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Show AMERICAN NEGRO IS KILLED FOR PENSION Vera Cruz, Mex., Jan 29. The American Am-erican consul at Tampico reports today to-day that' Frank Smith, a negro, who was formerly a soldier In the United States army, was shot and killed on January 2C, by two federal army officers. of-ficers. Smith was on the way to j Altamira from Tampico. where he had drawn his pension. The crime was evidently committed for the purpose of robbery. The officers, a lieutenant and a sergeant, ser-geant, have been placed under arrest and General Morelos Zaragoza, federal fed-eral commander of Tampico, promises that they will be shot on conviction. The United States battleships Kansas Kan-sas and Connecticut arrived here today to-day from Tampico, while the French cruiser Conde departed for an unknown un-known destination. |