Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1916-10-06
SHOOTING CAUSED
R|OTlNC ON BOTH
SIDES OF BORDER
Little Stock Placed in Story
That Shooting of Captain
Wilson at Nogales Was
Accidental.

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the shooting of Captain II. w. Wilson to
reach Boise arrived in copy of the
Nogales Herald published under date
of last Monday 1t appears to refute
the statement thHt the Mexican who
fired the shot aimed at an escaping
prisoner. The Herald says:
Yesterday afternoon aboC& 10 min :
utes before time for the Tucson train
to leave, Captain H. w Wilson. of the
medical corps, foaho infantry. and who
was checking his trunk at the South
ern Pacific depot prepare tory for trip
to his home in Idaho on S0-day leave,
was shot by a Mexican soldier from
the other side of the International line.
From witnesses on this side of the line
who saw the shooting the information
is that the shooting was deliberate on
the part of the Mexican. and that after
firing the shot he eliberately walked
away, a few minutes later being ar
rested by coe of the Mexican civil po-
lice. Captain Wilson was taken imme-
diatelv to the new base hospital where
his wound was dressed. 1t proved to
be a dangerous flesh wound, but not
considered fatal.
About an hour later Mexican Consul
Delgado pointed out a Mexican in the
local city park, which he stated to a
police officer was a prisoner that had
escaped from the soldier who fired the
shot across the line while he was run
ming. This was the first ANYBODY had
heard anything about an escaping pris-
,oner, or that one had escaped, although
it is said that fully 500 people saw the
incident.
Witnesses, men of prominence in the
town, said that the soldier, whom the
Mexican authorities now claim is a
Yaqui attempted to fire before firing
the shot that hit Captain Wilson, but
that it seemed his gun was empty. He
then deliberately opened the guns
magazine, put j.. a shell, and taking
aim toward tho crowd on the American
side of the line, who was standing at
the Southern Pacific depot, fired The
bullet struck Captain Wilson in the
leg, passing through the fleshy part
of the thigh, and on by about 100
trunks piled up just the other side 40
feet away, strik ng one that protruded
about three inches further out than
the rest and penetrating the trunk
where The buile> now is. The strange
part of the incident is that the trunk
belonged to Captain Wilson himself
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home in Idaho 1t looked odd that the
bullet should hit his trunk out of the
100 others piled up.
SOMETHING BEHIND SHOOTING.
Many doubt the story being circu-
lated by the Mexican authorities, and
thin the prisoner stunt n frame-up
while others believe the story true. A
Herald representative called on Consul
Nal BOUND his o1yr1lnn inn
plausible and probably true.
1t was asked of MIR. Delgado il the
report was true that the Yaqui had
been executed yesterday afternoon
about 525. He stated that the Yaqui
was not executed, but woull be tried
this afternoon. The man who was exc
cuted was from Cananea, he said and
was claimed to have been a bandit.
The Herald representative then asked
to be appraised of the time and place
of the trial of the soldier accused of the
shooting as it was desired to send a
man to hear the trial. and which was
promised. Just what statement the
Yacui will make may be interesting,
as many think there is more behind
The shooting than has come out yet.
The shooting of Captain Wilson was
followed last night by considerable
amount of rioting on both sides of the
line. About o'clock 1t is said big
husky Idaho private met a Mexican
custom official in front of the Red
House. The Mexican had a gun on
him, but this little matter did not
affect the man from Idaho, who first
gently gave the nan a tap with his
left; just enough to rock his head over
for right hook to the other jaw; that
landed him fully 20 feet away He got
to his feet and ran to the line as the
guards started to place him under ar
rest. He turned the lights out in the
little customs guard house and taking
the men stationed there FASTENED away
from the vicinity.
INSULT AMERICANS.
A little later Harry King drove g. car
across the line in which were several
Americans They were held up by the
Mexicans who punched them with the
muzzles of their guns, and finally beat
them over the heads with the same
They were permitted to recross the
line to this side. and this started the
second trouble of the night. There
were some Mexicans near the front of
the Montezuma hotel that proved to be
the first victims. The crowd, which
by TINS time had grown considerably,
jumped on them and beat them up
pretty badly. On the Mexican side of
the line several of their officials un-
dertook to get the Americans across
the line before aerious trouble should
arise. All came excepting four or
five, who refused to leave. They were
then arrested and taken TO the Quartet
Later all but two were released.
At IL o'clock all cafes and other
stands were closed by the provost
guards who then forced all the soldiers
Z down town to return to the military
camps. Finally order was restored
but all OF the Mexicans had gone to
their homes and quiet again reigned
A heavy military guard was put on
! last night in order to quel1 any serious
trouble thal might arise The officer