| Show l lJJ JJ TEXAS RE GIO i t TERRORIZE r y 4 1 CITIZENS 1 ASK FEDERAL PROTECTION ANS MAll fA 1 I. I RANCHERS AN Hf S ON N BORDER f Customs Men lien Rangers and c Citizens Warn Senators i Land Must L Be Given Up U P Unless Government Acts By BT Preen E L P PASO 80 Tex Feb 5 United 5 United States customs inspectors Texas rangers and civilian residents of tho the Big Bend district told the Senate sub subcommittee sub sub- committee tee investigating g the Mexican situation today conditions alo along that stretch o of the Rio Grande were such suck that must be in by bO Americans unless more adequate protection is afforded That Chico Cano Mexican scout I chief played a dual role in bor border conditions was indicated by the testimony testimony testimony mony of the customs inspectors Cano lad had been referred to by other witnesses witnesses wit wit- nesses as a leader cr of bal bandits its Mexican Authorities Censured Ser Sergt t H. H II H. KIn King ICing of oC tho ranger force orce told toM of oC a raid on on- on the thc Baldwin win store stor last month ho declared d had been engineered by Cano Cana He lie and tho the customs inspectors said Canos Cano's official status now Is that of ot a scout leader an and that two weeks ago Cano Cane was at atm OJinaga m military tar headquarters of or Mex- Mex I cx- cx ico leo In that d district to receive his paThe pay pay pa- The Baldwin raid Sergeant King said was on January Januar 21 I 1919 1917 lie insisted there never had b been cn a a. ea case e so for far as he knew in which the tho Mexican authorities had ha operated co-operated in inthe tho the maintenance of ot order along the thu fro frontier On the thc contrary contrary ho ho ad added ed whenever whenever when ever er one of the tho th raiders gets sets across tho the river it Is as if it ho lie I had a found Jound sanctuary in his own country countr I Outlaw rs' rs Deed d J The witnesses ud added e to lo the thc record oCI of oC outlawry wn stories of or violent c conflict between between between be be- I tween tho the rat raiders ers and American o soldiers soldiers soldiers sol sol- diers customs Inspectors and an residents These were supplemented b by tales of ot I atrocities s that marked almost e cr every Incursion in incursion incursion In- In where opposition by the thc Americans Americans Amer Amer- was A. A F. F a a. cattleman in the thc Big nr- BigBend I Bend corroborated this testimony of r government go officials and said saltI he hc ha had sold his property because of or the tho apparent apparent ap ap- parent impossibility ot of getting cUing ado protection Until a. a a year ear ago they alleged cd tho the Mexicans who crossed the river on raids might be reasonably certain the they were going to be lie pursued b by American m cavalry cavalry ca alry but since duce then for tor u no reason rc reason on any witness could give the attempted running running run Tun- nin ning down of or the invaders had ceased Come Conic Out nod mid tie lie Killed 1 I The late latest t clash with Mexicans was described d b by Sergt II 11 A. A Ring King of oC tho ranger service stationed ut la That was on January 1 21 A Mexican appeared ap appeared ap- ap in front of ot a store storo t t Presidio owned b by D. D T. T Baldwi mid and after aitel an altercation over o the purchase of oC tobacco co demanded that thai tho the storekeeper come out an and be ba killed The The- arror arr arrival l of or two en rangers Interfered with his plan plans but as th they were leading him hint him away a force Coree oC ot Mexicans 1 crossed tho river rl and started in purs pursuit lIt In the tho running fight that took place the rangers rangers ran ran- gers sers lost their prisoner who afterwards after after- wards ards was located on the Mexican side of or the tho river d J F F. Tigner Tic formerly a ranch owner said he had been l forced to dispose sc of or his property because of repeated d depredations depre depre- pre pre- ranging from or ordinary cattle stealing to raids involving In the killing killing- of or es C. C I D. D Wood formerly Cormery a u wa wax manufacturer of or Texas Texo adding It Il was gave Ia similar testimony pretty dangerous l' there thore without the tho r soldiers Creed Taylor raylor customs tn at Marfa tr ro rot tr Webb mounted customs inspector at Presidio and It II M. M W ds worth customs inspector of of that district told o of the different raids raid of or which the they halt had pel personal knowledge lCd e Their testimony t nony charged that Chief Chic Cano Caro whose name has been repeated connected with stories of oC border ot of d If I Continued on page paye O 1 v I I 1 II I BANDITS FROM MEXICO TERRORIZE TEXAS AREA Continued from Pa Page e 1 lawr lawry in oj now an officer In the Carranza Carranza Carranza Car- Car ranza army Webb ebb asserted that Cano had been seen two weeks ago at tho the northern military hea of oC the Mexican arr army 1 to which he had gone I collect his pay as a scout leader The committee also posse possesses ses an an official i American arm army report re ort to the war department de department de- de e. e in which it Is III asserted that Cano has thirty five o CI men under his command as scouts in the service of rf Carranza Tho official arm army reports reports' have havo named him as one l in the capture of oC the American Amerlan aviators Lieutenants Petersen and Davis Da II H. S S. Neill now In the ranger serico service ser sert ice ico and who has been boen an officer either cither in that branch or in the customs service I i ice fee since 1873 gave o the thc committee de details details de- de tails of tho the raid on the Bright ht ranch on Christmas Christmas' morning lIe He was one ono of ot the two men who stood off oce the band of oC Cort forty Mexicans CRr Men lien According to Nellt's testimony and an that of or eVer every other witness it has been impossible to secure any operation co-operation from the tho Mexican authorities in tho the maintenance maintenance- of order and the stories of or all agreed that in man many cases the evidence Indicated that Carranza arm army I officers initiated tho the raids and frequently frequently fre fre- participated In them l I Ta Taylor lor anI and Webb told of ot cattle that had been driven front tho the American j I ranches and then their return made tho the of oC negotiation b by Mexican arm army officials In ln some instances I Americans had paid for such r return turn but in most cases the price was regarded as ag too high i k Neill's ills participation in ht the tight fight the Bright ranch was incident to hj desire to spend Christmas with his hll I a a and law daughter law n-law and their 11 I children Describing the raid uld he be u II III uhe a aho I he ho hea a was waa the first to arise on that di d. diBe diHe He Be saw sass six men riding abreast co coing con conIng Ing from Crom the road from Mexico I As As the they rode up In front of t tt tl house he said Eald I heard th the lead shout Kill all the Americans An that's Just when I 1 shot He lie did dd ddn shoot an any more lie He fell tell on thit hon and later he was identified as a's as a 8 captain in th the Carranza army and some som of ol Ui men with him at an any rate rale were en soldiers II Nelll Neill was Woun wounded ed twice The Th lj men he had seen were supported p more moro than thirty more who bad bid a I front from other directions j jI I dont don't know latow jus just how Ion long Ions we h b ba been at nt it or how man many we wo wounded he lie said When wo we got a l signal l fro them to stop firing we did and tn th they the asked us to agree not to shoot I Imore Imore more more and said the they wouldn't It if would let th them m drive off art the Norand Nor hor now and enter the store My Iy wife urged ij to give s In to them then and we nC did dia Tn TI went away about five hours late later |
