The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-01-23
MEXICO LIED ABOUT.
KILLING OF WALLACE.
CHARGE OF DRUNKENNESS -
p,sPRovEN az PROBE OF
MANS EMPLOYERS
SHOT IN BACK BY ASSASSlNs
Story Of Attack on Mexican Soldiers 10
Also Proven False.-American's
Horse SHED at Machine Gun,
Then He Was Killed

Washington. Dec. o'.--ClaimS of the
Mexican government as recently pre-
scented to the American embassy in
Mexico that the killing near Tampico
late in November OF James W. Wal
lace. an American citizen. resulted
from his failure to heed the warning
Of a Mexican sentry. are denied in an
account of the incident which reached
Washington Yesterday from the Aguila
company, Of which Wallace was an
employee.
The killing Of Wallace caused the
state department I" make an urgent
inquiry Of the Mexican government rs
to the circumstances. The Mexican
foreign office in its reply charged that
Wallace. while intoxicated. passed q
sentry station at what was character.
lied as dangerous spot" and fail
ing to halt. was shot and killed.
The Aguila companv's report. which
was presented at meeting in Talnpi-
90 Of coal company managers and
which is the first detailed account Of
luC .AtuVIIVuu = OVNtu w w 0SlSe
ingtOn. says:
ION the morning Of November 26.
Mr.. Wallace. employed rs foreman on
our earthen reservoirs at Petrero del
Llano. was riding from the office down
to the tank farm. u distance Of about
$50 meters. On the road was an out.
post of four government soldiers with
machine guns. As far rs We have
been able to ascertain. Wallace's
horse reared while passing this post
and kicked the machine gun. where.
upon one Of the soldiers shot Wallace.
killing him instantly. None Of our
men actually saw what happened.
Some of them had been talking to
Wallace a minute or two before and
hearing the shot they ran out Of the
office and found Wallace lying on the
ground. dead.
'The soldiers gave the explanation
that Wallace insisted on passing be-
tween the machine gun and sentry.
but his horse refused to so. for which
reason one of the soldiers hit the ami
NAL several times with the butt of his
rifle and Wallace then threw his horse
over on the soldiers. nearly upsetting
the machine gun. They also claim Wal
lace hit the soldier with an axe handle
he was carrying. and Furthermore
make the statement that Wallace was
intoxicated. These statements are not
suhstantiated by facts.
1--WE know positively that Wallace
was absolutely sober. as several Of our
men We're talking with him few min
utes before he was killed.
LAS regards Wallace having assault
ed the soldier with an axe handle. the
lack Of foundation for this statement
is proved by the fact that the axe
handle which he was carrying to the
tank farm was still found strapped to
the saddle when the horse Wallace had
been riding was brought back to the
corral. Furthermore. ii is extremely
unlikely that a man armed with only a
stick should attack four soldiers with
rifles and machine gun. Another
circumstance which proves that the
soldier who killed Wallace did not act
in self defense is that the nature of
the wound. according to medical evi.
dence. shows beyond any possibility
of doubt that Wallace was shot from
behind"