Show RANGERS DIDN'T GROSS CROSS TO GET VERGARAS VERGARA'S BODY Captain Sanders Says Friends of Slain Ranchman Did the Work of Recovery A AUSTIN Tor Tox March arch 9 Texas Texas rangers did not cross eross the tho Mexican borI border border bor bor- d der r nor the expedition expedition- by bi I which V bod Vergara's Vergaras body was secretly exhumed from Hidalgo Mexico Mex lex ico cemetery ry and deposited by pers persons I as elt lIni unidentified ed on the Texas side sido I of oC tile the Rio io Grande Grando before da daylight daylight- light Bunday Sunday Sun Bun day morning according to the official L version of at the tho Vergara incident from state capital sources today It is claimed that this was I borne out b by dispatches from Tex tho nearest pol point t to Hidalgo whore where investigation could be made mado an ana and transmitted d by wire Governor Issued No Orders The governor governorS said toda today he did not know whether he would have a further S statement to make mako until bo ho co could ld get got additional facts He lie declared red unequivocally o cally last 1st night when it was as still believed be at Austin that rangers had crossed the border that ho he had not is issued is su sued sud d specific instructions for them t to tc cross The Thet persons who exhumed tho the body from its Mexican grave e thus far have hav kept kent The their identity den secret ct word r- r The word r- r words of ta pt Captain Sanders Sanders' first firs telegram I I proceeded to Hidalgo In Inthe Inthe I Ithe the light of his hrs later hater report to the go er nor are capable pabre of two t meanings It 1 Is said Mid Sanders Is stationed at Laredo forty tort miles mUes from Crom the point where th the theS bod body bedy w was was- s' s brought across the river rI near nea S Hidalgo Had to M Make Long eLong Trip To get get fret the tho bOd body Sanders Sanders' and American I Consul A. A B B. Garrett at Nuovo Laredo had to t make the forty mile trip from I Laredo Tredo Hidalgo being one of lot the few tew places in t that at section large enough to have a flame designating Its location Sanders' Sanders telegram has be been n interpreted a as using the word vord t to to Hidalgo simply to indicate in In- In a section of ot the lbs border i Hidalgo I Is on the Mexican side sid of th the the river close to the tho ha American aide elde Bangers Bangers' Telegram Confused J Last a t nl nights night's ht's it statement that thai rangers re recovered Ta- Ta covered the body was ba based ed on the fol fol- fol- fol lown Ranger Raner Captain J J J J. J Sanders I I J I proceeded to Hidalgo 1 Mexico M o ob ob- ob wined tamed ho holy y of or Vergara Have Hats It he here hereu The telegram was Ipas dated Lar Laredo o. o bu but butI th tho word here Indicated the point I above Laredo on the Rio Gr Grande made ils home State official accepted the telegram as meaning meaning- that tha Sanders ac actually entered Mexico Governor Gov- Gov emer C Colquitt wired Sanders for details early today and after atter talking to to the tha ranger captain over the long loner distance telephone gave out the following state state- ment Sanders Sanders' Did Not Cross Captain S Sanders commanding company com corn pany C of or the Texas rangers at Laredo advised d me me by telegraph that he had re recovered recovered recovered re- re covered the body of ot Vergara I f wired wire him for tor full particulars He advises me that he did not go Into Mexico at all aU allbut but was informed that the body of or Vergara Ver Ver- gara para would be delivered on the Texas side aide of or t the e river at a particular place named i at o'clock Sunday morning where he be found round it St As to who brought It across the river he ic does docS not know kno Ho HI had no assistance In n this transaction except from tho the tam fern ly lIy and relatives of or Verger Vergara who fully Identified tho the body VERGARAS VERGARA'S CORPSE IS BADLY MUTILATED LAREDO Tex March A 3 A shovel shove sticking In t the e 5 soft ft earth o of Qt the tho open grave and nd around the handle of at th the implement im Sm- a card w with th the word dot doe das remembrance was Mas as the single trace tod today y 0 of the mysterious m night visit of or a p party of unidentified cd men to the II Hidalgo go ilex Hex cemetery who disinterred the tho body of or Clemente and returned it to Texas for tor burial by his family body secretly was placed at a lonely onely spot on the Rio Grande Orande forty five miles above Laredo In the early dawn 01 or of Sunday morning to be found by a United d States Sates official a state officer and anda a county deputy sheriff but who was responsible for or Its removal from Crom Mexico was a R question question ques ques- ues- ues tion still una unanswered Tho The body was here today awaiting an examination which state authorities hope may disclose something to lo aid aliI them In placing blamo blame for or the tho ranchman's violent death leath after he ho was taken prisoner by Mexican federals I A superficial examination of the body I disclosed two gunshot wounds In the tho head one In the he neck a blow as aN If It from fromi troma a i rifle butt which crushed tho skull and the he mutilated left lett hand twisted and amI charred charrer h hy by tire ref suggested d that torture had lad been Inflicted before Vergara was woo c ex- ex T rangers rangen of oC the troop of Capt J. J J. J Sanders were first declared responsible for or the return of ot body from Mexico hut but later this thin was v denied Cup Cup- tam Sanders Sanders' was as one of or tho the men who wera Informed that the bod body could be taunt found at ot a designated place Tho The other two w were rc American Consul Garrett of Nuovo Nuevo Laredo Mex and D Dep- Dep put p- p ut tit 1113 Sheriff Pdt Petty Tho They wont went ont to the seen scene ostensibly l to secure further Information mation matlon on thin tho Ver Vergara rn case hut but admitted admitted admit admit- tc ted later they had been cen told that the body had b been en returned Who ho were their Informants wat was one of numerous questions each ach of or the officials In turn refused to answer The They did say however er that neither United States or state officials had any part purt In the actual trip Into Mexico Later rumors said sahl former employees ces of or orthe the Vergara ranch chafing chann at delay In securing the hod body for tor proper Interment b by bythe bythe the tho tam family had taken matters Into their OW own h hinds hands Surmises that Mexican authorities might e have taken this m method of or return- return In lug Ins Vergara's Vergaras bod body to the United States were forestalled by a H remark of or Consul Cairo U. U who ho expressed the tha belief late last night that they did not yet jot Ot know atthe of at the body's removal Despite the mystery r as to who nho was re responsible re- re for tor the return of tho the bod body there seemed little UtU doubt as aR to the actual facts of th the recovery cry of or the bod There Th cr cronl cr cronl only nine men In tho part party who gathered on the tho river bank late Inte Saturday night near the tho point where here Vergara was alleg alleged d to have been seized February 13 by bJ Capt Apolonlo Rodriguez and three federal soldiers sol sol sol- diers A Mexican who claimed to have witnessed witnessed wit wit- both the execution and burial of Vergara led Jed them across country countr toward Hidalgo and skirting the sleeping Bleeping town Continued on page paie 2 I RANGERS DIDN'T Continued from pa page 1 showed them a new grave gra In a a. far tar corner comer of or the cemetery which had caused comment cornS com ment when hen Vergaras Vergara's disappearance became became became be be- came known The grave ave was sas shallow and no care care- bad been c exercised to protect the ho bod body from the covering coverIng- of or earth A rude pine box soon toon was nas lifted out and tho the workers evidently e had known the ranchman for they made certain the they had the bod body bod they sought Th The homeward journey began with the party still pUll un wi- cbs challenged d Once Onca back on American soil they rested their burden for final identification This was Has made by the family and the bod body was consigned to the waiting officials The party had no permission from tram Mexican Mexican Mex Mex- ican lean authorities s to make the trip and se secure as- as cure the bod body and Consul Garrett said ald th that t he had never ne requested permission from row the federals to have this done What complications If Ir an any might result from the trip Into foreign territory apparently apparently ap ap- ap- ap parenti caused no uneasiness among amort Ver Vergaras Vergara's friends who pointed out the peaceful character of at their parl party parly TELLS TALE OF OP TORTURE BY MEXICAN FEDERALS SAN FRANCISCO March 18 9 9 an American refugee is here t today tolay Jay with his wife and t five te e children having arrived on the Pacific Mall Mail steamer Newport from Mexico 1 with a story of of- persecution and brutality at the hands of ot Mexican l t federate federals He Te said he hc had been stripped of ot mining properties at Jalisco valued at and that ho wa was compelled corn CON polled to p pay I a ransom for the return of ot his l year seventeen son who n-ho ho had been c captured b by federal soldiers Figuerca and hl his family hoarded 1 the tho Newport at Manzanilio after the they had found temporary refu refuse refUge e with Ith the Ameri merl- American can consul at Guadalajara ra Their clothInG cloth cloth- Ing was wu In rags he said Th heir lr condition wa at as relieved d by the passengers rs on the Newport Port who made made- up a purse and the this women did needlework to supply th the tamU family tam Cain U ily Mth clothing Figueroa related that he had come ome under the displeasure of ot tho the Huerta forces because ho lie was a supporter of the tile Madero administration He said after he had lad been e subjected to o many any abuses 1 11 ha he learned learne 1 urns mat a price men ocen laid Ina on all ms nis head and that he lie was a to b s be a I 1 with he fled tied m my- my family o overnight Eald uld and Sand when tho the soldiers arrived ed th they burned my home a and nei loft Jort my mining property prop prop- ert erty a waste A brutal captain In command of ot one on company tried to make a a. captive 8 of or m my daughter and force her he- hento into nto a n amock amock mock marriage She escaped b by b a narrow narrow nar nar- row rot m margin r ln We subsequently learned that the the- soldiers were dl disguised as s civilians civil ch ians lans and pretended to b be friends tr trying ln to aid us For days jas we ve were compelled to hide in tn the woods ind nd nd sleep b by n rl rad ad- ad eldee In our struggles to 0 r reach ach the coat coit L. L DEPARTMENT OF OP JUSTICE AFTER MEXICAN FILIBUSTERS EL BL PASO Tex March D. D A I.-A A warrant ant charging M. M E. E Diebold Inspector of or Mexican consulates Senor de do I U h Sierra Mexican con consul ul here and two ti others with organizing filibustering expeditions on American soil was sworn sorn x Out ut here to toI today today to- to I da day b by agents o of or tho the department of jus jus- CARRANZA CARRAZA REFUSES TO DISCUSS CASE AnUA AGUA PRIETA Sonora Mexico March 0 General Carranza Carran a. a declined toda today to discuss the entrance into Mexico l of tho those e who reco e recovered d the body of Vergara It wa was said he would not issue an any statement tate state ment until more more- details had been r re re- re CONSTITUTIONALISTS PLAN TO RAISE MORE FUNDS AGUA PRIETA Sono Sonora March 9 Con Constitutionally officers ts t's announced tod today toda l that organization Is IB under way wa 8 of or a semiofficial semiofficial semi semi- official banking Institution in Sonora suite state which will t be founded along un unusual unusual unusual un- un usual Un line lines ell In view of the lack of ot actual ac ac- ac- ac Lat mono money capital each stockholder will m continue mortgages s upon Ills his 1 lands It was T a S said cald that th the c capital stock lock In Inthis Inthis this W way would al rea te Jold gohd It t la is exp expected that other states Utes under tho the control of or Insurgents Insurgent ent will III adopt similar similar simi simi- lar tar plans of or raising tun funds ll Many official dale cial of ot the Sonora at state ate and nati national 1 haI constitutionalist go government already alread ha have hae e agreed to become stockholders er After the tho bank is established with the mortgaged property as u capital It i ill La planned to issue paper currency It is ex expected expected ox- ox that in this way the tae insurgent state government may be assisted by loans and a more equal exchange exchange ex ex- change established of ot the state Mat flat mone money which may become interchangeable ble for tor the banks bank's currency Tho The institution will be established d at the state capital |