The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1893-11-30
THE TUXPAN SENSATION,
The Theme Of Discussion in Waco.
interested Parties.


The shooting scrape on the
Z,potal river hacienda, mention OF
which was made in THE NEWS of
yesterday, has furnished the theme
of conversation for almost every
gathering of three or four that has
convened in Waco since the publl-
cation of the news. Perry Mckay
is we'll known here, having been for
awhile clerk at the Royal hotel.
w. F. Lewis, the man who was
shot, was formerly cattle man in
Tom Green county. He moved to
Waco and joined a syndicate OF
Waco gentlemen who own immense
interests in the four Mexican states
of Vera Cruz, Colima, Jalisco and
Michoacan. This syndicate liz corn
posed of Msssrs. E j. Gurley. w.
F. Lewis, Davis r Gurley, ii. M.
Taylor and DR.. IL. w. Brown. e.
B. Gurley is their engineer and
Thcs. Gjlgan of the City of Mexico
is their lawyer. w. f. Lewis is a
refined COW boy, whose schooling
did not take away the fighting pro-
cliviiies OF that class.
The Waco syndicate acq lircd
from the owners 1900 acres of
land on the Z.potal river, which is
contluent of the Tuxpan river.
This hacienda is fifteen or twenty
miles above Tuxpan. John A. NJ
Kay acquired claim to the same
land from Rockport parties and
for while he worked in harmony
with the Waco syndicate, but he fell
out and no end of trouble succeed
ed. His son, Perry Mckay was
there and the elder Mckay
succeeded in getting John Drayton,
United States consul at Tuxpan, in
terested in his behalf so that when
a Mexican court issued process of
ejec m Mt against the Mckay party
the consul holsted the S.ars and
Stripes over the hacienda aud un'
der the circumstances the Mexican
authorities declined to interfere.
Later Lewis elected the Mckay
party and Perry Mckay shoI him
as described.
The interference of John Dray-
ton, consul, was reported to Minis
ter Gray, who in turn sent a report
of the affair to Hon. Walter @
Gresham, the secretary of state, at
Washington, and the latter has
directed further inquiry which is in
progress. The entire affair and the
incident of the shooting will be
reported to congress.
Col. E. j. Gurley left Monday
for Jslapa, where he will meet
Thos. Gllgan, the attorney Of the
syndicate, and these gentlemen will
take steps to protect the interest
of the Waco syndicate. Col. Cur
ley is also the president of the Mex
lean Coffee company, which is com
posed of E. j. CAREY, president;
~ ~ WIG, SiSo PACnidOAt, W VI
Martin, superintendent; ID. r.
Gurley, treasurer; G. B. Cur
ley, chief engineer and Dr..
Robert G. Brown secretary. The
Mexican Coffee company which is
chartered in Albuquerque, New
Mexico, but has its nome in Waco,
0 WIS the haciendas Of Ahueiullo and
de la Huerta, situated in the states
of Coliml, Jalisco and Michoacan,
Mexico. The reports of the survey
made by Chief Engineer George b
Gurley of these hacienass, form
highly interesting literature
aud Will eventually become part oil
the accepted history of tia. terra
inccgnita. These surveyors ex
tended their Investigations into tht
state of Vera Cruz, and it was due
to their accounts that the purchase
was made of the Zipotal river land'
about which the contention oc
CURED.