New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-04-14
AMERICAN TROOPS
CROSS THE BORDER
Stop Battle After Aqua PrIeta
Had Been Captured by
Mexican Rebels.
TWO AMERICANS KILLED
Continued Firing Endangered
Residents of Douglas. Ariz.
Fierce Fight Watched
by Thousands.
1.-TWO AMERICANS KILLED


capture Of this city BY the rebels. com
manded by Red Lopez. America"
troops crossed the border and stopped
the Aahting The action was taken arfer
two men had been killed and several
wounded in Douglas. and the continued
firing was endangering the lives of
Americans on United states territory.
Douglas was under constant FIRE three
hours
At the suggestion OF Captain Goutot.
of the United states Cavalry the fed
eral garrison Of Aqua Prieta surrendered
to the American troops. They were con-
Quoted to American headquarters. in
Douglas. where they are held awaiting
instructions.
Americans Killed and Wounded.
Following are the American dead and
injured:
EDWARDS. J. g.
HARRINGTON. Robert
THE WOUNDED.
COLE Miss g.. shot through arm.
CROW z. e. will probably die.
DICKSON. A. r. sho, through 'hs thigh; $50
dition serious.
LENNON. Carlos. shot in leg
RUTHERFORD. Forest shot IN fco'
SINGLETON w flesh wound IN arm
Robert Harrington was swtchman
empioyed in the Yards If Douglas ana
was on his train at Ith street. A ouiiet
struck him In the head. and he fell from
the car. He was picked UP and taken IN
wagon to the Copper Queen Hospital
where he died within an hour.
F. f. Crow. another swttchman, vas
on the same train. and the same voliey
that killed Harrington swept him from
the car He was shot through the BODY
from side to side. and probably viii die.
| Crows family live In Colorado
A. R. Dickson, half owner Of the Wash
ington mine. was shot through the thigh
The bone is broken and the wound ma
prove fatal.
Forest Rutherford assistant superin
tendent Of the Copper Queen Smelter.
went 10 his home near the smelter when
the. battle began bullet among
rlany which entered his home. struck
him in the foot. The injury is slight
Carlos Lennon. a baker from Bisbee'
was among the sightseers wher par
TALLY spent bullet struck him in the leg.
passing through the flesh. He turned
and started toward Douglas. when an
other struck him in the back MS
wounds will not prove fatal
J. &. Edwards. twenty-five years on'
was fighting with the insurgents ana
was killed. His home was IN virginia
Girl Wounded in Fathers Home.
GenevIeve Cole. sixteen years old,
daughter Of A. w. Cole. formerly An Al
derman OF Douglas ant clerk ot III"
Arizona Constitutional Convention, was
string in her fathers home when fed
eral bullet passed through her arm.
w singleton. chemist at the Copper
Queen smelter, was shot In the arm
ronez captured the Nacozari train on
it's southbound trip yesterday and ne'h
II near Fronteras until to-day. "hen'
with his troops aboard numbering loo'
II steamed back to Aqua Prieta. Scarce
~ had the rebels left the train when
the firing began.
! The rebels deployed the firing line up
and down the NacoZari Railroad TRACKS
| from, Aaua Prieta station 10 the AmsH"
can custom. house
Thousands Watch the Fighting.
With the opening Of the battle there
began a rush of American sightseers
from Douglas toward the International
line the greater number passing AZ tha
custom house. The insurgents In snort
rushes kept moving north"ard to"aro
rhe custom house until within It's shad-
GUS The custom house Is surrounded
on three sides facing Aqua Prieta Win
q yeranda which was crowded Win
Americans and Mexicans from Douglas.
one rebel attempted 10 run from the
o,,harkusnt 10 an adobe house "A few
feet 10 the rear He doubled UP IN ms
tracks. Another followed, dropping dead
ar the door. Another losing heart
threw down his gun and broke Tor tns
American line. only few feet away,
when Lopez levelled his gun at the fugi-
tive. fred and brought him to earth.
The rebels swung up along the inter-
national line. taking possession OF the
Mexican g,lardhouse. which the federals
had made their ammunition magazine.
A squad Of fifteen fought from this shell
ter. with Lopez commanding. This
house il only seventy feet from the line
where hundreds of Americans stood.
As the rebels swung around TO this
flank IL brought the federal frC from
Aqua Prieta directly toward the Ameri-
can custom house Telephone poles were
struck and shots dug up the sanp on all
sides. but the sghtseers. mad with the
enthusiasm OF the fight stood their
ground
Dickson, the American shot through
the thigh. had taken up "A position be-
hind a little dirt embankmen. to the
south OF Nacozari station. on the Mexi-
can side. with station cmploye. Both
waved their white handkerchiefs at
squad OF federals. but the sign OF peace
was answered by volley OF shots. one
OF which struck Dickson az he lay on
. the ground.
A squad Of rebels took possession of
p second gusrdhouse by the internA-
tional monument. where they hoisted
their red white and green flag. as they
had done at the magazine.
At $3.50 o'clock Captain j. r.. Caujot.
, Of Troop X. lst Cavalry. L. s. A..