A Mexican Battle; Arizona Casualties

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AHSRE L-E-953 F. 432 y 432 bis

The Arizona Republican, Phoenix, Arizona

14 de abril de 1911

A Mexican Battle; Arizona Casualties

Wild shooting of the Insurrectos and Federals at Agua Prieta.

One killed and two fatally wounded at Douglas.

The American Troops Were Compelled to Cross the Line and Put a Stop to the Disturbance Many Douglas Residents Received Minor Injuries The Rebels Left in Possesion of the Border Town After an All After noon Engagement.

Agua Prieta, Mex., via Douglas, april 13 During a battle which lasted all afternoon and resulted in the capturing of this city by rebels commanded by “Red” Lopez, the American troops crossed the border and stopped the firing. The action was taken after one man had been killed and several wounded in Douglas, and the continued firing was endangering the lives of Americans on United States territory. Douglas was under constant fire for three hours.

Robert Harrington is the American who was killed. He was a switchman employed in the yards of Douglas and was on his train at Fourth street. A bullet struck him in the head and he tumbled from the car. He was picked up and taken in a wagon to the Copper Queen hospital; where he died within an hour.

E. E. Crow, another switchman, was on the same train, and the same volley that killed Harrington swept him from the car also. He was shot through the body from side to side and will die, Crow's family reside in Colorado A. R. Dickson, half owner of the Washington mine in the Arizpe district is shot trought the thigh. The bone is broken and the wound may prove fatal. Dickson is single and lives in Douglas.

Forest Rutherford assistant supperintendent of the Copper Queen smelter, when the battle opened went to his home which is located near the smelter. A bullet among many entered his home and struck him on the foot. The injury is light.

Carlos Lennon, a baker from Bisbee, was among the sight seers when a bullet partially spent struck him in the leg, passing through the flesh. He turned and started toward Douglas when another bullet struck him in the back. His wounds will not prove fatal.

J. C. Edwards, a young man of about twenty five years, was fighting with the insurgents and was killed. His home is in Virginia.

Genevieve Cole, the sixteen year old daughter of A. W. Cole, formerly (...) in the Douglas city council and prominent as clerk of the Arizona (...) convention, was sitting in her father's home when a federal bullet entered the house on Third street and passed through her arm.

W. Singleton, chemist at the Copper Queen smelter, was shot in the arm making a flesh wound that is not serious.

Spectacular battle.

Also Somewhat Fatal On This Side of the Line.

Agua Prieta, Mex., april 13 Agua Prieta surrendered to the rebels tonight after one of the most spectacular battles of the present Mexican insurrection. There are many dead and wounded, including one American, who was struck by a stray bullet in Douglas. Others in Douglas were also wounded, as many bullets went that way.

This is the first time during the insurrection that any person has been killed in the United States as the result of battles on the border. The dead and wounded of both the rebels and federals are being taken to Douglas.

Federal soldiers to the number of thirty, fled to the American side an hour before the battle ended, where they were disarmed by the American troops. The rebels shot down many while they were running.

Federal prisoners and wounded were escorted from Agua Prieta to the border where they were released as fugitives on American soil. The American troops entered Agua Prieta to arbitrate between the hostile forces.

Lopez's band numbered not more than 150, while the federal defenders numbered 65.

It was stated tonight that the rebels will try to hold Agua Prieta in the hope of winning recognition as belligerents from the United States.