The Sentinel=record., 1914-03-10
BODY OF CLEMENTE VERGARA RECOVERED AND SHOWS A
 BLACK AND BURNED HAND.
MYSTERY SURROUNDS CASE
Texans Said to Have Entered Mexico and Brought Body Back-Washing- ton Demands an Explanation of the Manner of Securing Body.

ments of the Ulited States govern ment are seeking information as to the conditions under which the body of Clemente Vergara an American ranch man. supposed to have been killed by Mexican federal soldiers near Hidalgo, Mexico, was found on the American side of the Rio Grande early Sunday morning. Stripped of doubtful details, the solitary fact known officially to the state and war departments is that the body of the man for whom search has been made for the past three weeks is on Texas soil.
 A brief telegram to the state de partment today from American Con sul Garrett at Nueyo Laredo, Mexico, said the body had been found and that details would be reported by mail. No mention was made of press reports that Texas rangers crossed the border and brought the body back, reporting their action to Gov. Col quit. This slow process did not sat isfy Secretary Bryan, who promptly wired the consul to make his report by telegraph and this is being await ed.
 Meanwhile the war department had become interested and Secretary Gar rison called on Gen. Bliss at Fl Paso for information This brought the fr1 fnu fa1n hat of
 Investigating Vergara affair. Will report as soon as facts are learned Thus far nothing known here except as published in press. Affair occur red about 35 miles above Laredo at a place not on railraod or telegraph line"
 Reasonably assured that neither United States nor Texas officials had participated in any action that might be regarded as violating Mexican sov- ereignty, the state department is con- fronted with the necessity of making fresh representations to Gen. Huerta in the effort to have punished the per sons guilty of Vergara's killing. When the case first was brought to his at- tention by Charge 'Shaughnessy, Gen. Huerta promised prompt punish ment of the guilty parties if warrant ed by the facts. Afterward the fed eral general at Nueyo Laredo intimat- ed that Vergara had joined the con stitutionalists and had been killed by them. The discovery of the body on the banks of the Rio Grande bear ing half a dozen fatal wounds now furnishes tangible evidence for the further prosecution of the case. Sec retary Bryan today asked John Bas- sett Moore, formerly counsellor of the state department, to his office for con. sultation and it is inferred that sub- sequent steps will be ia accordance with MT. Moores suggestions.
 Consul Letcher so far has made no report to the state department on the case of Snyman, the former Boer gen, eral and British ranch owner, who is asking protection for his property through the United States govern ment Also 1t was said that nothing had been heard of Gustav Bauch, the American who disappeared from Jua- reg several weeks ago. As for the commission charged to investigate the killing Of the British subject Benton. Secretary Bryan today said its status was unchanged.
 Mexicans Are Silent.
 Laredo, Tex, March 9.-Offcial si- lence, both federal and state, tonight settled down over still unexplained circumstances of the expedition of Texans into Mexico yesterday after Clemente Vergara's body. American Consul A. B. Garrett and Ranger Cap tain J. J. Sanders, both of whom have made official reports, refused to di- vulge anything. It was said that no publicity of important new facts is likely until Mr Garrett's report is answered by the state department at Washington. No reason has been giv- en why the results of Garretts re- port are awaited so eagerly, but it is surmised that the participants have decided to try to learn how their oTn government will regard their acts-oe- fore talking. The state investigation is awaiting the arrival here tomorrow of Adjt Gen. Hutchings, sent by the governor
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