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Show a PASO GANNON STOLEN BY REBELS IS- BROUGHT- BACK Old Brass Gun Has Had ChecKered and Romantic Career. tn. PASO. Aug. I. Blue Whistle, the McOlnly cannon, waa brought acroas tlx river from Mexico yesterday by Brigadier Brig-adier Oenerai Paecual Orosc and hla atalf and formally returned to th cue-tody cue-tody of the Pioneers' aaeociatioa of El Paso. Officially received by Mayor Kelly and the Pionssis' association, the old breaa cannon of civil war fame waa escorted es-corted to the city hall and wheeled Inte position on the spot where It stood on the night of March 1. when II waa kidnaped kid-naped and carried across the river for the revolutionary armv of Mexico. The m belooced to the I'nlted States army originally. At the battle of Valv-rede. Valv-rede. N. M.. In the dvH war. It waa cap-tu cap-tu red by Major Teal's eenfederatea and burled at Albuouerque. It dun up. twenty -t we years aao and presented to the McQtaty club of CI Psa. The gun waa used In firing salutes In honor of Prealdenla Harrison and MrKlnnvy when they were vial tors at Bl Papa. |