| Show WILL 11 investigate KILLING KILLI tIG OF mm BENTON DRYAN ORDERS INQUIRY INTO MURDER OF BRITISH SUBJECT BY VILLAS MEN rebel general justifies hie his action on the ground that the rancher waa was an armed prowler and attempted to kill kid him washington secretary dryan hat ordered a far reaching investigation of tho the killing of william S donton benton the british subject at juarez ho lie an bounced saturday that until all the facts in lit tho the caso case had been gathered from all nall aNal ablo lable sources no opinion wa would uld bo be oz oppressed pressed by tho the state department dopart part ment all information received will bo be transmitted to tho the Brit britian ial government explanations mado made by general VII la in to thomas D edwards edards and georff C a Ca carothers tile american consulas cons ulai representatives at juarez to togo gethel thoi with the tile court martial record ere are tc CC bo be supplemented by further informs tion instructions sent ment forth to am consul letcher to learn do tails from villa and it ie Is understood that inquiry through independent sources will bo be carr carried ed on at juarez mr corothers carothers Is consular agent at torreon temporarily assisting mr ift edu edwards ards advices received rece led by tho the state department part ment giving villas version a ol 01 the affair were that benton denton wai ai armed hart had personally Verso nally quarreled with villa had been disarmed tried bf by court martial md executed on th the charge or attempting attempt ng the life of villa villas explanation as telegraphed by him to the constitutionalist agency hero here wai was unofficially exhibit ed ad to state department officials and though read with ith interest brought nc comm pot army officers off leers took bartic war interest in the reference to ben den ton can ab u an armed prowler and as such nas mas not entitled to the krotec tion of the rules of war an armed prowler described in order of the american army Is essentially a guerilla |
