OCR Text |
Show THE BENTON INCIDENT. Bishop O. P. Brown, who has junt returned re-turned from tho Mexican border, delivered de-livered a highly interesting address on the Mexican situation at Kaysville Sunday Sun-day afternoon, which was duly reported iu the columns of Tho Tribune. Bishop Brown believes that lluerta is a coldblooded, cold-blooded, hoartlers murderer, aud is se-vcro se-vcro in his condemnation of former Embassador Henry Lane "Wilson for the part he played in tho overthrow and assassination of President Madero. Kc-garding Kc-garding the killing of Bcnton, tho correspondent cor-respondent who reportod Bishop Brown ' address for Tho Tribune says: "Mr. Brown declared that if the truth had been told at first about the Benton incident there would not have been a ripple of excitement over tho affair, which ho regarded hh having been provoked by Benton. It happened that the d3' 'before Benton went to seo Villa Mr. Brown met tho hot-blooded hot-blooded Scotsman and tried to diBsuade him from the rash act he had de termined upon; but Benton insisted that ho would go directly to Villa and denounce him to his face. Tho truth of-tho matter, as related by Mr. Brown, was that Benton went iuto Villa's office, of-fice, where were some of the general utafT, aud there beratod and upbraided Villa, and finally slapped him. JuBt as he mado tho attack one of tho attending attend-ing officers stabbed Benton and killed him." Wo fancy it would bo rathor a dangerous proceeding for a foreigner residing any whore in Great Britain to force his way into the presence of the head of the British army and slap his face after soundly berating him. It would bo equally dangerous in any other country in tho world. It proved so in Mexico, at any rate. |