Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1889-07-02
WITHOUT FOUNDATION.
Story from Wichita Regarding the I'M
prlsonment of Americans Denied.
An Investigation 81 the United States Con-
sui at Paso del Norte and the Jefe Po-
Iitieo of the Brazos District

UNITED STATES CONSULATE (PAso DEL NoRTE),
CIUDAD JUAREz, June Is, 1889.
To the Editor of the Gazette.
On the evening of the 2lst inst. my
attention was attention was called to
special from Wichita, Kan, published
in your paper of the 10th instant de-
scribing the imprisonment and i'll treat
ment of two American citizens named
respectively Rogers and George L. An
drews, at a place in Mexico which is
called by Andrews, who relates the
story, Candelabria. -
Andrews states that he applied to the
consul at Paso del Norte and received no
satisfaction.
Rogers is a fiction, Pigment Of the
Imagination of the said Andrews, and
the whole story is an invention and lie.
Neither Andrews nor any one else ever
applied to me in the case described, or
any case similar in which any one
figured of the name of Rogers or Andrews.
Please publish the inclosed correspon-
dence, which l trust Will obtain the same
wide circulation as the falsehood it
effectually refutes. l am, sir, very re-
spectfully, BECKFoRD MACKEY,
United States Consul.
Copy
UNITED STATES CONSULATE (PAso DEL NoRTE),
CIUDAD JUAREz, June 20, 1889. J.
Hon, Manro Pandano, Jefe Politico of tls.
Braves District, Paso del Norte. -
SIR respectfully invite your atten5,
ton to the inclosed extract from the
Fort Worth GAZETTE Of the 10th iasts
in which an account is given of tie.al-
legged Illegal arrest, imprisonme4t and
maltreatment of two American Citizens
named Rogers and Andrews by the au=
thorities of 'Candelabria. AS there;
is no such place as CandelabrIa, either
within fifty miles of Paso del Norte or in
the state of Chihuahua 1T is probable that
the place referred to is Candelaria,
station situated on the line of the Next
can Central railway, about fifty miles
from this city. AS any place within
circuit considerably larger than fifty
miles would be included within the dis
trict over which you preside, have to
request that you inform me whether you
have any knowledge of the alleged out
rage mentioned in the inclosed extract,
and whether any American citizens of
the name Of Rogers or of Andrews have
been imprisoned as stated, either at Can
delaria or any other place in the district
subject to your authority. I am, sir,
very respectfully.
BECKFoRD MACKEY,
United States Consul.
Translation-[ seall-Jefatura Politico del Dis
trito Braves, chihuahua.
The municipal president of Carrigal.
yesterday wrote me as follows: IRE
ferring to your communication OF the
22d instant, have the honor to report
that:
81 had no knowledge of the alleged
circumstances which were published in
the Fort Worth GAZETTE and brought to
your attention by the American consul
at Paso del Norte, IN regard to the
arrest of George L. Andrews at SCande-
laria; I therefore visited personally the
said place for the purpose of INVESTIGATES
ing the case referred to. 1 found at
Candelaria only one house, which
belongs to Mr.. Jesus Escobar, Mexican
consul at FL Paso, Tex, and is occu-
pied by Gregorio Fierro. Gregorio
Fierro on being Intercepted replied that
he had not heard and did not know of
any American who had been arrested or
robbed in that vicinity In addition to
this, there is no house at Candelaria
which coIld possibly be termed JAN,
the only edif1ce being cabin occupied
by the witness mentioned; I am there
fore convinced that the published state
ment of the arrest of Andrews lacks all
foundation of truth.
1 submit to you the above in reply to
your note of the 22d instant, informing
you at the same time that no American Of
the name of Andrews has been impris-
oned in this city.
LIBERTY AND CONSTITUTION,
CTUDAD JUAREz, June q, 1889.
MAURo CANDANO.
To the Consul of the United States, Paso