Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1912-11-11
POLICEMAN AND
RANGER WOUNDED
ENCOUNTER FOLLOWING ARREST
OF IGNACIO TREvINO.
Rangers and Deputies in Hack Were
Taxing Prisoner to Jail-Conflict-
ing Reports as to How the Firing
Occurred.

the upper part or the right lung, and
another wound through the right
forearm, Ranger Joe Jenkins with a
painful flesh wound through the left
arm near the shoulder, is the result
of an encounter Sunday morning
about two o'clock between three or
four policeman on horseback and sew
eral state rangers and deputy sheriffs,
who were in a hack with prisoner,
whom they were conveying to Jail.
The occupants Of the hack were Capt
j. J. Sanders, Rangers Red Hawkins,
and Joe Jenkins, Chief Deputy Sheriff
Pat Haley, Deputy Andres Uresti,
Ignacio Trevino, the prisoner, and
Alberta Salinas, the hack driver. The
meeting occurred at point about 400
yards to The northeast of the old
rice mill building, located on Elev
enth street.
Guadalupe Mata and Santos Gar
cia. both policemen, were arrested
early yesterday morning at there
homes, and complaints will be filed
against them today charging assault
to murder A similar complaint will
also be filed against Toribio Rodri-
guez, the wounded policeman, WHO
was taken to the Rio Grande hospi-
tai from the Jail yesterday morning
at 1890
Sheriff Ryan stated yesterday that
Rodriguez had made statement, but
he would not disclose it's contents.
Rodriguez, who was seen at the Rio
Grande hospital yesterday afternoon.
is in a serious condition as a result
of the shock, according to the at
tending physician. He received two
bullet wounds, one through the low
er part of the right arm, and one en-
tering the back near the right should
er blade and coming out through the
upper part of the right lung. His
survival is doubtful.
Rodriguez, who finds it very diff
cult to talk declares the meeting be-
tween the hack and the policemen
was accidental He said that the
hack was driving without lights and
he and his companions stopped it but
were unable owing TO the darkness
TO recognize the occupants. He said
that after few words the firing be-
gan He said he did not know when
he received the wound in his chest.
The arrest of TrevinO was made
at his home in the northeast sub
! urbs of the city about l 80 yester-
| day morning by the rangers and de-
deputies named, and the officers were
on the way to the jail with the pri-
soner when the encounter with the
policemen occurred. Reports concern
| ing the event are conflicting. Each
side claims that the other side fired
! the first shot.
| Ignacio Trevino, a former police
man of this city, was fugitive from
| justice under three very serious
charges He was indicted by the last
grand jury on charge of conspiracy
! 10 murder Andres Uresti and also
| on charge of conspiracy of assault
| ing a Mexican girl. The third charge
against him was for the shooting Of
! Placdo Cruz. an old man. who was
/ killed about 20 miles from here about
! two months ago.
The facts connected with the ar
rest of Trevino and subsequent hap
penings, as nearly as Herald report
ers have been able to CLEAN them, are
as follows:
Deputy Sheriff Haley had learned
that Trevino was at his home in this
city, and asked Captain Sanders aid
in making the arrest Capt Sanders
informed The reporter that this was
at 1880 yesterday morning at the
ranger camp in the fort grounds.
I Capt. Sanders, called for two of his
men. Jenkins and Hawkins, respond
4 ed and with the captain, accompan-
J led Deputy Sheriff Haley and Uresti
Entering the hack, the officers were
driven TO Trevino's home Captain
Sanders knocked on the door, an
nouncing who he was. and demanded
admittance. This being refused, he
forced the door open. Trevino was
sleeping on a cot near the door. Ram
ger Hakwins. a man of immense size,
and the captain pulled Trevino out
side and handcuffed him, placed him
in the hack and started to the coun-
ty Jail.
+ When about two hundreds yards
from the house, according to Capt.
Sanders, they met three or four po-
liceman. In a moment the shooting
/ was over, with one man on each side
wounded About eighteen or twenty
shots were fired.
The deputies and the rangers with
4 the exception of Captain Sanders and
his prisoner, jumped out of the hack
/ and engaged in the firing.
Hawkins yelled to the captain that
Jenkins was shot. and the captain or
dered the men into the hack so that
Jenkins could be given medical at
tention, and the prisoner could be
taken to jail. After this several ran
gers and deputies returned TO the
scene of the shooting. found Police
man Rodriguez At his home near
there. wounded. and took him to Jail.
They later obtained the names of two
other policeman who were placed un-
der arrest also early Sunday morn
ing
i Lieutenant of Police D. W 2uig,
who was on duty az the city nall Sat-
urday night. claims that the meet