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Show MEXICANS AND Battle in Tampico in Which a Mexican Captain Is Killed. NEW YORK. Dec. 15. In a clash on November 29 between the armed navy guard of tho American steamship steam-ship Monterey and Mexican customs guards at Tampico, one Mexican, .said to have been captain, was killed; a Mexican soldier mortally wounded and a chief gunner's mate, named Barry, in charge" of the American guard less seriously hurt. This was learned today to-day with tho steamer's arrival hero from Havana and Nassau where the touched after leaving Tamplco. Members of the armed guard nnd officers of tho ship refused io discuss the incident but details were learned from passengers on hoard at the time. According to them, th fight occurred shortly after five a. m. after members of the navy guard went to the rescue of Berry, who had been attacked. The Americans at fir3t responded to the call without arms, but upon tho Mexicans Mex-icans opening fire they secured their weapons and responded in kind. The fight, passengers said, was brief, the Mexicans running away as soon as the Americans opened fire, leaving their dead and wounded. Later officials of the port look the matter into hand, the passengers asserted, and a demand was made upon the captain cap-tain of the Monterey that the armed guard bo delivered up to them pending an Investigation. This ithe captain declined to do, his action being supported, ItjvasEaid, by officers of two American gunboais in the harbor. Later the matter was disposed dis-posed of by a decision to leave the entire subject to diplomatic settlement. settle-ment. . It was said that tho gunner's mate had gono ashore on an errand just, before be-fore the Monteroy sailed. Several blocks from where the ship was tied up was a saloon and ns Berry was re-turn'iig re-turn'iig to his ship passing in front of, this saloon he was called upon to "treat." When he refused to do so several Mexicans started after him. As tho American approached his ship a shot was . fired, and a Mexican guard seeing him coming, placed him under detention. It was also asserted that others, started to beat him with iho butts of their rifles. The sailor fought back the best he could and as he drew near the ship he called to his men for assistance. They needed no second invitation, in-vitation, one of the- passpi'gcrs said, an I all who were in sight or hearing Joined In the fray. Seeing reinforcements reinforce-ments coming home of the Mexicans opened fire. No onn was hit on the ship. The naval guar 1 then secured n ..... ..,,,1 n n t K r ! ..... AAtt....,l 1 .. aii il:.- iiuu da liiu mm, uuiiiiiiul'u i. j returned the shots with the result that two Mexicans fell. With tho i-how of arms the Mexicans fled leaving the gunner's mate free to return to his .ship with his men. Sound of the firing at-irac.ed at-irac.ed a considerable crowd buc no further demonstration was made. Threats were heard, however, and during dur-ing tho twenty-four houir. that the Monterey -was detained pending ihe investigation in-vestigation of the' incideut every pro-caution pro-caution was taken to guard against a surprise attack; The two gunboais were sufficiently close so that they could have rendered assistance to the Monterey had it .been required. In addition ad-dition to hand arms, tho Monterey carries car-ries a gun mounted on her deck placed there during the war as a protection against submarines. On arrival of the Monterey here today to-day the gunner's mate and his men went to the navy yard to make an official of-ficial report of the matfer. Officers of the ship were also Questioned' by naval authorities, , . |
