The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1914-03-13
I[ylS COWBOYS CROSS
OVER INTO MEXICO
I, nET THE MUTiLATED BODY
w nreeARA, THE TEXAN WHO
sV nc KILLED BY MEXICANS.
Xxi BODY FROM CEMETERY
..i.an Consul Takes Charge Of It.
S a.. tortured Before Death End
ID His Sufferings-sody
Now at Laredo.

,.,odo Tex.-Nine determined men,
nn,isipg former employees and per-
' s@f friends of the dead man, resid-
I'll. the vicinity of Palafox, Sunday
ls.aiDg at 2 o'clock left Palafox in a
s rs crossed to Hidalgo on the Next
~ !. eide Of the river, then, by a cir
.,itons route, went to the Hidalgo
cemetery and, from shallow grave,
.snmed the body of Clemente Yer
4. the American stockman, who
81 recently was captured and exc
TOD nv Mexican federal soldiers at
TiaIgo The capture was made at
rdalgo Feb. "A, and the execution
IN Mace on the morning Of Feb; Is.
ma mutilated body Of Clemente
ys,rara Texas ranchman, was secret
s rought to the American side of the
b Grande in the early hours Of Sun
& morning, establishing beyond all
asstion the fact Of his execution after
!. vas seized by Mexican federals.
peDarting as silently as. they had
missed the river, the men who dis
stsred the body from the Hidalgo
4 aIsyIcO) cemetery and bore it five
nilas over a rough trail to American
brtory left no trace of their iden-
4v or their motive. American Con-
nj Garrett of Nuevo Laredo, Mexico;
sDain ]. ]. Sanders of the Texas
myers and Deputy Sheriff Petty of
bis county, so far as known, were
IA only persons on the American side
ware Of what was to be done. They
vent to the scene, forty-fiye miles up
its river from Laredo, found the body
Il they had been told and had it
brought to Laredo, pending an exami-
nton which the state will have made.
APPARENTLY the only clew to the
IDENTIFY of the men is a shovel left
1.-The open grave in the Hidalgo GEM
aay To it was attached a card in
srhed "Recuerdos "-Remembrance.
Eergara was shot twice through the
lead and once through the neck, his
skull was crushed as by a blow from
flas butt and the charred fingers
dthe left hand indicated that he had
been tortured before being put to
Sath.
Ratification was made by the dead
nals son and by numerous friends,
many Of whom were in the party of
me led by the state border patrol,
Ehch made the grim journey to the
AdalgO cemetery during the early
llaing The body was not badly de-
eaposed despite it's three. weeks
Aal, and in addition to recognize
|, % the features, young Vergara took
/ y Of cloth from the trousers which
coined the body and matched it to
I es coat which his father had left on
d o day be crossed the Rio Grande.
! iasbOdy was brought into the Unit
Y states at a point forty-five miles
" ile river, opposite Hidalgo and
j the Vergara ranch. American
!. Nsa Garrett of Nueyo Laredo, dep
Y saeriffs and other authorities were
'aang to receive it, and, pending the
salfal Of an undertaken from Laredo,
E
+ aseORery Of the body was made by
!. spfee Of Texans, largely friends Of
uead man, acting with the troop
ieSas rangers, under Captain San
/. \ wac has been investigating the
!. suasIances Of Vergara's seizure by
was LOT Governor Colquitt. A Sc
investigation, in which many
slCsls mad been questioned, is I'M
+''eua 70 have preceded the trip
aexlco Leading the force was
4aa RAo claimed to have been a
sasss 70 both the execution and
Of Yergara.
lls force gathered near the Yer
ssicn, not far from the spot
safgara crossed the river to
'4s Mexican federals who prom
luneration for stolen horses.
silently they began the over
five miles.
BODY had been rudely inferred,
4,'is % protect it from the earth.
/ $3.50, aslr burden fixed on a stretch.
] a5 py six of the dead mans
,sr.s y procession started unchal-
a,s, j. n the return journey, which
I'm. ~, olenente yergara home again
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