Arizona republican., 1916-07-18
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DOUGLAS, Ariz., July 17.-Private R. Tucker, Eleventh infantry. shot and probably fatally wounded Antonio Rodriguez, a Mexican musician. late today, while the Mexican and a con- panion were making their way to- ward the international boundary. One of them carried a rifle, according to the guards statement.
 Tucker had not been arrested early tonight as he had carried out his or ders to stop any armed Mexicans he saw on this side of the border Tucker and an officer of the Amer ican army who was nearby, are said 1 by the military authorities to claim 1 that the Mexican carrying the rifle 1 dropped it in the bushes about fifty yards south of the international boun- diary. They made no attempt to re- cover the weapon.
 l All American guards are said to have instructions to fire on any one bearing arms should they fail to halt when ordered to do so. They are all so said to have been instructed to pre- vent any traffic with Mexico here at any other point than the closely guarded gate at the American cus- toms house.
 1 Rodriguez and his companion, de- clared however. that they were on the 1 Mexican soil when the shooting oc- cured. General P. Elias Gales, mill itary commander of Sonora, tonight sent a telegram to General Carranza which, it was said, protested in strong terms against the dissertation of Mex ican soil and the liberties of Mexicans
 Adolfo de la Huerta, governor of Sonora, sent a similar protest, under stood to have been couched in even lstronger language, to Jesus Acuna. minister of foreign relations in the CarranZa cabinet. Ives G. Lelevier.
 Mexican consul here, telegraphed to
 Eliseo Arredondo, ambassador -desig-
 nate of the Mexican government in
 Washington, requesting that he pro- test to the state department and de- mand redress.
 Lelevier also visited General T. F.
 Davis to urge him to investigate the
 case and punish the sentry. General
 Davis promised to make an investiga-
 ton, Lelevier said
 ' -ANNNANiliS bO lllC SlOlN Ol Iiild, Ub and Rodriguez were unarmed They
 had been on First street in Douglas
 and started for Agua Prieta, as the
 customs house. the usual place for
 crossing, was nearly half a mile dis
 tant, they decided to cross the boun-
 dary a few yards from where they
 then were. They did so, not noticing
 any American soldiers to be in that
 vicinity. he said.
 After they had reached Mexican ter , ritory, Pima said in his statement tc the Mexican officials, he heard a shot
 He turned to see where it had been t fired from and saw the American sol 9 dier throw the ejector of his rifle, then throw a cartridge into the breech oi his gun. Pima said he dropped to the 3 ground but that Rodriguez who wa. s near-sighted and unable to see the sol 5 dier, walked on until the fifth sho
 fired by the soldier struck him anC he fell. At that time he was abou
 eighty yards south of the border bu
 dragged himself fifteen yards further
 before he fell.
 Several Mexican border guards raT
 to the place where Rodriguez lay anC
 the American sentry was re-enforced The shooting was reported to Genera Gales who was with Governor De Ia
 Huerta. Consul Lelevier was sum.
 moned from Douglas, being accom-
 panied by an Associated Press repre- sentative.
 = Gales apparently was excited as wa.
 De la Huerta.
 This is the sort of treatment m, | people are given, after all have don
 for Americans Gales exclaimed. H, !, and De la Huerta instructed the con '' sul to proceed to the spot and inVes tigate, which he did. accompanied b, Il the newspaper man.
 '' Rodriguez was approximately on hundred yards south of the border bu = whether he had been carried there O e had fallen where he was found. ther
 was no way of telling. Both he an O Pima told practically the same story t l. the consul and Comisario J. Pena V lopez.
 e Rodriguez was carried on a stretch d CT into Agua Prieta, past Genera @ Gales private car to a hospital ca
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