Show RANGERS DIDN'T GROSS CROSS TO GET VERGARAS VERGARA'S BODY Captain Sanders Says Friends of Slain Ranchman Did the Work of Recovery AUSTIN Tex Ter March 9 Texas r rangers gers did not cross cros the Mexican Mexica border border bor bore der nor Dor participate in io the tho expedition by which Clemente Vergara's Vergaras b body dy was secretly exhumed from Hidalgo Mexico Mex Mox- ico leo cemetery and deposited by persons as s s unidentified unidentified- on oni the T Texas side sido of the tho nio Grande before daylight Su Sunday Sunday Sun Sun- day morning a according cording to the official Yer version ion of tho the Vergara incident from state capital sou sources t today day It IS' IS is claimed that this was as asborno borne borno out by y dispatches from Laredo Tex Tox the nearest point to Hidalgo whore in investigation could be bo made and and transmitted b. b by wire Governor Issued No Na Orders The The governor said today he did not I know whether w he would havo bave a further statement to to- tomake make until be he could got get additional facts He declared unequivocally cally caily last night when it was I still believed believed believed be be- at Austin th that t rangers had crossed the border that ho he had not issued is issued is- is sued sp specific instructions for them to o cross The Tho persons who exhumed the body from its its' Mexican grave thus far have kept their ide identity secret The words of or Captain Sanders Sanders' first telegram I proceeded to Hidalgo Inthe Inthe In the tho light of his later report to the governor governor gover gover- nor are capable of ot two meanings It Is said Sanders 1 i IJ stationed at Laredo fort forty five miles from the point where the bod body was was' as' as brought across the river rl near Hidalgo Had to Mii Make o e Long Trip Trl To get Kat the bod body Sanders and American Consul A. A B. B Garrett at Nuevo Laredo had t to tomake make the mile forty trip from Laredo Hidalgo being one of the few tew places In In that section large larg enough to have a a. name designating Ita Its location Sanders Sanders' telegram has been interpreted aa using the word to Hidalgo simply to in indicate In- In dicato a section of the border Hidalgo is on the tho Mexican side of t the river elo close o to the Uie American side Rangers Bangers gera Telegram m Confused Last that rangers r re recovered se- se covered the body was based b. on the following fol tol- to- to lowing telegram from lom Ranger Hanger Captain JI J. J Ii I I I proc proceeded eded to Hidalgo Mexico co obtained ob ob- ob- ob tamed d bod body of Vergara Have it here The telegram was was dated Laredo but tho word here Indicated the 11 point above Laredo on tho Rio Grande whore where Vergara made Ills home State officials accepted the as os meaning that Sanders actually entered Mexico Gee Gov Governor Colquitt wired ired Sanders for tor details early toda today and after talking to the ranger captain over the long distance telephone gave go out the following statement state tate ment Sanders Did Not Cross Captain Sanders command commanding In com corn company pany C of the Texas rangers at Laredo advised me me by telegraph that he had recovered re recovered re- re so- so covered the body of Ver Vergara arn I wired him for tor full particulars He advises me that he did not go go Into Mexico at all aU but was was' informed that the body of Vergara Vergara Ver yes gara would be delivered on the tho Texas side aide of t the river at a particular place named at o'clock clock Sunday morning where he found it As to who brought I it t across the river he does docs not know He had no assistance in this transaction except from the fain fam family fly ily and relatives of ot Vergara who fully tullY identified the tho body I I I I I VERGARAS VERGARA'S CORPSE IS BADLY MUTILATED LAREDO Tex March 9 A A shovel sUcking sticking in the soft earth of the open grave and around the handle of the Implement implement im urn- a 8 card with the word Recuerdos dos remembrance was the single trace today of or orthe the mysterious night vIsit of a 0 party of ot unidentified men to the tho Hidalgo Mex cemetery who disinterred tho the body of ot Clemente Clemento Vergara and ond returned It to Texas for tor burial by his family Ver Vergaras Vergara's araB bod body secretly was as placed at a lonely t I spot pot pot on the Rio Grande Grandc live forty I miles above e Laredo in the tho early dawn down of Sunday morning to be bo found by a United States State official a 11 state officer and a county deputy deput she sheriff tiff hut but who was vaa responsible for its removal remo from Mexico was a question question ques ques- question tion still unanswered The body boch was here hert today awaiting an examination which state authorities hope may disclose something to aid them In placing blame for the tho ranchman j violent death after he ho was taken prisoner by Mexican federals A superficial examination of the tho body disclosed two gunshot wounds In the head one in the neck a blow as If It from froma a rifle butt which crushed the skull and the mutilated left Iett hand twisted and charred harre-d h by fire suggested that torture had lad been inflicted before Vergara was ex executed ex- ex Texas ran rangers ers of or the troop of Capt J JJ J. J J J. J Sanders were first declared responsible for or the return of or Vergaras Vergara's body from Mexico but later this was denied Captain Cap- Cap tam aln Sanders Sanders- was one of ar tho the men who were ere Informed that the l bod body od could be found at a R i designated place lh The other other- two were American Con Consul U I I II Garrett of Nuevo Laredo Mex and Deput Deputy Deputy Dep Dep- ut uty Sheriff Petty They went to the tue scene c ne ostensibly to secure further Infer Infer- matlon mation on tho the Vergara case casc but admitted admitted admit adroit ted later they had been told that tho the body ha hat had been leen returned Who Vho were was one of numerous questions each of the officials in turn refused to answer answerS The They did sa say however that neither United State or state te officials had any pa part rt In the actual trip Into Mexico Lat Later r rumors said former employees of the VOI ura ranch chafing at nt delay In securing the tho borl body borly for prop proper r Interment b- b by the family had hind taken matters Into their own hands h Surmises es that Mexican authorities might have haxe taken this method of returning returnIng returning return return- ing Vergaras Vergara's hod body to the United States were forestalled by hy a remark of or Co Consul I Garrett who expressed the belief late Jato last nh night ht that they did rot not yet et know of ot the bod body's s 's removal Despite the mystery us to who was as re- re for tho the return of the body thero there seemed little doubt a as to the actual fa facts ts of or the le- le ler r recovery v- v of of tho the bod body There were wore only nine men in iii the par party who wo gathered on tho the river bank late Saturday night ht near the point where Vergara was vas alleged to lo have hate been seized February 13 by Capt Apolonlo Rodriguez and throe three federal soldiers sol 1101 sol sol- diers A Mexican n claimed to have witnessed wit wit- both the execution and burial of at Vcr Vergara ara led them across country toward o and skirting the sleepIng town Continued op Oll pago page 2 I RAN RANGERS DIDN'T Continued from page 1 showed them thorn a new grave in a far cornor corner of the cemetery which had caused comment com cost ment when Vergaras Vergara's dl disappearance bl became bo- bo came known wn The grave was shallow o and no care had been exercised to protect the body from the covering of ot earth A rude pine box soon box soon was lifted out and th the workers evidently had kno known n the ranchman for the thc they made certain thc they had the bod body the they sought Th The homeward Journey began b ban with the party still tm un un- challenged cd Once back on eD American soil oll the they rested their burden for tor final Sinai Identification This was wag as made b by the family and the body was consigned to the tho waiting ailing officials The party part had no permission from Me Mexican Mex Mex- lean ican authorities to make the trip and se secure cc- cc cure the body and Consul Gerrett said that he had ne never r requested permission lon from roni the tho federals to have ha this done What complications If It any might night result from the trip Into foreign territory apparently ap ap- parenti caused no uneasiness among amon- Vergaras Vergara's friends who ho pointed out the tho peaceful rul character of or their party parly TELLS TALE OF TORTURE BY MEXICAN FEDERALS SA SAX FRANCISCO March 9 I Figueroa an American refugee el Is hero here Itoda today with th his wife and fv fIve children having ha arrived arre on th the Pacific Mall Jall steamer Newport from Mexico with a story of ot persecution and nd nd b brutality at the hands of 01 Mexican te federals He said aId he had been stripped of or mining properties at Jalisco alu valued d at t and that he lie was wag compelled com corn to Ja pay a a. ransom for tor th the return of ot his old year son Mho vho ho had been captured b by federal soldiers Figueroa and his bin family hoarded the Newport at l after the they had found temporary refuse refuge with the Ule American Ameri merl can consul at Guadalajara Th Their lr clothing cloth doth ing In was in rage rags he said ald Their condition was 18 relieved by the passengers on the Newport who made mad up a 3 purse purs and the women did needlework to supply the family tamU tam fam am U ily with clothing Figueroa related d that h he had hud come under unde-r the tle displeasure of ot the Huerta forces s because e ho he was a supporter of the UI Madero Mado administration H HA He said Mid td after he had been subjected to man many marty abuses s he tie learned that a a. price had been laid on his head and that he was to be ba aes S. S I y fled fUd with m my family o. oversight overnight ht ho said Mid and when hen the soldiers arrived they burned my home basic and left my mining r property prop ert erty a waste A brutal captain In command of or on one company tried to make a It captive of my 1113 dau daughter Guadalupe and for force e her he- into a amock amock amock mock marriage e She l by ho a B narrow narrow nar nar- row margin Wo We subsequently l learned that t the soldiers were ere disguised as at civilians civil civilians ians lans and an pretended preten fod to be b friends trying t ln to aid u us For days we WP weere were ere compelled IlM to hl hide in tho the woods wooda ned ind nd sleep p b by roadsides roadsides road road- sides In our struggles s' s to m reach the coast t I DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AFTER ATTER MEXICAN FILIBUSTERS EL EI PASO Tp Tax Te March D. D A 9 A Wi warrant charging M. M F B. B DI Dieb Inspector of Mexican consulates Senor do l U h Sl Sierra Mexican Cn consul ul here and nd t two o others other with organizing filibustering expeditions exp on American soil foil was I sworn orn out here her to today today to to- da day by agents gent of or the department of 01 Jus Jus- CARRANZA REFUSES TO DISCUSS CASE AGUA AnUA PRIETA Sonora Mexico March 3 General I. Carranza declined toda today to dl cuss the entrance e Into Mexico of tho those e who ho reco cr recovered d the boo body of It was said cald he would not issue an any statement state ment until mo more e details had been rc- rc cel d. d CONSTITUTIONALISTS PLAN TO RAISE MORE FUNDS AGUA PRIETA Sonora SOMra March 0 Constitutionalist Constitutional lit officers announced today tOlda that o organization IB is und under r W- W way Wor of or a semiofficial semiofficial semi semi- official cI 31 banking bankin Institution In Sonora I Ia state Ie which will m b be founded along lonG unusual unusual un un- un usual J lines Jines In view I w of the lack of or ac actual c BC mon money onay capital eB each h stockholder will continue mortgages e. e upon hi hit his lands lande It was WU said Mid the ca capital stock Inthis in inthis inthis this way a would aggregate te gold Kold It I Is III expected that oth other r states under the control of or the tho Insurgents will 1 adopt similar simi l tar lar r plans of ot raising funds Many om oiTI- dale clala of the tue Sonora state elate and national constitutionalist government go already dy beyt agreed to become stockholders After the bank is I. established with the mortgaged property U capital it la is planned to Issue paper currency It is IB ex expected ex cx- that in this way the tle insurgent state government go may be assisted by loans and a more equal t e cx- change chano established of t the state lute fiat flat money wilch w may ma become interchangeable interchanges interchanges- bIn ble for the banks bank's currency The Tho institution will be established d at the state ste capital |