PRINCE HENRY OF PRUSSIA

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue XLVIII, 10 March 1914, Page 5

PRINCE HENRY OF PRUSSIA

A , SOUTH AAIERICAN- 'VISIT. ,/

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BERLIN, March 9

Prince and Princess Henry o'£ Prussia are sailing from Cape Trafalgar on a visit to the South American republics.

MEXICO

VERGERA'S BODY DISINTERRED

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NEW YORK, March 9

~. A number of Texas R-ingers from Austin crossed the Mexican boundary and disinterred the body of Clement Vergera, a Texan rancher, who was lured into Mexico by Federal soldiers. They brought the body back to American soil. ■„ ,

VERGARA'S BODY.

TORTURE' AND AIUTILATION. '

(Received March 10,' 11.50 a.m.) NEW-YORK, March 9.

Examination of Vergara's body sh</ws that a blow with a rifle butt crushed his skull. There was a gunshot wound in the head, and his ne.k. was mutilated. A burned hand indicated torture before 'death. Men believed that Texas rangers restored the body to the grave again. Commandant ranger? denied that the. men participated.

REBEL FEROCITIES. (Received March 10,' 9.10 a.m.) LONDON. March 9. Special telegrams state'. that Benton was unarmed and shot*, in the back byVilla and his aide-de-camp when leavii«or the room. The rebels' feroo : ous excesses . are changing the feeling in North Mexico. " CHANGE OF POLTCY URGED. (Received March 10, 2.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON, March 9. On specific charges that 100 Americans have, been murdered and outraged during the Mexican revolution, a--mo-tion was laid * before the Senate by Senator Falls, who urged the abandonment of the present policy as hopelessly ihe'ffective.