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Show former American Consul Killed in Mexico 1 fSHIWGTOW TELLS m6Y tu ohoeb JIBREST OF SLAYERS J American Falls, Being: founded Twice on His j Way Home i iQW, AGED EIGHTY, j URVIVES DEAD MAN, 'Fweasus M'T"-1 Appointed iW; Consul in 1872, Retiring ;.-; From Office in 1881 Jjfc JB WASHINGTON, Fob. 2S. Augustus & 1 1 Morrill, formerly American consul at B Manzanillo, Mexico, was killed by Mcx B can bandits February 26. BKThe prcsetu consul pt Manzanillo, in I jre porting the killing to , the state de-; A '' Kpirlment, said Morrill was, attacked l& ! KMe on llis v'.av t0 tne 'Hacienda el ' : 1 KBalcon, three miles from Colima, I tt vrhere he lived, and and that in a fusil-; jK-iade of pistol shots received two ,JR 'The American embassy at Mexico M, CiFy has been instructed to make ur-is ur-is 1(?Preson,a,ions 10 lue Mexican i )V JiioTerpnient looking to the arrest and j jj JlBlfourilshnient of the murderers and ihe ', H lBBmrlcan consulate at Manzanillo has ' jKn instructed to make similar roprc-QKimitions roprc-QKimitions to the local Mexican author-j 9KjjN- Mi Morrill's -widow, who is SO I JBgrs old, lives at Collmn He also is! flKvived b several children who live JKjSnn Francisco, Oakland and San jBKxitcrlTetrstfllefrat Man-T r fKnilio on January 26 18G9, and Was j j 'Hp?e consul al ,llc same place on AM-; l. Bi'''&r. Morrill was S8 years old and re- j j jBU' from lne consular service in 18S1. i |