MURDER OF BENTON.
GENERAL VILLA'S STORY. (Br C»We.—Pi*ai Ai»o«ition— Copyright) WASHINGTON, February 22. L Mr Bryan has been informed, through the American Consul at Jaurez, of • General Villa's version of the Benton > execution. It is to the effect that Bcnton threatened Villa's life, and tvas therefore ' court-martialled and shot on a charge of attempted assassination. * A full statement of the case has been 5 transmitted to Downing street. » Benton's friends ridicule the idea 1 that any trial was accorded him, and state that ho openly boasted that he . never carried arms in Mexico.
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Press, Volume L, Issue 14909, 24 February 1914, Page 7
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