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Show CITIZENSHIP OF MURDERED MEN IS QUESTIONED By International News Service. EL PASO. Feb. 15. At a late hour to-nisrht to-nisrht no steps had been taken by military officers here, at Hachita or at Deming. X. M.. to snrt troops across the border in pursuit of the bandits. Federal officials asserted here tonieht that Acord. Jen son and Peterson were Mexican citizens under the terms of the sett !ement of Colon i a Duhlan by American Amer-ican Mormons. Ail three came from there when General Pershing's expedition was withdrawn. P.is'n p Hurst of El Pasn. one of the moCi prominent Mormons in the south- west, said the three men by intermittent intermit-tent residence in the United States during dur-ing the last few years had retained their American citizenship. Government officials are tonight trying try-ing to clear up the question of citizenship. citizen-ship. Carranza and Villista leaders in El Paso sought to place the blame for the massacre mas-sacre on the shoulders of .their foes. The Villista men declared the massacre was a plot by Carranza officials to prevent the United States from recognizing Villa as a belligerent. Prudencio Miranda, at one time a civil officer at Ascension, was credited with j being the leader of the raiders. Villista s here deny that he is affiliated with "Pan-cho" "Pan-cho" Villa. |