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Daily Kennebec Journal
Augusta, Kennebec County, Maine
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Mexican bandits reportedly reappeared in the lower Rio Grande valley near Brownsville, Texas, prompting heightened military security and a pursuit by Oklahoma infantrymen from San Benito. Unconfirmed rumor of a U.S. soldier killed at Barreda.
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Brownsville, Tex., Oct. 6.—Report that Mexican bandits had appeared again in the lower Rio Grande valley caused a general tightening last night and today of the armed forces protecting this section.
A detachment of Oklahoma infantrymen was sent out last night from San Benito in pursuit of men believed to be Mexican outlaws, but no word had come early today as to the result of the chase. Army headquarters at Fort Brown also was without confirmation of a rumor that an American soldier had been killed by bandits at Barreda.
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Lower Rio Grande Valley
Event Date
Oct. 6
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rumor that an american soldier had been killed by bandits at barreda, without confirmation
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Report that Mexican bandits had appeared again in the lower Rio Grande valley caused a general tightening last night and today of the armed forces protecting this section. A detachment of Oklahoma infantrymen was sent out last night from San Benito in pursuit of men believed to be Mexican outlaws, but no word had come early today as to the result of the chase. Army headquarters at Fort Brown also was without confirmation of a rumor that an American soldier had been killed by bandits at Barreda.