The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1913-07-31
HUERTA SOLDIERS
ARE ARRESTED
Troops Who Wounded Official
Held on Demand of U. S.
YANKEE PRISONER is FREED
Washington Government Requests
Punishment Of Men Who Shot I'm.
migration inspector While
on Duty In Juarex.

Ell Paso, Tex. July 29.-Followins
the demand made by American Consul
T. D. Edwards Sunday, the Mexican
federal officials at Juarez. Mex. 70
leased Charles B. Dixon, Jr, the United
States immigration inspector who was
shot in the back on Saturday by Mex
ican federal troops. Mr.. Dixon was
taken to hospital at Ell Paso. Tex.
The demand of Consul Edwards was
in vigorous language. The consul said
relative to reparation:
81 do not merely request the arrest
of these men, but in the name OF the
United States government. which l
have the honor to represent. l demand
their immediate punishment for this
crime. Ny government will hold the
military authorities of Juarez per-
sonaily responsible for failure to obey
this command"
Arthur Walker. the negro who Dixon
was investigating when he was ar
rested. and the soldiers who made the
arrest were Immediately placed in
Jail, according to the report OF Colonel
Castro, commanding the Juarez garri-
son. to f. w. Berkshire, supervising In
5pector of immigration for the United
States on the Mexican border.
Dixon was released to Mr.. Berkshire
and brought to Ell Paso to hospital,
where his physicians believe he VIII
recover.
When the Mexican soldiers had ap-
pretended Dixon they marched MIN
to the suburbs of the city instead OF
the military barracks or city hall,
This, according to Dixon's statement,
gave rise to the suspicion that he was
going to be executed. AS matter OF
self.preservatlon, he declared, he took
to fight and became the target OF
many bullets.
Wounded. 40 was taken to the
Juarez hospital by his captors. and
there. under a military guard Of three
soldiers, he was kept from Saturday
afternoon until late Sunday, when he
was removed to Ell Paso.
Indignation at the Mexicans runs
high In Ell Paso and the treatment ac-
this city between Americans and Mex
leans as has no other incident attend
ant upon the present revolution.
Washington, July 29.-The shooting
and serious wounding of United States
Immigration Inspector Charles B.
Dixon Saturday by Mexican federal
troopers at Juarez while Mr.. Dixon
was performing his official duties has
aroused the administration to rapid
action and has further complicated
the problem President Wilson has be
fore him of determining what is to
be the policy Of the United States
towards Mexico.
There were other developments In
the last "a hours which have muddled
the already thoroughly mixed and
acute relations of the United States
toward Mexico. These developments
were:
1t was not until Sunday that the ad-
ministration received an official report
on the shooting Of Inspector Dixon,
The state department received re-
port from the American consul at
Juarez, Thomas Edwards, and Secre-
tary of Labor Wilson received an &C
count of the shooting Of immigration
Inspector Berkshire, In charge Of the
El Pa&0 district. Both were laid be-
fore tie president, who had with him
the general report made to Secretary
of Stale Bryan by Ambassador Wilson
Both official reports corroborated
the PRESS dispatches.
Secretary Bryan telegraphed Consul
Edwards to demand Of the command
ants of the garrison at Juarez that the
officer and men connected with the
shooting be arrested at once. Mr.
Edwards was instructed to further de.
mand that the men be held until their
testimony can be taken by the consul