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Show 00 WILLIAMS NOT A DESERTER. Said to Be a Scion of British Aristocracy. Aris-tocracy. NEW ORLEANS, La., April 11. General Stanley Williams, of the Mexican Mex-ican revolutionary army, who lost his life In a. battle near .Mcxlcall, Mexico, Saturday, was not a deserter from the United States army, according to Captain Cap-tain Stanley Lewis, formerly an officer of-ficer of the Arizona rangers, who Is here. "General Stanloy Williams was a former officer In tho Canadian Northwest North-west Mounted police," said Captain Lewis. He was a scion of British Brit-ish aristocracy, with a nnCunfl bont for the free life of a soldier of fortune. The' surname Williams was a non-de-plume, which he took as a concession to his family. "I knew him very Intimately and I am certain ho was mistaken for some one else when tho ptatement was made a deserter of the United States army." on . |