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Show BATTLE AT HUBY INVESTIGATED Major Wallace, in Command of Utah Cavalry, and the Chief of Staff on the Scene. BLAME IS PUT UPON CATTLE RUSTLERS One of the Mexican Bandits Believed to Have Been Wounded; Fighting at Range of 600 Yards. NOGAL.K3. Ariz., Jan. 28. No disturbances disturb-ances were reported here today from Ruby, Ariz., following a two-day shooting fraea-s between American cowboys backed by guardsmen and Mexicans of unau-thenticated unau-thenticated sympathies, with no known! fatalities. Xo American was reported hurt, but' blood spatters left by retreating retreat-ing Mexicans led to the belief that one The trouble Is said to have started by an attempt by American cowboys to round up some cattle near the line. Government officials spent today investigating in-vestigating tho incident. Major Wallace, Wal-lace, In command of the Utah cavalry, and Major 11. H. Wells, chief of staff to Brigadier General IS. H. ' Plummer, in command of the Nogales district, were on the scene. General Plummer expressed the opinion opin-ion that the Mexicans were members of an "irresponsible baud of cattle rustlers." Fresh Beef Found. The soldiers who searched houses on the Mexican side after the Mexicans had disappeared found two fresh hides, both bearing brands used by American cattlemen, cattle-men, it was stated. Fresh beef also was found. The troopers also discovered saddles, bridles, spurs and a rifle with bullet- : pierced and blood-stained stock. J. W. Chambers, foreman of the Ari- vaca Land & Cattle company, and Leslie Woodell, foreman of the McVey ranch j in this district, said that shells found in . the trenches which the Mexicans evacuated evacu-ated were from seven and eight millimeter milli-meter Mausers, the type of gun, they said, which "is used in the Mexican army. Reprisals Threatened. Merchants were reported to be threatening- reprisals for the burning of houses, which, according; to Lieutenant Arns, were on the Mexican side of the line, but which cattle men in the Ari vaca district dis-trict contended were on a neutral strip along the international line. Most of the fighting yesterday and Friday Fri-day between the American troopers and Mexicans was at a ramie of 600 yardst according: to the men enpase-d. The trouble trou-ble began when five American cowboys approached the line from a knoll, after watching an alleged attempt of Mexicans io cut off several cattle from a herd grazing graz-ing near the boundary. Mexicans sta-: sta-: tioned in adobe houses opened fire, cow-. cow-. boys stated. ! The cowboys returned the fire and were ; joined by four members of the American border patrol near the scene. The Mexicans Mexi-cans retreated to the high ground back of the adobe houses on the Mexican side and the cowboys and soldiers sought the co er of rocks along the border, where they were later joined by a relief patrol of four. Utah Men Cross Line. When Lieutenant Arns, with a number num-ber of men of IC troop. I tali cavalry, crossed the line to at tack the Mexicans from the rear, he found they had vacated va-cated their positions and disappeared. No advices have been received recently at Nogales. onora, (-oncoming Colonel Camargo. in command of Carranza I forces sent west along the border some time ago, when It was reported that j Francisco Reyna. a hand it leader, was i operating in that vicinity of Sonora. It was reported that frequent desertions deser-tions had occurred In Camargo's ranks. Some of the deserters were alleged to have joined cattle rustlers along the border. |
