The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-14
FIERCE MEXICAN
 BATTLE RAGING Agua Prieta Captured by
 Rebel Lopez THE U. s. INTERFERES Firing Kills Two Americans and Wounds Many in Douglas, Ariz.
 Troops Cross the
 Border

ls Agua Prieta, Mex, Aprl 13, via Douglas.
 Ariz.-=During battle which lasted all
 afternoon and resulted in the capture Of
 this city by the rebels, commanded by "Red' Lopez American troops crossed 1 the border and stopped the fighting. The action was taken after three men had
 been killed and several wounded in
 Douglas and the continued firing was en- dangering the lives of Americans on United States territory. Douglas was un-
 der constant fire for three hours. Two Americans have been shot,
 One of them, E. w. Crow. is dead. taken to the hospital in Douglas seriously
 wounded.
 Agua Prieta is the terminal of the Nacorzi railroad into Sonora and Is the
 most important point on the border be- tween Fl Paso and the Pacific ocean. Following are the American dead and injured:
 Dead:
 Robert Harrington. J. c. Edwards.
 Wounded et
 E. E. Crow, probably will die. A. R. Dickson, shot through the thigh, cCnd1ton serious.
 Forest Rutherford shot in foot Carlos Lennon, shot in leg. Genevieve Cole, shot through arm w. Shingleton, flesh wound in arm Both were on the American side of tile line and were struck by stray bullets. Thousands of Americans rushed to the international line, but as the firing contin- ued they had to seek shelter behind adobe buildings and in ditches. About 15 minutes after the firing on the town began the Quartet, the headquar- ters of the commissario. was blown up with a terrific report, sending clouds of dust into the air. It is not known whether a rebel bullet struck the magazine at the commissario headquarters where dynamite was recent Iy stored or the federals blew up the mag azine to prevent the rebels getting sup- plies.
 The rebels arrived in train they cap. tured at Trronteras earlier in the day and their appearance was entirely unexpected The federal garrison Of 65 men has stood it's ground well as is indicated by
 the force of the fighting. The rebels at- tackled Agua Prieta from the west. After dctraining just below the town they marched to the west of the Nacazora railroad tracks and then with little short rushes took shelter behind the railroad
 entertainments resting their rifles over the rails as they shot into the town. One federal officer on top of the com- missaire headquarters remained and d. rected the movements of the reberal troops The federals fired from doorways
 and from any barricade that could be used.
 Two groups of rebels advanced until they were in the shadow of the Amer ican customs house, where they continued to fire. The federals few minutes later essayed a rush from the center of the town and took possession of an adobe building almost within the rebel ranks. The rebels retreated before this sortie, running with bent backs 10 shorten their height One dropped within the shadow | of the customs house and is still lying
 there His faithful dog lays beside him.
 watching over the l,ody. | The rebels. cheered on by cries of "Viva | Madero'' from a thousand Mexicans lined up at sthe American customs house. re-
 pulsed the sortie after few minute fir
 irg.
 Soon a thin line of federals began pour | ing ont of Agua Prieta. straight for the
 American boundary. At this juncture,
 with a cloud of dust, the United States First cavalry troops. under command of | Captain Guajot charged down the line of
 the baseball park. where he had head
 quarters and the fleeing federals stopped. l Some took refuge in the abode buildings
 Of the guard house on the line. while 1 others dropped into trenches partly filled up some tune ago by order of Major
 Gardner then commanding in Douglas. | Later a third American was shot in
 Douglas Tn an abode building man | was killed.
 Many bullets fell into Douglas as the >
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