MEXICAN TROUBLE.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 28, 10 March 1914, Page 7

MEXICAN TROUBLE.

TEXANS CROSS THE BORDER.

RECOVER RANCHER'S BODY.

By Cable. — Press Association.—Copyright. NEW YORK, March 9.

A number of Texan Rangers from Austin- crossed the Mexican boundary and disinterred the body of Clements Vergara, a Texan rancher who was lured to Mexico by Mexican Federal soldiers and murdered. - The Rangers brought the body to American soil.

GHASTLY DETAILS. (Received March 10, 11.50 a.m.) 3 NEW YORK, March 9. An examination of Vergaras's Ifody shows tliat a blow with a rifle butt crushed his skull. There were gunshot wounds On his head and neck. The body was mutilated and burned, and one of his hands indicated that he was tortured ! before death. It is believed that the ' Texas Rangers restored the body to the grave again, but the commandant of the Rangers denies that his men participated.

HOW BENTON DIED.

STILL ANOTHER STORY.

(Received March 10, 9.10 a.m.)

LONDON, March 9.

Special telegrams state that Benton, who was unarmed, was shot in the back by General Villa and an aide-de-camp when leaving the room. The rebels' ferocious are changing the feeling north of Mexico.