The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-04-14
q rlzon a Town Under
Constant Fire for
Three Hours.
THREE KILLED,
SEVERAL HURT
Rebels, Under Red" Lopez, At
tack Aqua Prieta and Capture
It After Fierce Battle Fight
ing Continues Until Stopped
by Charge Of Ameri-
can Troops.

AEun Prietn, Mexico, April 13-(yi.
Notwithstanding bnttle which last 81
ca MI afternoon and resulted In III, II
capture of this city by the rebels. com, (.
manded by "Red" Lopez, Amertcou
crossed the border and stopped
inc lighting. The action yvax tnl.c,,
nftcr three men had been kilI.,, ~,
ee'erhi wounded In Douglas an,I RIO
continued firing was entlnnrcrinr the t
'Nes OF Americans on United state +;
terFtorE. DnuSlns was under constants
lire for three hours. is II s:
I'd frieta surrendered to the
,,, htter one Of the most spectac- ID
Wat battles of the Mexican insurrec &.
tion. There are many dead ana wound
Gu, e. including one American, b. W.
aroW. who was struck BY a strav h,,,1<,,
In Douglas $500
ms Is the first time during tbe III. {.
~, ectlon that any person has boen
Aillca on the American side as TIA
iesult Oh the border lighting. &
me dead and wounded of hosh ~.
rebels and F'ederaIs are be;n, ~ -. ei.e
Douglas AN1i's tahen 10 y
federal Soldiers to the nunher -
,hhirty He'd to the American sida -
',our before the battle ended. ana 80
ulsarmed by the American tronns M
.I"eis snot down many Fcderals &c
released MS Fugitiyes.
Wounded Federal prisoners ,var ~
uurted from Aqua Prieta 10 the hord -,
Nhcte theN We're released rs fnoiti,,a.,if
on American soil. 20 ius ltlVes
Lopez's bands numbered not ~
nan 100, while the Federal defenaers
numbered sixty-five. A. :" SS' 49, :
was stated tonight that thu reh-
The 49, uulu Try to hold Aqua Prieta, in
i'serents by the United States.
me Dend and Injured.
a rrieta is the terminal or tha
, ,,,Harl railroad into Sonora and lie
we most Important point or ,ho M -
r na between FL Paso and the Pacific
Following are the American -.
and injured: 9'e''ti'ITaaH dead
Dead:
Robert Harrington.
u. z. Edwards
the wounded:
z. 2. Grow; will probably die
vr:,I,,i' lesson. half owner OF Tbs
Washington Mine shot thro,ct ~.
nigh condition serious. - ne
forest Rutherford, assistan+
in foot - shot
Garlos Lennon. baker from Rishoa
shot in leg. $500 nispee,
Genevieve Cole, sixteen veor u,
daughter OF A w Cole. forma,1,, On ~,
derman Of Douglas City Council sha+
through arm - si' 0ot
= W. W. singleton. chemist at Conner
queen mine. flesh wound in arm
hopert Harrington was a switchman
u.apioyea IN the yards of Douglas, and
n =, q
ouliet struck him in the head and ~
.u1holed from the car He was picked
up and taken in a wagon to the Copner
queen Hospital, where he died wi,bi,,
an hour. "t' 'iith
E.E. Grow. another switchman, was
IN, IN ne same train. and the same VOL
ley that killed Harrington swept hinG
from the car also lie was shot
through the body from side to side .
ana probably will die Crows's family /.
resides In Colorado TIL =
VtrGininn Killed.
.. - Edwards, young man twenty
five years Old was lighting with thu
insurrectos and was killed. His hoIHa
was In Virginia. {Z
Lopez captured the Nacozari train B
on Its southhound trip yesterday and
held it near Fronteras until to-day.
When with his troops aboard, num- 8.
bering 15o 1t steamed back TO Aqua
~
trained when the firing began
The rebels deployed the firing lffso
up and Gown the Nacozari Railroad
tracks from aqua Prieta Station to
the American customs house.
With the opening of the battle there
began rush Of American egh!=ecrs
from Douglas toward the internationa lT
line. the greater number pausIng at
the customs house. Tie insurrec.os H
III short Fushes kept moving northward +
Its shadows. The customs nousa Is
surrounded on three sides, facing Aqua
Prieta with vernnda which was
crowded with Americans and aIexl,ans
from Douglas. One rebel attempted
to run from the embankment TO m Z
adobe house a few feet to the rear He
doubled up IN his tracks. Another fol-
lowed. dropping dead at the door,
shot by His Leader.
Another. losing heart threw down v
his gun ana broke FOR the American
line, only a few feet away when Lopez
lcveled his gun at the fugitive, dred /.
and brought him TO earth.
The rebels swung up along the In x
tornationai line. taking possession OF
The Mexican guard house. which the
Fcderals had made theft ammunition b
ms ga2tne. \ squad OF ifteen tou.atie
from this shelter. with Lopez COM
manding. This house is only seveuty II
feet from the line where hundrets az u
Americans stood. sisa
AS the rebels swung around to this II
nank It brought the Federal fire from
Aqua Prieta directly toward tho Amer