Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1911-04-20
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
fers Put an End to the Battle.

fers Put an End to the Battle.
A dispatch from Douglas. Arizona.
says during 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 was taken after
three men had been killed and sever
al wounded in Douglas, and the con-
tinued firing was endangering 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 a fierce battle Is In
progress. Two Americans hav3 been
shot. One of them, C. W. Crow, 10
dead, and the other, Ben Armstrong.
has been taken to the hospital, serl-
ously wounded. Both were on tho
American side OF the line and WA7e
struck by stray bullets.
Americans rushed to the interna-
tional line, but as the firing contilu-
eded, they had to seek shelter behind
buildings and in bitches. About 10
minutes after the firing on the town
began the headquarters Of the COM
missariat blew up with terrible re-
port. 1t 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 It's
ground well, 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 federafs M
ed from doorways and from any bar
ricade that could be ueod.
Two groups of rebels advanced un-
til they were in the shadow Of the
American custom house, where they
continued to fire. The federals,
few minutes later, essaysd 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 AZ
ter a few minutes firing. Soon
thin line of federals began pouring
out of Aqua Prieta straight for the
American boundary.
At this juncture, with a cloud or
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 filled up some
time ago by order of Maj. Garnder,
then commanding in Douglas.
Later third American was shot
in Douglas. In an adobe building
near Forth street man was killed.
MANY bullets fell in Douglas, 80 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 II was feared the federals might
fire on the American custom house.
Twenty minutes after the battle
began squad of rebels took their
station at the American custom house
and fired from a distance OF 10 feet
from the sight-seers. The rebel COM
mander claims that reinforcements
are coming Immediately.