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Show WILL INVESTIGATE j KILLING OF BENTON) fjflAN ORDERS INQUIRY INTO; MURDER OF BRITISH SUBJECT BV VILLA'S MEN. Ribel Grnral Justifies Hit Action on the Ground That the Rancher Wa "An Armed Proffer" and Attempted to Kill Him. V. m ii 1 UK .S'-iM l.iry I'.ryari lias i.nl-n-d a fur n-itrhiiiK In v i-.ititfjtlnu if t hi killliiK " Willi, un S I : u i. jh . Hi.: lirlll.tli itiil.. it, iit Juan. II- aa-lu.llli. aa-lu.llli. .-(I .Saturday that until all th -f.uln III Hi.: ram- h.ui I..-. II t-'ath.T. d from all uvalUMi- uun- nu o,inl',u ouli I,. i rxiir-i-.n-d by tin: H'iiti: department. de-partment. All Information riiclvid will lii! IraunmUt.-il t tin: liritiab govi-rnini-nt. l'iliinittloiiH mad.: Ly (li in-ral VII-lit VII-lit to 'I'lioniiiH I). Kilwanli and Ccorgi! C. CarothiTH, 'tin Ami-rii:an ron.iular rriiri-Hi-ntatlvrrt at Juan-., tog'-lher with tli ti court martini record, are to lui Hiiiplrmi-nti:il by fin-thiT lnforma-tlon. lnforma-tlon. IiiMtrurtlonK wrnt forth to American Am-erican CoiihiiI I.rtrhi-r ti) Irurn uV-tallH uV-tallH from Villa, and It Is understood that Inquiry through Independent diirri-M will Iih carrlrd un at Juarez. Mr. CarotlmrH In consular ugent at Torreon, temporarily assisting Mr. Kdwitnlrt. Advli-f-8 received liy the state department, de-partment, giving VUIu'b version of thn affair, were ttiut Henton win armed, had personally quarreled with Villa, had been disarmed, tried by court-martial and executed on the charge of attempting the life of Villa. Villa's explanation, as telegraphed by him to the constitutionalist agency here, was unofficially exhibited exhibit-ed to state department officials and, though read with interest, brought no comment. Army officers took particular partic-ular Interest in the reference to Hen-ton Hen-ton as an "armed prowler" and as such was not entitled to the protection protec-tion of tho rules of war. "An armed prowler," described In Order 100 of the Amertean army. Is essentially a guerilla. |