SHOT BY A SHERIFF
TWO MEXICAN STUDENTS I MISTAKEN FOR DESPERADOS. NEW YORK, June 8. (Received June 9, at 9 p.m.) A message from Ardmore, Oklahoma, states that two Mexican students who were on their way home by motor from United States colleges were tragically killed by the gunfire of a deputy sheriff, who said he believed!he had encountered desperados. The students were Emilio Cortez Rubbio, a cousin of the Mexican President, and Manuel Comez. The sheriff and his companion officer are held bn a .charge of murder- It is stated that the shooting occurred after the youths refused to answer questions when found sitting in a motor car on the highway. The students allegedly dre.v revolvers, which yrere not used, however, whereupon the sheriff fired. "A third student member of the party,' who is also a relative of President Rubbio. was unhurt.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21357, 10 June 1931, Page 7
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