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Show MEXICANS SHOOT U. S. CAVALRYMAN VA. PASO, Texas. Keb. 2S. A poljier of (he' I'nited Si;U?s cavalry bottler patrol was shot through t;:e upper left arm today uliiltf patroltltii; tiie liorder near Sail Klizai io, thirty miles southeast of here Tiie soldier was rid'.ns with a comrade when two Mexicans opened fire, hittinir one. The other rescued his comrade com-rade and carried liim to safety. Captain Cap-tain Joseph N. Marx, commander of the tHirder patrol In the city, was shot In the ni;ht les Saturday afternoon ty Meil- CaThe soldier shot was Private William T Coleman, a recruit. Hotli men returned re-turned Hie fire when the Mexicans fust fired on them, but Coleman was hit and the two Americans were forced to retire when six Muro Mexicans Joined to" '"si two snipers. |