GHASTLY DETAILS
EVANS ASSASSINATION.
DRAGGED TO DEATH,
FOl'fi ASSAILANTS EXECUTED. •
(Received 0 ff.rn.) =• •' WASHINGTON",. August 4. A report by the American Embassy | in Mexico City throws a new Tight ,on J the method of the assassination • of : Mrs '' Evans. ! According; to the Kmbassv i'nform.i.7, |" * . : tion, which it as reliable,. the: { murder was committed by mounted j men. part of the Rural Guards'' under ! the command of General Gonzales?'. Mns J Evans was roped by a lassoo and drag- | ! ged by a horse for a mile, her head' be- ] ! in"- almost severed from her bbdv and ! j the flesh of her shoulders and back, be- ' ing almost stripped from her body, j' | Her face was completely disfigured. j | Private advices state that Federal scouting troops captured and executed ! four of the assassins.—Sun. j CHIEF PERPETRATOR. I TO BE HUNTED DOWN. (Received 10.20 a.m.) J SAN FRANCISCO, August 5. i Mrs Pettus, sister of Mrs Evans, j states that the name of the man pri'neij pally concerned in the murder of Mrs j ' Evans is known and' that ho will be j hunted down and'summarily dealt with. , j —Router. ■
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Northern Advocate, 6 August 1924, Page 5
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