Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1918-10-11
RANGER T|MbERLAKE
KILLED BY MEXICAN
BANDIT LAST NIGHT
Officers AUenge Shooting of COnydde
By Kidding Body of Bandit Leade,
With Bullets

d. Timberlake. u member Of the local
ranger company was shot and mortally
woundde at 9:27 last night while at
tempting. in company with number ot
other officers, to effect the arrest Of a
notorious Mexican named Deleado. The
Mexican wa also Izilled. his body being
riddled by bullets fred by The Officers.
The shooting occurred on eastern ont \
Nkiri~ Of the city. The ranger comnanv
and Sheriff Vann had received al inti-
nation that Delgado. who i Snspected Of
beng the murderer OF Ranger Shaw
would pass through that part Of the city
with gang ~ bandits who have beber en-
gagged in the me~cal traffic. a party
consisting Of Captain Taylor. who i In
charge of the ranger company. Rangers
Frank lIamen. ID. Timberlake. Sheriff
Nann. Deputy Sheriff Fred Wvnne aud
river guards Atkinson and Tumiin~on. de-
termined 10 apprehend Delgado and hs
gand and they accordingly secreted them
selves in chapparral. After waiting ~hor'
tine they heard the band apnroaching
Delgado was about twenty wards IN ad-
vance of the rest ~ the bandiiS and wher
directly IN front ~ the Officers ha was
called upon To- halt His reply was a sho'
which struck Timberlake. moriallv wounf
ing him. The Pre- was immediately re-
turned bv the officers. and Deleado fel'
riddled with bullets The rest Of the ban
dts turned the moment the first shot wa
fired and dashed INTO the brush and al
efforts of the officers 70 canfnre then
proved futile The SceHe of the shoot NJ
was about half mile from the Ri
Grande and il is presumed that the ma
ior'tv ~ the gang succeeded in workinf
their wav through the brush and croSSino
the river.
In q search along the trail over whic'
the bandits had passed the off GERS
found ten gallons ~ mescal which had
been dropped bv them at the first alarr-
az danger. They are undoubtedly thu
gang that has been doing q large part Of
the mescal smuggling which has beer
going on for some me. The home of moS'
Of them j. across the river but the off
GERS have GOT them marked. and future
forav~ on this side are going to prove
decidedly unhealthy.
u. Timberlake. the ranger who was tho
victim of the only shot fired bv Deleado
has been with the local ranger COMPANY
since the first of Saptmebcr. coming
this city from Del Rio. where he made ~
excellent record in the ranger service. III,
was regarded by Captain Tavor n on
of the most valuable men in the company
man always ready for any duty. ne
matter how hazardous or aduouS IL NIGH
porve. lie was aheri "a wears of aoe
and had been mEans h~ home at Del Ri
for several years prior to coming t.
Brownsville.
The bullet fired bv DeIgado struck Tim
berlake on the right side Just above tn,
hip. penetrated h~ body and struck the
watch carried in watch pocket. Death
resulted III o'clock this morning. Tho
watch which was struck bv the bullet was
stopped at exactly 9 :27.
That Delgado was expecting tronble il
evident from the fact that he had his
pistol in his right hand and in his left
hand number of cartridges. 1t l. stat
ed that he had boasted that he would new
or be tsl'len alive.
j. s. Timberlake. the father of the mur-
dered man. resides az Cvalde. and he was
Immediately Informed of the death Of his
son.