Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-08-19
THE MEXICAN TROUBLE
What the 0flcIal Interpreter Has 10
say About Cuttings Case
and His Trial.
Arreusis widow and Orphans Must Secure
Handsome Indemnity, Says
Judge Baker.
LATEsT FROM XII PAso.

RI PAsO, TEX, Aug. lS.-Enyoy Sedg.
wick has not arrived, though he Is expect.
ed this morning, and there are no tltlng-
up TO l0o'clock tonight from the supreme
court at Chihuahua.
The Mexicans have beyond auy gaes
tion doctored the records Of their couT,
ana are attempting TO bolster up their
cause BY the meanest sort Of trick0ry
and fraud.
Louis Dantlng, the Official Interpreter
Of the Mexican court, was interviewed
about the matter aud says; "The Mex.
can Law provides that II an onense Is per-
petrated against a Mexican outside Of
Mexico II eau be punished here only 10
case there be \ law against Il also in the
place where II was perpctr Aied. Now
the officers OF our court found on exam
ming the Tex vs. code that there was law
against LIBEL there SIS well as here and
that TIE punishment there was the same
As here, namely tine Of $1,000 and Inn
prisonment up 10 two years, So that made
the case clear under our law. He was
punished therefore for the continuous
Onensc and was sent ,nced 70 one year of
seryitude, and fine OF 5000.
nHe wss not published then for clrculat-
ing the Texas paper on this sde?"
mot exactly. That aggravated the
case OF course, because II could have been
proved that he gave several papers away
70 parties on this side, but 1t was the
continued ofense he was punished for
and not for that"
"If there had been no publication in
the Texas paper he would not have been
prose cuted2n
Certainly not"
WAS s good defense made for hIm?"
ftIIa dafandaA 49,
who is q bright fellow and who really did
the very best he knew how for him. But
Cutting was under bad advice from GER
tain parties outside and he was very de-
liant every time he appeared In court"
"lf he had better advice you think
the case would have resulted diff
1erentlyf"
81 think so. Yes, | have some knowl-
edge OF law, and while know that the
case was thoroughly tried, feel conf
dent that there was one way by which he
might have been saved from conviction -
"And how would that have been?n
This way. When they produced the
Texas statute against libel as lustifying
them IN their prosecution against Cut
ting, should have said II had been his
attorney, gentlemen, the statute OF Texas
Is all well enough In Texas, put we are
now In Mexico and the issue is one be.
tween Mexico ana the United States.
Mexico don't know Texas or
any other subdivision OF the
United States When you show me that
the ofense OF libel Is punishable under
the code OF the United States, then, and
not till t1en, will recognize your right
to try him under the libel law OF Mexico.
And If on examination of the United
states code 1t was found that there was
no llw again't libel, why OF course that
would have put an end TO his case, and
they would have oeen bound to have re-
leased him"
1t will thus be seen that the official in
terprt ter assertss that Cutting was CON
yicted under the extra territorial law,
aud that had there been no such law he
would have been acquitted.
Cutting says that he was informed by
the court and the Official interpreter
mat he was being tried for the Texas
publication, and was never informed 9th.
erwlse.
Consul Brigham, and several I'll paso
attorneys who were present, distinctly
assert that the Texas publication was the
basis of the charge
Mexican named Symongton from
New York passed down into Mexico with
passport from Secretary Bayard, the
hrst issued to anyone as 1t 10 marked
No. 81 ~
lie expects war to occur and wanted
safe exit II II should be declared before
ne closed up his business In that country
rHE MONSTER MoNDRAGoN.
special 70 tho gazette.
SAN ANTONIO, Tx, Aug. ls,-Col.
John A Baker OF Eagle Pass Is here. en-
route to Austin. He has been engaged TO
secure, through the aid OF the American
government, an indemnity from Mexico
Tor the widow Of Francisco Arreusis, re.
Gently murdered by Mondragon near
Pledras NJ gras. Col Baker states that
The widow of the murdered man resides
AZ Tag q Pass, and that he, as her attor-
ney and legal adviser, now holds In his
possession documentary proofs showing
that Mondragon felpnlously conspired To
get away with deceased; that he assured
certain parties at Il igle Pass that II he
IMondregon) got his hands on Arreusis
there would be no danger of
lhe unfortunate man ever squeallpg as he
nad determined on putting him TO death,
that II Is beyond dispute that Arreusls
was naturalized American citizen, and
mat any statement charging HIN with
ever having been In the Mexican army Is
HN'SNt 'u"f WI AhlCldt WHO Knew the
deceased, is ready to testify to this; that
The stories now being officially communal
Gated TO the American government by
Mexico regarding the way In which
Arreusis was killed are fabricated
only to mislead and divert attention
from The real facts in the TRACE
dy Col. Baker asserts that the
marder was one Of the most oold.blooded
and cruel In the annals of crime, and is
now on his way TO Gov Ireland TO lay be.
tore him chapter In the case which the
frientsof Mondragon and the Mexican
authorities are sssiduously endeayoring
to conceal, He says he Intends seeing
tut Justice done the widow and orphans
OF the murdered man, and that nothing
short Of substantial indemnity shall
half
GoNR TO CHIHUAHUA.
special 70 the Gazette.
nj PAso Tx, Aug 49, Francisco
Mondragon, after publishing IN the San
Antonio Express several articles deroga
tory TO statements made by our local
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