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ARE BEHIND RAIDSWHEN MEXICAN IS CAUGHT WHO IS IN THE LEAST A SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER FRONTIER METHODS ARE RESORTEDTO,COMMITTEEGENERALISOF OITIZENS TELL FUNSTON PLANGlGAW TIC.m ARE FEARFULOrcjanitattonand Concentration Among Banda Who CommitDepredationsIin Constituted* ii*nrr in» «ithe bandit nut i Jrnnde count rv,If Vera Crur »* TaUtn, it Said Act of Retaliation Will be Mad# AfloinotBrowntv lie — Searching for Band Wnich Crossed the Border FromMexico.iSan A td onto, Aukiiithnrlth a In Mexb are responsible forrage# in the lower Ri according tlt;* the report of ft committeeof prominent cttlsens, headed t*v clt;»n«kp smiihii John ft Garner, who madea rep irt t»» lt;tovervmr V er^viaon andGeneral Credeiick Funston, command- j imc t h* Kouthi rtt departme nt. The !rummitti *1 called on the governor at Rock port t«*d iy mid the bitter arranged for the ennft n nlt; ♦* in Han Antonio with \Gem ral Cunston 1 he committee in compoaed of Adjutant General Hutch. j ings of tlie Texas National Guard; J County Judge H. L Vales* of t ’ truer »n '(Hrownavilhi * ounty, C#e*ar Ch*b* -ru jof Kingsville, Kleberg rminlv, A It iCole and John Greg# of Ilrownsv ille j and Lamar Gill of llavmondvtUe, •Speaking for th* committee, Mrtturner cutt«A.•‘The constituted Mexican author!-ti»« at* 1 d h\ iti .men tthmg the border to he pr* pared. I of the gnng which *c » ke I the Not -iti the event American troops \u iln | tl i^ r in* h h**i * Saturday night i's are landed at Vera Cru* to make a 1 member* im hide men who in f.im tho dash into Test# and the lara* bodies! ana* k read aloud * pn»« lam *?i»»n #n-.f Mexicans* m Northern MiAtoi nvnii , mum* iuk tint they w»i» attempting t*»Hmwi-e' I!* Tex , Via 13 Searchfor a hind os about thirty Mexican*,•some of th* m known to he dirnet from#Mexico pro*'e#lt;|*d o night m the Mesquite bruxh M ut ftttv mil*** north of Brownsville. M-mwhil*1 l»fM Coiled States oivalrvrn* ti and 1,001) itl»f«rtr\iti*n on patrol duty between Hrow n*v itle and !^ar»dlt;, T* 'a#, ranger# and |** ice offi er a used i swift and effective type of border Justicew ha h rapidly rnn down fugitive M»a* lean* of hot record who are a« rused of Implication in raid*.The hand north af Brown*title I*tin* onl\ on# knt'Wn of Mlt; xilt; »n raid*er • till tindiaturheii or driven aero##iti Rh» Grand** It is shout halfoeniftiaide for immediate u#e in * t#e «t lt;t* t * j are given to attempt to c *rrv out the j plan of Han (fit go would inutile the!Mexican# to brunh gsid** the troop* at present guarding tin border mdpenetrate a consider# tde distance intoTexas. « »f course, thr \ w **uld l*lt; lt;b foated and driven lmrk, but h f« r»*suffp lent \met n an troop* could h*#ent into the border cotintrv the \t* x ican* would ha\*» lt;l*-*troyed vuluuhb American life and propertySpeaking furth* r» he -ant “1 went i*» Hrowti#vdie ft.ui d ice ago t«» nciue! Itconquer h part of T*’\hh. At lewet thirty ti\«* rth »uh# ra * f Hu** I and cam**direc t f»iii the Mi xilt; in aid# of tho Rio Grande. The fact* about thiaband wet* obtained by Sheriff VN T. Vanti of lt;*ameroti fuunty and by Captain A. V I* A?id**r*on of fhi Twelfth 1 nited State* InfantryManm l Rinlt; ene*. who *nld he w s 4 foned to Join the hand, gay* CaptainAnderson a written Mate meat. Bin*eono# deacrlhed the hrueh where the\t% xit iti'* hoi*- an i* inn mit thick that wax ne« eaeary to roll their wateriyitACI#ieif1 * itbddt peraon il inventigution * f eoruhtionxj barr« i to uu inf**gang lt;a m**dyellow letteralong the border with e*p« lt;ial ref* r* eru ** t«* the Mexican IhuIn The peopbr In th* low« r Rio Grande valley «r * j KU#*unl much diutiirhed So far a* w* ar ante Genei 1 to leart the raider# n r*t tUrranctctji w ! « lutu an i.r m There *r« smme p* moio *b*ng tin • ''M I h/ ai * Rio Grand# who boJi*»\# that the tank ’ 1 e f ■ * *, f 1 I I it b nr* U 1 »ml * f Icamp. Thin white flag with thL * h* * -d I * r ! ’roftfone of the Chief I' I* N 1f » l*0|e• denied t hi* t h# im# had any f *flag Chief# o’ the N atifIm rirbrigands me ret! y Making plunder If* Riimone# t » d, w« re t) cnni Lny1 -1)d1-0 .#*ktillt;i! e *d1 **lt;t il d1#11ine 8-ii -1~i .l»ffitr •*ei *lainn*’M.r -)** sOd.t -tide be true, fh#y -o«m will be our com#, although they can k* * p up th* lr raid# almoxt Indefinitely, So far th*fcyiutve kept chiae to t h*- border and r* -treated aero** th* Rio Grind** «h #*Mman they ♦ mount* r* d any d* termfned rcalatanc#There appear# to be n certain amount of organization and concerted action among th# bandit# whi* h give# rauw* for the bidief that roimtituted Mexican authoriti## are behiml the#* raid# It In not und* retood why they have been started ho earlv. for evl-dentlv ft wax not th* if coition t*ialarm Texan# until the \L b n - wererealty for agpre*«l#e jiction So f it itcannot be paid to have b«*#n aggrea mve.“I have m» doubt that many mort Mexican# hav# be* ri kill#*! than hive! beep reported Texan# aim g the bor d* r are angry and when rod is in* #u* 1 \caurht they niuat « ithor mirr* nci**r or j A 1 uv’4* M*take; th** conNecpienceg. If th* y ahow jfight they nr- killedlt;L*ennl Hu? hlng*. who ha# h* #n at th** leader nearly a w* * k would makeno ntatenient regarding conditnuw #x** ept that he thought that He y had notla * n exaggerate d.Cl i i J ^he‘ ft I fth*a ft gMiHU idEastland is Almost Ready to be RightedChicago, Aug 1? When the work ofraising th# #t earner Hast to ltd, which r.ip-sixed In tlie Chicago river July 24 last and drowned neart I0OO persons, wasstoppei! by ilarkne## tonight, Cntt* ij Htat» s fMatrict Att**rney Charle* k Clvna announ* **d that the lt;h iriiel ship had beenmised 73 f»er cent of the distaru*e necessary to right her.This announcement w is biased on lt;dcut#tton# made by g«»verntn*Mit engineer'*.At dawn ton 101 row ft corp* °f #t*gln-*•* rs selected h 'hr federal 11 ithorito*# for the purpose ^dl begin th*‘ mm*liuitiim «»f the I WRtland » irit* rt«a Th* y will suiSKequentky ia* Nuinrm 1 * I before I ers Imm the federal grand Jury to r*po*t th**i: findingsguol and Gabriel Mtgtt* 1, shot and killed one of til* w oil d »member# of hi# band whorn h# - * snfcrcd too badly Injured t* 1** t ic nvs tf)* * h* outlaw •Ranger Captain* Cox and San !♦ tvwho have been wnirking in the •-*■*•-fion north **f |lrownsvdb% hive h\dtheir men running down clue.s io id* ntif the raiding M**xic in#. It can h*said on good authority that one oftli*’ dues 1 fid I* 1 to * that some Mexican*In th# Interior of Cothuila* a M*\t-n ‘* r s* it.* ' of T* v. (it*»ught wu*td in ndvan ** to their corn* patriot# in Texas that the recent out-hr* ak w ts about to occur Therewas **’ i b n« ♦ at *0 that some lt;*f the prim 1 pa I lead* rs d the raids havt gone, \ ha4 k into Mcxi* oApj r*daumion it* Brownsville I# notabout what th Mexican* may do in raid# sirnihit to thos* • t the pastus • ■ 0 truth «. f re mm *g#'t i n petitionthe Arm rn an landing R V«*ra Cruzthat an attempt will be made by Car*ran/, it. troop* in M a tan ore# tn #alt; IcLicwusvilb m r* prisal * strong sthis belief among some h ading lt;ill *x« n# th «t pr SMire will b# broughtto bear to s* cure more In*»p# at fort Hrwn, near here, to protect the city.Although the numb*r of Mexican# killed in Go raids is given offi*Gaily is between f 1 ftet n and tw* nty, it known that rmr* have been killed, Several Mexican# have been shot while resisting arrest or trying t*» escape As long hlt; toe American communities ai* living da v and night under th** guard of t * nited State# irrnv rifle#, ranger# and pe me officer# regard with Im tant suhpi* ion any M* xu n who ie caught armed If he is alow to explain his life in in immediate danger and if he makes any threatening move his life plt; forfeited. So thorough has the ranger search bee■ * made that there is c* m d reason to c, ip v* that nearly all of the maraud-been *1 riven out Of thaCUNTlNl'k!' m\ PAGK TWO
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Waco Morning news
Waco, Texas, US
Sat, Aug 14, 1915
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