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Show MEXICAN OUTLAWS KILL AMERICANS Raid Village on Texas Border and Murder Man and Woman. RANGERS IN PURSUIT Bad Men Wreak Vengeance on Members of Law and Order League. Brownsville, Tex., Aug. G. Mexican outlaws today raided the village of Sebastian, Se-bastian, 37 miles north of here, killing a man and a woman and son. United "States cavalrymen from Harlingen, 12 miles distant, have gone to Sebastian. Fifteen rangers and armed men started from nearby points for Sebastian Se-bastian and practically every man in Harlingen armed himself preparing to hunt for the outlaws. Members of League Killed. The dead are Al Austin, president of the Sebastian Law and Order league, his wife, and son Charles. Tho league recently forced several men of bad reputation to leave Sebastian Sebas-tian which is little more than a crosB roads. About 8:30 o'clock this morning morn-ing Austin and his son were running a corn sheller when armed Mexicans galloped up, taking both into the bush nearby. There they were killed. Mexicans Raid Ranch. Yesterday a band of Mexicans raided raid-ed a ranch in the Sebastian section, stealing five horses, two saddles, two rifles and a pistol. They got the drop on some cowboys on tho ranch, keeping keep-ing them covered with pistols for about an hour. A Sebastian storekeeper named Alexander Al-exander said that there were twelve mounted men in the party. All of them appeared to be Mexicans of middle mid-dle age. They robbed his store. oo r |