, 1886-08-10
CUTTING alarmed.
He Appeals to Gov. Ireland
for Protection.
Terrible Forest Fires Raging
in Wisconsin.
Anarchist Trial--Spies Under
Examination.
Cutting Alarmed.

DENVER, Aug. 9.-An FL Paso specia
to the Associated Press says: The Cutting
affair is practically unchanged. There
were rumors all day of his having been
quietly spirited away to chihuahua, but
they turned out to lie untrue. This even
ing he is still in Jail. During the after
noon he was called before the court once
more and notified that he had been
granted an appeal TO the supreme court of
Chihuahua, and that the lawyer who had
been officially assigned to his defense had
forwarded the necessary papers in the
case. This proceeding may keep him in
Paso del Norte tor some days. although
he himself is under the impression that
he will at any moment perhaps be carried
off. He is, besides, afraid that he may
be assassinatcd as soon as he leaves Paso
del Norte, and hat the Mexicans will
give as an excuse that he tried to escape.
1t is learned hat Cutting. this evening,
sent the following telegram:
TO Governor Ieidnd-SIR: AS a citi-
zen Of the state Of Texas, | ask OF you the
protection that my friends assure me you
can and will extend me-"
This dispatch was sent against the
urgent advice Of Consul Brigham and it
is the first time Cutting has failed to fol-
low implicitly the consuls suggestions,
who thinks that at the present juncture the
dispatch i'll advised. There is only one small
company Of infantry at Fort Bliss. The
citizens of FL Paso have to day formed
three volunteer companies to protect the
city and guard it against sudden surprise
from the other side. Paso del Norte is
full OF Mexican soldiers and rumur is that
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kind of exciting rumors floating through
the town. One is to the effect that 800
Mexican horsemen are station at Sara
about thirteen miles below FL Paso, and
opposite the Texas town Of Ysleta The
commander at Fort Bliss mas sent down
to investigate the umors.
To day a number OF pamphlets reached
Ell Paso from Chihuahua, being copies
of the legal brief in the Cutting case by
Jesus Maria Palacios, the leading lawyer
of the state of chihuahua. 1t may be re
Rarded as official. 1t makes an elaborate
defense of the Mexican side of the ques
ton and attempts to prove that article lS6
of the chihuahua penal code which pro-
vides for the punishment in Mexico of
o~ffenses committed in other countries is
not only in accord with the Mexican
constitution but also with international
treaties with the United States. Among
the authorities on international law 1t
quotes Hefer, Felix. Ahrens, Bluntschli,
and more particularly Ortalan. 1t comes
to the following three conclusions; FIRST,
that article lS6 is perfectly applicable to
the case Of Cutting; second, that the arti
Gle is in perfect accord with the Mexican
constitution and treaties with the United
States; third. that the article is fully justi-
6edthy the doctrines and precedents OF
international law. The brief calls the
claim TO deliver up Cutting perfectly ride
ulous. The article referred to, reads as
follows
Grimes committed in a foreign country,
by a Mexican against a Mexican. shall be
punished in the republic, either by having
him come by his own free will or brought
by %extradition; second, that if the person
offended be a foreigner, complaint must
be made against him by the proper parties;
third. that the accused has not been defin
itely tried in the country where offsnse
was committed, and if he has not been re
leased, absolved or pardoned; fourth, that
offense he is charged with be considered
by him as an %offense punishable in the
country where it was committed, and also
in the republic; fifth, that in accordance
with the laws exiant, the penalty i'm
posed would not allow oail