| Show SERIOUS BATTLE IMMINENT COWBOYS AND MEXICAN GUARDS READY TO FIGHT elsbee ark sapt 12 lato satur thero occurred at MACO small town on the international line nine miles from here a shooting affair which has already caused the death ol 01 one american cowboy and a mexican guard and the wounding ot several others and ultimately in delivering over to the mexican authorities four american citizens who will be tried or murder several weeks ago james herron was arrested by mexican line riders charged with smuggling horses and was being taken by guards to nogales for a hearing while at naco bob clayton a friend of herrons asked permission to accompany him to nogales the mexican officers consented but at the same time notified clayton that he would have to disarm himself giving him thirty minutes to do so when the time waa up the guards started toward clayton who pulled bis gun and commenced shooting at the same time backing toward this side of the line the guards seven in number returned the fire while two other cowboys one of whom was named franco came to claytona claytons Clay tons rescue who escaped to this side but not without receiving a bullet through his body from the effects of which he died here last night capt dollna of the mexican guards was shot twice once through the right thigh and through the arm neither of which is serious franco was arrested by the guards and placed in jail while the other cowboys escaped an hour and a halt later three guards who started with herron to nogales were overtaken by a party of four american cowboys friends of herron who were bent upon rescuing him A lively fight took place resulting in the killing of a guard named pedro gan and the wounding of manuel alvona so severely that death is expected hourly the third guard escaped to customhouse and securing help returned and drove the cowboys across to this side of the line herron refused to come back with his rescuers but continued on to nogales where he gave himself up he choose to face the charge of smuggling rather than run the risk of being taken by the officers here who hold a warrant tor him he having escaped from a oklahoma penitentiary after being sentenced for twenty five years tor murder late saturday night another cowboy named lee damsey who conducts a saloon on the mexican line was arrested by those authorities charged with being implicated in the affair and Is now in jail at naco with franco the cowboys since the fight have been gathering horses and their friends and aro heavily arming themselves preparatory it is said to an attempt to rescue damsey and franco there aro now in this city and at points near here and naco over fifty of them armed with winchesters Win chesters and six shooters the mexican guards at naco have been reinforced by the addition of a body of twenty five cardador Car dados under aleut col and they now have an armed forced of nearly a hundred men guarding the line and jail in which the americans are confined should the attempt at rescue be made a most serious battle will result as both parties are worked up to fever heat over the killings the four cowboys who attacked the guards in sonora are well known in this city and are here tonight not having been placed under arrest their movements are being watched and they will not be allowed to leave tho country mexican consul gavoto Is arranging matters at once to have the authorities here arrest them until the proper papers can be arranged for |
