American Shoots Mexican.

New York Times 100 years ago today, August 1, 1913:
Corporal Stuns a Captain and Takes Rebels Into Camp.
Special to The New York Times.
    EL PASO, Texas, July 31.— A noncommissioned officer of the United States army single-handed captured a wagon train of Mexican rebels and its escort near Guadelupe to-day, and shot Capt. I. E. Monteros of Col. Toribio Ortega's staff as the Mexican was attempting to kill him. The American, who is Corp. Frederick Smith of Troop A, Second Cavalry, marched all the Mexicans into camp, where Capt. Monteros's wound was dressed by an army surgeon. Although the Captain was shot in the head, his wound is not dangerous. Corp. Smith stunned him with a scalp wound in about the way the old mustang hunters used to capture the wild horses of the plains. He "creased" him.
    The revolutionists were hurrying across the border with a train of foodstuffs and other supplies for Col. Ortega's command, which soon is to join Gen. Villa in a movement against Juarez. Capt. Monteros and a detail of men had come over the line to escort the wagons to Ortega's headquarters. Everything went smoothly until the expedition was close to the border. Then Corp. Smith, who was riding the line on patrol duty, saw the outfit.
    "Halt!" shouted the Corporal, spurring his horse toward the wagons.
    For answer Capt. Monteros put his hand to his revolver. He was in the act of snatching it from the holster when Smith fired. The bullet mowed a furrow in the Captain's scalp and he fell off his horse. Then the Corporal turned his pistol against the other members of the escort and they surrendered. At Smith's command, Monteros was picked up by his men and stowed in one of the wagons.
    "Get into camp," said Smith to the teamsters, and all the Mexicans, with the Corporal's weapon covering them from the rear, marched to the American tents. Dr. L. B. Rashbaum, Surgeon Major in Ortega's camp, promptly came here with a message from Col. Ortega to the commanding officer of the United States troops. In the message, the Constitutionalist commander said he much regretted the incident and hoped to be exempt from responsibility, inasmuch as he repeatedly had instructed his men not to attempt to cross the river under arms.