The Sentinel=record., 1914-03-21
OF TEXAN BY MEXICAN CAUSES GOV. coLoUlTT TO TAKE
 SPEEDY ACTION.
WANTS RANGERS WHO SHOOT
Will increase Border Patrol of State Officers and Orders Men to Shoot Whenever Necessary-Many Bord- CT outrages Committed.

Austin, Tex, March 20.-Reports of new disorders along the Mexican border, including the attempted kid napng of an American citizen by five Mexicans today caused Gov. o. B. Colquitt to order the ranger force | recruited with "men who can shoot" "I have instructed Captain Hughes to look for more men suitable for the ranger service. My instructions to him are to get men who can shoot and will shoot when necessary" said Gov Colquitt tonight.
 Captain Hughes commands tho ranger force which has headquarters at Raymondville, Cameron county, in the extreme southeastern tier of the state. Brownsville, opposite Mata- moros, Mexico. is the county seat Cameron county citizens today ask ed the governor for protection. Sev- eral filibustering expeditions have been reported this week operating along that section of the Texas bord- CT.
 Gov. Colquitt would not discuss to- night the conference of Adjutant Henry Hutchings with the federal commander, Gen. Guajardo, at Pied ras Negras today. American Consul Blocker, at Piedras Negras accom- panied Gen. Hutchings, who is inves- tigafng border conditions and es- i pecially the yergara incident. Two telegrams today formed tie basis of the governors action in ord ering the rangers force increased The first reported the Kidnapping of an American, Gas. Ballard, by five Mexicans, near Carrizo Springs. The second was the petition from Cam eron county citizens. Ballard was tied by the Mexicans and hustled to the border. While the party was crossing the river he cut the rope which held him and escaped by div ing. His captors shot at him with out effect several times and then made good their escape. Sheriff Gardner, of Dimmitt county, where the kidnapping occurred, went in pur- suit with a posse, and the ranger and United States patrol also began search for the men, but they were thought to have proceeded into Mexi- co.
 The Cameron county petition de- clared murder and robbery are be- ing committed freely" and appeal for ranger protection. Two murders and robberies, one in which an American | merchant was killed and the other the killing of wealthy Mexican, were cited as instances of prevalent disorder The petition did not charge Mexicans killed the men.
 At practically all places in the county where Mexieans of the com mon class gather for their amdse- ment, whiskey, beer and mescal are being sold openly without state. county or federal licenses" said the l petition.
 Reports on Kidnapping. l Austin, Tex, March 20.--Range Captain J. J. Sanders tonight made an official report from Laredo on the 1 Ballard Kidnapping to Gov. Colquitt. It was Captain Sanders also who re- ceived the body of Clemente yer gara when it was recently returned 1 from Mexico. His telegram tonight 1 said:
 l About noon Wednesday a Mexican asi,ad pa1Iard to po into the country i to repair a gas engine. They ief9 Carrinzo Springs on foot. Along the road they met four Mexicans with five horsemen, who came out Of the brush and stopped Ballard, tied his hands behind him and placed rope around his neck and started to he Rio Grande. Ballard was walking, the Mexieans riding. During the nlsht Ballard got his knife from his hip pocket and cut his hands loose put continued to hold them behind nm until they reached the river. When in deen water he cut the rope rom bis neck and dived toward the Mexi- can side While swimming, he was fired at by the Mexicans lie reauh- ad the Mexican side. ran down N1 river bank, dived in and swan ]" tha Texas side. Officers have rust rst,rned to Carrizo Springs w''n pa,Iara who seems very sore ana rarvous. He has rope marks on e's mack and arms. The object oi 'n~ Kidnapping Is yet unknown