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Show KILLEDAT COLON I Fight Starts at Baseball Game Hj Between American Soldiers I and Panama Policemen. tM THREE ARE WOUNDED H Police Lieutenant Shoots Cor- HH poral Langdon Through IBb Heart Governor of bBH Province Imprisons BHH Official. BH Washington. April 3. Brlgadid BBH General Edwards, commanding the BBBI trM)ps In tbe Panama canal zone, to- HffiB day reported that during the fight in Kan Colon yesterday between American Wgaa soldiers and Panama policemen, in BsLni which Corpora) Langdon of the coast BtflBl artillery was killed and three soldiers Bamij j were wounded, the Panama police ffi&ji I fired into a train of unarmed soldiers Bt5&8 and civilians and pelted the train with KSrW stones and rocks. KjffifBH In his report, General Edwards BotH said: BjjfraM "Cause of the riot was similar to BKftra that of recent trouble In Panama, ex- RmIw cited police clubbing soldiers, pro- BSaBE test from other soldiers, pistols drawn Bniifl by police, shooting commenced. Coast ffSSlrl artillery provost patrol was attempt- MfrloSii lng to stop shooting by policemen Bslsilll when Iangdon was killed by police Hrcfv lieutenant. Three men of a patrol HjS& 1 started to return fire on the police. BfSBro when officers stopped the firing, pre- wWfiy venting casualties. This was the only firing done by Americans. ltJ(j Excursion to Baseball Game. Mm'- "Excursion to baseball games from & infantry post brought about 1,000 sol- BfAV1 diers to Cristobal. Toward close of Bfcfo:,j game trouble was reported to me In MraSfe adjoining town, Colon. Immediately 'B turned out one company. First artii- lery, under arms as provost guard, jPi' sent one officer and thirty men A;.; commissioned officers to clear town H': and put soldiers aboard returning train flfir' as precautionary measure. 1 shortly V followed to scene of riot. Ml ' "Provisional governor, chief of po- B::i lice and my aide all wore at work quelling the disturbance. While sol-derg sol-derg were entraining, Panama police fired into train containing unarmed BET soldiers. Private De Laughery wound- S ed at this point. Showers of rocks and other missiles also were thrown BjlQ Into train by Panama boys and ne- Br r groes Bk!j 'On demand, the governor of Colon j B province has imprisoned the police lieutenant alleged to have killed Cor- "E?if porai Langdon, have ten witnesses who claim can positively Identify him H as man firing unprovoked shot. One 'BUhI Panamanonly hurt- receiving a black LftjsfuiS eye. ,H "Langdon was shot through the BBjub heart The wounded are James De Bkrt laughery, H. C. Kllmp, Charles R. IMu&fi Richeson " jHF One of the purposes of Major Gen- AB eral Wood's visit to the zone where he Is due today, was to look Into the Wm& recommendations that the United HEi States police Colon and Panama. IFI General Wood Arrives. B Colou, Panama, April 3. Major ILm- General Leonard Wood, commander Rc of the department of the east, ar- rived here today aud immediately or- iB& dered a full Investigation of the shooting of Corporal Langdon last B' night by a Colon police lieutenant 'Htffv' Tbe Investigation will be made by Hk C olonel John L. Chamberlain, General - -B Wood s inspector, with the assistance BBL:-of BBL:-of Brigadier General Clarence R. Ed-wards, Ed-wards, commander of the canal zone Killing Without Provocation. Hh Preliminary examinations of a num- ber of witnesses indicate that the B Jxilling of Corporal Langdon was with- Hk i out provocation. The corporal was 'Vv attempting to arrest a turbulent pri- Ha ;:ih when the police lieutenant began shooting without warning. Ka? Governor Arcia of the Colon prov- HE ince, is assisting in the investigation iHl and is holding the police lieutenant in seclusion, at the request of Gen- fl eral Edwards, iflHFfl General Wood began today his in- Brf spectlon of the canal defenses. Hf oo iLBre! |
