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CEABIN FIGHT WITH OFFICERSRum Runners From Mexico Trapped Between Two Bodies of U. S. River Guards**•—c Bv The Associated Press ).AS ANTONIO, Texas Feb. IX— Tt I !1*-! b»‘tween cor Jon* of mountedt u * tom a office , two Mexican rum run-,.»s lt;Just n ght in running!fig ts between Fort (Mark arid Del I* *«* * ■ l! ini * • oOne if the clmd men is bfliev^i to be!{;n . r; as Patina*** now jd i ndicttrev t in Iktl Rio lor mnttg* Iinspectors received a tip Thursir.y that rum runneth would crossi *r w,»r a lalge supply of whig i key. They «i vid«*d into two quads, one!**»- ,■ pat '♦lliny t o* Territory in*; r the i Rio igrmntie am! the other irland, near*i *»ti lt;lark. IThe rum runners came across ac- ico'-*; ti*.!' to s'! !ah\ and ^lad^d the©rtit n. ewtsi^titig of mounted Inspector \ II* L Hamer, Sheriff Salmon of Del iatntuin Ha tier of ill# customs !force.In the ensuing pun battle on** Mex*ilt; an ;.‘id bois* w lt;*re kii!••*!. hut theother maurnuders escaped. This fignt took niu e on ih® government reserve-Jtion r.eai Fort tlark. iThe fleeing rum tunner,-. ran afoul of {the other squad near the river and the ielt; o-d of the.r number was killed in the!fight. The remainder escaped across1t e river. Mounted inspectors, immi- i glution officers and civilians under: S. T. Witt comprised tie cordon of river guards.THREE MEN HANGED
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Brownsville Evening Herald
Brownsville, Texas, US
Fri, Feb 13, 1925
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