The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1914-03-09
TEXAS RANGERS
GAIN POSSESSION
One Hand iscorched and
Burned, Indicates Use of
Barbarous Methods.
M st.
NEW REPORT SAYS
IT WAS DELIVERED
Captain AIaiasaxns he Didn't Enter
Mexican Soil at all-NIembcrv Of
4 Family Identify Remains-Three
Bullet Wounds in tho Body.
SAYS BODY WAS DELIVERED.

SAYS BODY WAS DELIVERED.
Austin, Tex, March 8.-Gov-
eFnor Colquitt issued the follow
ing 0hicial statement today:
Captain Sanders, commanding
company @ of the Texas Rangers
as Laredo. advised me by tele-
graph that he has recovered the
body Of verssza. I wired him
for full particulars. He Just now
\ advises me that he did not TO
Into Mexico at all, but was In.
formed that the body OF Vergara
would be delivered on the Texas
@de OF the river at . particular
place named At $3.50 q. M, Sum.
day, where he found 1t. As to
who brought IL across the river,
ihe docs not know. He had no
assistance In this transaction, cx-
cept from the family and rela-
aves q verxars, who identified
Laredo. Tex, March s.-Texas
rangers crossed the Rio Grande into
Hidalgo, Mex. obtained the body of
Clemente Yergsra. an American
ranchman, and returned it to the
!; American side.
~ The body was received by a party
Of Americans who secretly crossed
the bodysiA Htdalgo, Mexico. cemetery,
!. I, breuSht stt sacross the river today: I
y, HAnd shows T1r;tare "
.ssossS .xsa &. sssa sss1s sss ssst sss
the neck. His skull was crushed as
though from. blow Of rifle butt and
2 charred left hand was taken to in
dictate here he. had been tortured be.
fore being killed.
The rangers were not opposed ac-
complishing their search without the
slightest violence, taking the body
from it's grave in Hidalgo cemetery al
most within sight Of the border.
No Grave Aspects.
Tho seizure is divested of possibly
grave aspects in international compll.
cations by reason Of the fact that the
rangers were virtually making use of
permission granted offlcially by Mex
lean federal authorities several days
ago for recovery Of the body. This
permission was given United States
Consul Alonzo Garrett at Nuevo La
redo, but he did not get the body be-
cause Of what he reported as dangers
attending search for 1t in the imme.
dtate vicinity Of Hidalgo.
Identified by Son.
Identification was made by YER
gara's son and by numerous friends,
many Of whom were in the party Of
nine. led by the state border patrol,
which made the grim Journey.
The body was not badly decompos-
ed. despite its three weeks burial.
Rangers Help.
ponoporr, ~,oo vaor1o n e@..~ 80
Texans including friends Of vergara's g
acting with troop Of Texas rangers
under Captain Sanders, who has been
investigating for Governor Colquitt
circumstances of Vergaras seizure by
federals. It is understood thorough
examination of the body has been or
dered by state. authorities. r.:
Demanded Pay.
Fergara left his ranch, near Hali-
fax, Texas, Friday, February IS, and
crossed the river into Mexico: on re-
ceiving message from three federal
soldiers that Captain Apinola Rodri-
guez of Hidalgo garrison wished to
settle for eleven horses taken from
Nergara's island pasture in the Rio
Grande.
Was Assaulted.
Mrs. Vergara since told how she
BdW nSr uuSDauO d6S4utIeU Oy WaltlnH
soldiers. and after being knocked un-
conscious. carried off. On the fol-
lowing day, Mrs. Vergara found her
husband in Hidalgo Jail. As far. az is
known, no charge was made against
him. He had been cruelty beaten,
according to his wife. = ~.
4 Forced Away. 6t.,
She dressed his wounds on the head,
she said, and remained with him until
( forced to leave. That was the last
tima she over saw him alive. for early
next mornillg he was taken from the
jail. supposedly to be transferred .to
Piedras4 Negras, and he disappeared. 4
After search for the missing Alneri-
can It was finally determined to the
satisfaction OF American Investigators
that he had been executed.
Preasdsse nzpects Report.
Washington. March 9.-President
Wilson expects . full. report from
Governor Colquitt and American Con-
sui Garrett as to the manner in
which the body Of Clements yergara
was returned to American soil in
Texas 81. @.
After reading contra dictory sY,ews
dispatches, some saying the Texas
RAnkera crossed into Mexico ana hnd
avatled themSelves of perfnisaioni hy
Mexican federal authorities Ia Gar.
4 srett to recover the body, Prestdant1
Wilson and 6sorstasy Bryan conferred
y 4 d