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Show m LEFT FOR DEAD P Blf THE REBELS j-'! ' Harry E. O'DriscoJI of Denver m ; ; Has Rough Experience on I i Ranch in Mexico. I i ! j HOME GOVERNMENT IS I : !j NOTIFIED OF ASSAULT I j j Department of State Wires for f ';; Particulars and Promises IjjHi Full Redress. I . ', Special to The Tribune. W' :V WASHINGTON, April 21. Seriously j I I ii ' .. wounded by a baud of Mexican rcvo-1 I ',' ' lutionists when lie refused their dc- H f, mands for horses, ammunition and I ."' $3000 in money, and left for dead after H 'L ! ' the niarauders had looted the ranch ol I V '" which ho was k manager, Harry 13 I' ft. , ' ! O'Driscol, a citizen of Denver, has ap-j I J , )' pealed to the department, of state. The' I , ; :' : appeal was made through Senator War-, ;' Cj' . .if'' ren of Wyoming, and" as a result the '. ' " department has instructed the Anicri-j i jj can embassy at Mexico City, by tele-' jj j graph, to bring to the attention "of the ,b ' ' foreign office the matter of (he injury ii J ' ; to Mr. O'DriscolI and the property dam- ; ',. age to the ranch. O'DriscolI, should , Kj'1 , he recover, will be injured for life by. i W'.. ' n stiff limh ivliiln Mui. nrnnnrlv iliim. I U ' , V; age is estimated 'at $100,000. fj" Aa soon as Senator Warren laid tho ijl , J ., facts before the department the Amcr- I? i i'v 'cnn consul at Durango, Mcx.. was i ' ; ,rj wired for full details. Upon receipt I ' I of telegraphic corroboration from the ;f ! American consul, the department of : -' ,. srato immediately wired instructions to ' 1 ' the embassy in Mexico Pity. ' ! ' ! ': Refused. Bebel Demands. !'; ' ' O'DriscolI was manager of Hacienda Guichapn, a large ranch on the Nazas I. r ; riyer, in San Jnan Del Rio. Two hun- ) dred revolutionists suddenly appeared m, j. at the ranch and demanded dorses, 1 arms, ammunition and $1000 in money. 1 j O'DriscolI refused the dematid, saying i ) 1 ho had no such sum, and that the prop' i I erty was not hia. i' I . '', So much the worse for you, then," :. i' said tho leader of the party. Six of I;, ! ,' them dismounted, drew their swords and f. . ' attempted to kill O'DriscolI. who ( v ' jumped from the circle and ran into :. the house, pursued by the-rebcls. Being J n 1 without arms, O'DriscolI ran out a rear jj: ; -J;! door in his attempt to escape. The rl ' ' rebels tired a volley, one of the bullets ' ,j grazing his head and rendering him un- ' j;j conscious for a moment. Regaining f. ( ',( consciousness, he feigned death, but tho ''fl i rebels, to make sure, fired another vol- T 'Jilii 'er' a' n'8 ')0d.v later as 1 h cy rodo.awai. ::.' Three of these hullets struck him one ; . r in the .back, one in the arm and one in . t ' J the leg. As thev were leaving one of the party suggested dismounting and running his sword through him, but 1 H tlis was one Wounds Not ratal. Some time after the' had disap- I : neared O'DriscolI crawled into some is ! i bushes, where he remained until nieht. ;'N"'t! He Tras taen to the home of a friend- I 'Mft !' Mexican, and the next morning rode I -'ijfljif seven miles on horseback to catch tho '.ajjr'll stage for San Juan Del Rio, where he - I ' iit remained over night, going to Durango f Ki 'iu tno next day. He was from Tuesday oon until Thursday afternoon without tlltsf 1 b ii e d i o a 1 attention. WwiRlM O'DriscolI s attending physician tlvflf' 'ui states that unless unexpected coinplica- t!yi f&Jf tions arise he will recover, his most I iff, W& dangorous wound being in the right 2 p3f knee. He will have a 'stiff leg for life I 1' i?ti n e GVCn1' f ''is recovery. I -ll (-8 f 'ietachmeni of troops sent out to ill 'fl apprehend the would-be murderers I ' II Pji t failed to find trace of them, and it ib i jtjlif not thought possible io identify them, a.iijtiz The damage to the ranch property, in- j5 'I eluding livestock and supplies taken and damago to growing crops, will np- jj' aM proximate $T00,000. and a demand will Jh frll k made upon tho Mexican government UljMJJ for full satisfaction. The owner of the nBjtjjjM ranch is Homer C. Cohen of Olncy, 111. |