Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1916-06-28
MExICANs FIRED FIRST SHOT.
Wounded Captain Writes Dispatch
and Orders Men to Leave Him.

San Antonio. Texas, June 25.-
Mexican troops fired the first shots
on the troopers Of the Tenth United
States Cavalry at Carrizal, but not
until the American force, fearing an
ambush, had advanced in battle for
nation, according to a letter written
on the day Of the fight by Capt.
Lewis Morey, commanding Troop X
Of the Tenth, and forwarded to Gen.
Funston by Gen. Pershing tonight.
Capt Morey wrote the letter at
9.15 a. m., June 81. while hiding in
hole about 1000 yards from the
scene of the battle. Capt. Morey was
wounded and had another wounded
man and three unwounded troopers
with him. The three unwounded
men were picked up by detachment
under Lieut.. Henry A. Meyers, Jr.,
of the Tenth Cavalry, and the letter
brought to Gen. Pershing to-day.
Abandoned Mt Own Request.
Capt. Morey was left to die upon
the desert from thirst and his
wounds. The men abandoned him at
his own order. The three unwound-
ed men had carried him, according
to their stories, to Lieut.. Meyers,
from the hole where he had hidden,
| and made their way nearly two
miles from the battlefield.
They were forced to stop, and
| Capt Morey, believing himself hope
lessly wounded, ordered them to
leave him. They also thought him
about to die from loss Of blood and
thirst, and obeyed.
Sent Courier into Cal1izaI.
Capt. Morey's letter told of the
joining of Troop G, under Capt. G. #.
Boyd, and Troop X, under his own
command, at Ojo Santo Domingo, on
June 20, and the advance together
toward Carrizal on June 21. 50
He arrived in an open field a mile
from Carrizal at 7.30 in the morning.
There they halted, and Capt. Boyd
sent a courier into Carrizal asking
permission Of Gen. Felix Gomez to
enter the town, saying he was going
to Villa Ahumada. Gomez replied
that he would not be allowed to en-
ter the town, but might make a de-
tour around it.
Fearing that they were about to be
trapped by the MeXicans, who had
sailed out from the town during the
parley, the American troops deployed
in battle formation, mounted and
moved forward. The Mexicans then
opened fire. Capt. Boyd, ordered his
men to dismount and returned the
fire, the engagement lasting about an
hour
CarranZa Loses Ammunition.
Laredo, Texas, June 25.-Two
million rounds of ammunition, con-
signed to Carranza military authori-
ties in the interior Of Mexico and
recently confiscated by United States
customs officials, were sent by sbe-
cial train to the government supply
stores at San Antonio to-day.
Kill Two Americans.
Douglas, Ariz., June 25.-William
Robertson and Tom Snyder. Ameri-
can cattlemen, have been killed by
MeXicans southwest of Nacozari, So
nora, according to the statement to-
day Of military officials from Aqua
Prieta.
Officials at Arispe have telegraph
ed Gen. Gales confirming the death
of A. r. Dickson, a British subject,
wounded in the fight with Mexican
cowboys, in which Jim Parks, an
American prospector, was killed.
Capt. Morey is Safe.
San Antonio, Texas, June 25.--
Capt. Lewis Sydney Morey is safe,
having reached the main body Of
American troops with two of his
men, according to a message to Gen.
Funston, which was received to-
night from Mrs. Morey, at Austin,
Texas, who said that she had had a
wireless message from him from
somewhere in Mexico" to that effect
WRECK AMERICAN CONSULATE.