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Show PARA SHOT ll DEATH if Ithe federals Buin of Texas Rangers Sthority for New Story of SlIing of Ranchman De-coyed De-coyed Over Line. Mquitt ISSUES 3r long statement jBpmor of Lone Star State 9tplains That Authorities jm, Washington Try to SBfake Him Ridiculous. B fcSfTlN'. Feb. 27. .Ranger J. J. Sanders, reporting to Er 0. B. Colquitt tonight, made fBrect charge that Clemente Ver-.iRAmorican Ver-.iRAmorican ranchman, was shot Bl. while in the custody of Mexi-"JRjcral Mexi-"JRjcral troops, ostensibly en route SHio jail at Hidalgo to federal Barters at Picdraa Negras, Mex. ,JHgb Sanders in his report says ir!K tic morning of February 13 e'dcral soldiers commanded by fjmo Rodriguez crossed tho Bio IBMo au island belonging to the h States, took eleven horses bc-yKto bc-yKto Clemente Ycrgara and then ifto Vorgara to como to tho isl-Hf isl-Hf pretext that ftodriguoz wished kKfor the animals. 4fcery of Mexicans. l5BFa anu a uclincw crossed in a ajHipntinucs the report, and when 'eched the Mexican sido tho fod-jjjBeuiided fod-jjjBeuiided Ycrgara insensible with HUs of their revolvers nnd car-'Bu car-'Bu Hidalgo. Kapturo was effected Friday, ac-4Bo ac-4Bo Captain Sanders, and on JRvVcrEara was taken from the ffcjail and started under guard, jUR? fr Picdras Ncgras, but was 4E,ceata after proceeding a. short Vergara, Captain Banders j'frag informed, was born in jBenoty; Texas, and had a pass aHt-tho river signed by Sheriff aK.of Webb county aud Garza gBm to Bryan. fckxt of Governor Colquitt's tcl-Jk tcl-Jk Secretary Bryan' follows: 'K'oot want to invade Mexico jjTM- military force. I asked jBta-operation in maintaining ,i -JBpts and dignity of this state jH?Qr 'J0'isent to allow me to jfBate ruugors, who aro peaco in pursuit of those who yHNtonUy traupgrcssiug our JK.-Kam I ask tlie president SBi10 me what is recognized gKtae constituted authori- iBr?eic. I repeat the inquiry -rftHp whom you recognize aa jBufcil authority in the state siMBtVo Leon,, as t desire to pre-fcequisitions pre-fcequisitions to the proper fflmRt'es of that state for the vM1' of fugitives from Tox-W Tox-W IW00- notably those respousi- tlle (,C!lth of clcmeiitG ,w!Bfiram explained that this b nscd on rights of oxtrti-K- Governor Colquitt claims iMffflrcGA border states m a treaty iK United Staets and Mexico. IJK'V General B. F. Loonuy, in JtrJK0 given tho governor today, ;ft$JK ,r,C(l"'tion maj' properly be utK J'9driKuez and the five men .SjlP.who aro charged with the ZaVB "OTgnra. Such requitmon, should bo upon tho "military J? may at this time be lo-tr!Bf lo-tr!Bf i (8trut whero Vergaru '25Ere(' Inasmuch as Vorgara !Tf3B outside of Texas, Mr. Loo-t'"0 Loo-t'"0 Rovernor could not rcqui-RAji'go rcqui-RAji'go of murder, but only p4Bi wl,icl1 'ot:eurrcd 011 rTl tfUfofitby statement given to tho TtfflHi!. .rcs8 toniglit, Governor i7PHftwtt ei"imatically declares it ,"cvor has been his inten-0r inten-0r 0r Permit Texas stato fyews the border into Mexico. TOffB cnl8. to bc u doliborato at-.i at-.i ) ,.h,nRt0r" the statement c,Hin K ,vith tho Mexico hor-1aLKo hor-1aLKo ln 50 far ns matters pro-r pro-r 'K? "m-aro concerned, to make 'i KntTy "IoMB )eforo PePlc nttln2r refcrB to a dispatch v7dE"InBton Bayiue ho threatened KraBgunVunt Mcx5co a,ld as Rovemor eays, he did (?iW V Prcsilnfc asking him of aKia! 0Xlcan revolutionists and ISBT at J"aroz from shoot-iSKLi-0! 'Per., ondangeriug the tfttKktXt? Pooplu- "And in Kv Vf ays tho governor, "I TMK,v i fodoral government TjMPKO fitepB to protect tho Texas '!2Kf Antl 1 Rvo orders to fiPSKti Kneral to bo-rodav to 2ttJEJL8tato fcrooP3 to El 'Paso :PorpoHo. I iao7r j hnd n0 l!frjHfalllVa,'e Moco, and was ffltP, aa to wako any bucIi b23 tho governor says, jjjjjBPaiwa on Page Two.) VERGARA SHOT DOWN Br HM TROOPS (Continued from Pago One.) Mexican troops made throats against Americans in Matamoros, Mexico, and Brownsville. Tex. Tie communicated with General Stcevcr at.Fort Sam Houston, Hous-ton, the governor says, and asked that United States troops bo sont to Brownsville. Browns-ville. The general telephoned him, the governor states, that, ho had asked for instructions from Washington but had received none. "I then directed tho adjutant gon-eral gon-eral of the state of Texas," tho statement state-ment continues, "that two cavalry and two infantry companies o'f the Texas National Guard be sent to Brownsville by special train, my determination being be-ing to defend and protect the people of this state, whom I considered tho national na-tional government to be neglecting. "It was never my intention to order nor permit the Texas, troops to go bo-yonu bo-yonu the border. Hut. they were instructed in-structed to the full extent o'f their ability abil-ity to take care of the Texas people whom they had been sont to defend." Tried to Co-operate. Of efforts ,to enforce neutrality laws, the governor says: "1 have endeavored to co-operate with tho federal government in enforcing enforc-ing neutrality laws, 7 Under "the treaty between the United States and Mexico, nordcr states may surrender fugitives from justice without, going through the formality of presenting their appeals through, the state departments, cither of the United States or Mexico. "I am endeavoring to set the United "States government to advise whom they regard as constitutional authority in Mexico so J. may present my requisitions requisi-tions to that constituted authorit,- for the surrendor of murderers rff Texas citizens. Tt doe3 not appear that tho United States government recognizes either the Huerta government, so-called, or the Carranza government, so-called. There seems to be no government in Mexico recognized by the United States. "I" havo no purpose of being sensational, sensa-tional, nor do I desire to bo unjust, "but as govornor of Texas. J. believe that tb& questions which I havo presented pre-sented should bo dealt with fairly, and if there is a government in Mexico recognized rec-ognized by the United States, as governor gov-ernor of a border slate having many proper matters in tho lino of my duty in the enforcement of the laws of this state, to present to such government, i feel that I should know who constitutes that government in order to proceed intelligently. Frontier Is Long, "Texas has nearly 800 miles of frontier fron-tier aloug the Rio Grnndo from El Paso to Brownsville to police and protect. There are perhaps 2.'3,000 Mexican refugees refu-gees living in th cities and towns near the border who havo fled to this state to save the lives of themselves and families from the ravages, murder, pillage and outrago which have been ' going on in the northern states of Mexico to a greater or lesser degree 'for tho last three and a half years. Many perplexing questions are presented pre-sented to me almost daily as a result of this condition questions which cannot can-not bo determined by our federal government, gov-ernment, but must bo handled by the state government of Texas. "The border Mexican states for tho most part are in the hands of the revolutionists, revo-lutionists, and it is a matter of great importance to this state to know how to enforce its rights against transgres- sors, who come across tho Rio Grande landommit crime," |