. Soon
thin line of federals began pouring
out of Aqua Pricta straight for the
American boundary.
At this juncture, with a cloud OF
dust, the United States First Cavalry
troops, under Capt. Guajot, charged
down the line from their headquart-
ers, and the fleeing federals stopped.
Some took refuge in the adobe house
on the line, while others dropped
into trenches partly Tlled up some
time ago by order of Maj. Garnder,
then commanding in Douglas.
Later a third American was shot
in Douglas. In an adobe building
near Forth street man was killed.
MANY bullets fell in DOUGLAS. IS the
rebel force of the southwest fired
into northwest Douglas where the
MeXicans live. Cries Of Viva Ma
dero' were stopped by the Americans
as it was feared the federals might
fire on the American custom house.
Twenty minutes after the battle
be?an a squad of rebels took their
station at the American custom house
and fired from a distance Of 10 feet
from the sght-seers. The rebel COM
mander claims that reinforcements
are cominr Immediately