Show CAPT MACKLIN C SHOT BY NEGRO Wouldbe Assassin Supposed to be One of Discharged Soldiers of 25th Captain la to be Courtmartlaled for Failure to Exercise Due Diligence In Preventing Rioting In Brownsville Last August El Reno Ok Captain Edgar B Macklln of company C Twentyfifth United States Infantry was shot twlco and dangerously wounded Friday night by a negro and belief Is expressed ex-pressed hero that It was ono of the I members of tho troops discharged by I President Roosevelt for participation in tho Brownsville riots Bloodhounds will bo brought hero from Oklahoma City to track the assassin Tho shooting occurred at tho officers offi-cers quarters at Fort Reno Captain Macklln and his wife wore seated at tho dinner table when somo one tried to gain entrance at tho front door Captain Macklln asked Who la there Tho reply came Ihave a message for you Como around to tho back door said Captain Macklln A negro part of his face covered by a mask entered with tho command Throw up your bands and give mo all tho money youve got I Without giving Captain Macklln I time to reply ho fired twlco then fled Into the darkness Ono bullet entered Captain Mnckllns abdomen tho second sec-ond strlulng him in tho jaw The surgeon sur-geon says that whllo his wounds are dangerous they aro not necessarily fatal Captain Macklln Is about thirty years old and Is a son of Colonel Macklln who recently retired with tho pay of a brigadier general On December 1 tho secretary of war upon recommendation of the general staff ordered tho trial by court martlal of Captain Macklln under un-der the sixtysecond article of war for conduct to tho prejudice of good order and discipline In falling to exercise ex-ercise duo diligence In preventing tho occurrence of rioting at Brownsville last August |