Evening star., 1918-08-28
Capt. Hungerford One of Vic
tins of Clash With Mex
leans at NogaIes.
AGREEMENT IS REACHED
TO AVOID MORE TROUBLE
Battle on Arizona Line Results
From Attempt of Man to Force
Way Into United States.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
NOGALES, Ariz., August 2s.-An
agreement by which further trou-
Bile will be avoided resulted today
from a conference between Amer
lean and Mexican officials who
were summoned here following
fighting at the international line
late yesterday between American SOL
diers and Mexicans. in which three
Americans were killed and twenty
eight wounded. The Mexican casual
ties in the fighting are variously esti-
mated at from $50 to 200.
A revised list of the casualties sur
fered by the Americans showed that
one officer and two enlisted men were
killed and twenty-eight soldiers and
civilians wounded in yesterday
fighting. Three of the wounded are
seriously hurt. The American
officer killed was Capt. Joseph D.
who commanded a troop
of negro cavalry. Among the Mexi-
cans killed was + eiiA enaio1a'
of Nogales. Sonora, the Mexican town
here
Gen. Cabel1 Announces Agreement.
Brig. Gen. Cabell reached an agree
ment with Capt. A. j. Abasolo. COM
m1ader of the Mexican forces IN NO
gales, Sonora, which stipulated no
of hostilities.
Capt AbaSolo and mysel1 nave
aVreement that there
shall be no more firing on either side
of the line" Gen. Cabell said, follow
ing the conferences.
This agreement extended an arm1s-
tice concluded late yesterday by
Lieut. Col. Frederick j. Herman. who
was wounded, but not seriously, and
the Mexican authorities. which stipu-
lated there was to be no more hghting
during the period from pm yes
terday to am. today.
Guard Draws His Pistol.
The fighting began at AIS yesterday
afternoon when a Mexican attempted
to cross into the United States. A. A.
Barber, a United States customs guard.
twice ordered the Mexican to halt and
when the latter failed to comply Bar
ber drew his pistol but did not fire.
Two Mexican customs guards, ac-
cording to Barber's account, resented
his interference with the Mexican and
opened fire.
Their bullets missed Barber. but
struck Corporal Barney Lott, in charge
of the American guards. Lott was
shot through the arm and the lungs
and ran to a telegraph office nearby
on the American side. shouting for as
sistance. He fell unconscious at the
door and was removed to the base hos
pital. where he died.
Firing Becomes General.
AS the Mexicans' bullets struck Lott.
Barber returned the fire and felled
the Mexican guard who had mortally
then became general, Mexicans ap-
pearing suddenly in the doorways of
houses, on the roofs of buildings and
in the surrounding hills and shooting
across International avenue, which
forms the boundary line.
American soldiers on patrol duty re-
turned the fire and an appeal for re-
was sent to Camp Ste
phen Little. Lieut.. Col Herman re-
spohded with four companies of in
fantry and two troops of colored
cavalry.
boundary line he fell with a bullet
wound in the right knee, but after re-
ceiving first aid treatment he returned
to the. firing line and directed his
troops. The first American military
unit to cross the line was a troop of
colored cavalry under command of
Capt Hungerford. Capt. Hungerford
was shot dead at the head Of his
command.
Sing as They Charge.
The infantry followed the colored
cavalry. who, after dismounting on the
Mexican side of the boundary line,
rushed forward singing, Hail, Hail.
the Gangs All Here" The cavalry
men scattered into the brush, while
the infantry, fighting in the open,
were- subjected to a whitening fire
from the Mexican rifles.
Several machine guns, placed on the
hills on the American side. inflicted
heavy casualties on the Mexicans, the
bullets ploughing through houses in
all parts of the Mexican town. After
an hour and a half of steady fighting
the Mexicans ran up a white flag on
top of the Mexican custom house and
American Consul E. NJ. Lawton, who
was in the consulate in the Mexican
town, went into consultation with
Capt. A. J. Abasolo. commanding the
Mexican federal troops.
At this meeting it was agreed to
cease firing on both sides until
o ClOCh ltilS LUZ uCSuttoiy
firing continued for more than an
hour, as a result of the difficulty ex-
perienced in getting orders to civilian
snipers and others who were widely
scattered among the hills and upon
the roofs of buildings.
The armistice agreement provided
that American military and civil off,
cials should meet this morning with
the Mexican authorities to investi-
gate the trouble and arrange per-
manent agreement.
The American town was guarded
closely throughout the night by the
soldiers and hundreds of armed
civilians. The international boundary
was closed to all traffic throughout
the night.
On the Mexican side Of the line the
residents of Nogales, Sonora, worked
clearing the streets, listing the dead
and caring for the wounded. Six dead
were taken from one Mexican house.
Mayor Penaloza of Nogales, Sonora.
was killed while standing in front of
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