Morning journal and courier., 1886-09-11
AMERICANS IN MEXICO

Not Meeting With The BeastIy Treat. ment Reported According To A Railroad President.
 BOSTON, Sept. 10.-President Levi O Wade of the Mexican Central railroad has just arrived home from Mexico. In an in terview today MT. Wade's attention was called to the Fl Paso despatch in the New
 York Herald some weeks ago wherein it was alleged that the Mexican Central railroad had been influential in procuring Cuttings release. 'FThe statement is absurd" said Mr. Wade. ''I went to Mexico on railroad business only. My wife and two children accompanied me and our time was fully tax en up in social pleasures when railroad mat ters did not claim my attention. Of course took an interest in the Cutting case, but simply as a matter of news. I found the whole affair had been greatly exaggerated by our journals. There was no excitement in Fl Paso over the matter except in the news papers. saw no military preparations for the invasion of Mexico. When I arrived in Fl Paso questioned number of gentlemen on the Cutting case and asked if great excite ment did not prevail there over it. The only replies received were amused smiles and the remark that the subject had but little attraction for anyone in Ell Paso except few hotheaded men who thought row would make interesting an otherwise dull locality. In the Mexican States I found there was still less said about the case. Unless direct questions were asked it was merely mentioned. met great many public officials and the Cutting matter was never once broached as subject of conversation. It was deemed too trifing to be noticed. I was much amused at read ing in the Fl Paso Times @ few days after I had left the town that had called upon the chief justice of the State of Chihuahua and had given him a douceur for the release of Cutting. The same paper also stated that had 'seen' Medina and induced him to with draw his complaint against Cutting. I never laid eyes on either Cutting, Medina or the chief justice of Chihuahua. Cuttings re- lease or detention did not interest me or my road in the least. As have said the whole affair was grossly and ridiculously exagger- ated by the northern American press. Out ting was justly punished for the libel of 8 Mexican citizen. That the libel was pub lished in Texas made no difference. It was circulated in Mexico. I was told that Cutting even crossed the Rio to Paso del Norte and circulated the libel. The Mexican govern ment had a perfect right to imprison Cutting Libel is a crime in Mexico and Cutting defied the law"
 MT. Wade was asked if he knew of any cases where Americans were unjustly incar- cerated in Mexican prisons. "l know of no such case" he replied. ''Of course there have been Americans imprisoned for viola tions of the laws of the country just as in this country we have in our prisons foreign CTS who have defied our laws. I have seen a nf have met many Mexican people and think am justi- fled in saying that no foreigner, American or any other ever gets into trouble unless 1t IS brought on by his own behavior. case in point: One of our employees on our road knocked a man down in Chihuahua. The provoeation was great, but still he should have exercised more restraint. He was kept in jail two days and then was brought to trail for assault. The judge found that the prisoner had had great provocation and im- posed only slight fine upom him, which was paid and the man discharged. Now see how such matters become distort- ed. The press over the Rio seized upon the case, and notwithstanding the fact that the man had been discharged kept insisting that he was still confined and raised a great howl for his release. I think it will be found that most of the cases of all legged Mexican tyranny can be traced back to similar slight foundations. I am not nOluluR MoA1CO up tsS d LuOoOA AOkObIlS, Ou0 | do not believe there is any more injustice practiced in her courts than in this or any other country. think you will see that the hue and cry that goes up every now and then from the press of the United States is ami mated by the same ignorance of her people and customs as formerly was manifested in
 English papers whenever this country was the subject of their attention.n Mir. Wade expressed also great regret for General Jack sons resignation as minister plenipotentiary and envoy extraordinary to Mexico. He
 characterized him as an accomplished gentle
 man, brilliant diplomat and patriotic representative of the American government. Everyone with whom he had conversed in Mexico shared in this opinion of General Jackson and his loss is deeply deplored. It was recognized that Secretary Bayard's per emptory mandate in the Cutting case was an insult to him. MT. Wade said that the af- fairs of the Mexican Central railroad were in
 8 more encouraging shape than they have been for some time ahd the prospects of the
 road are growing better every day.
 FL PAso, Texas, Sept. 1O.--Special Envoy Sedgwick arrived at Paso del Norte this
 morning and after breakfasting with Consul | Brigham began the investigation of the local records in the Cutting case.