The San Francisco call., 1896-08-10
TAKEN WITH
THEIR LOOT
Mexican Officers Capture
Ensenada Gold-Bar
Thieves.
CAUGHT WHILE DIGGING
FOR THE METAL.
Vault-Raider Garratt and Party
Cleverly Trailed to Their
Cache.
GOVERNOR sANGINES LEADS
THE CAPT0RS.
One of the Prisoners a Man Arrested
as a Suspect and Lately
Released.
GOVERNOR sANGINES LEADS
THE CAPTORS.
One of the Prisoners Man Arrested
as Suspect and Lately
Released.

SAN DIEGO, CAL, Aug. 9.-James E
| CARAT and three companions were caught
in the act of unearthing the famous En-
senada gold bar valued at $12, 900, which
was stolen from the Office of NJ. Riveroll
at Ensenada on the night OF March 80,
1895. The captors OF the party were Mexi-
cans, headed by no less parsonage than
Governor Agustin Sangines himself The
Garratt party was Just about to dig for the
gold when Governor Sangines ordered
them to be surrounded and overpowered.
The Mexicans quickly carried out the or
der, forcing Garratt and the others to
hold up their hands and look down the
muzzles of four rifles. Then Governor
| Sangines demanded from CARAT the exact
location of the bar which the wretehed fell
low gave and few moments shoveling
revealed the bar. The Governor took pos
session of it and ordered the four prisoners
! jailed.
Garratt spent sixteen months in the
Ensenada Jail under suspicion of having
been the robber, but it could not be proved
against him and he was released on July
25. Allan Pratt, bookkeeper for Mr.. RiY-
released with Garratt Pratt and CARAT
were good friends and Pratt had access to
the safe where the bar was kept, but be-
| yond this there was nothing TO indicate
that they were guilty, and nobody in this
city would believe they were the thieves.
Garratt is a native of Montreal and Pratt
| is an Englishman. Both lived at Ensenada
some years and became Mexican citizens,
4 lr-o oI~-o-
when they were in prison.
As soon as Garratt was released he came
to this city, arriving July 26. The next
day he took out citizenship papers and
said Mexico would never see HIM again.
He hung round town awhile and dissp-
peared some time last week.
1t was learned to-day that he hired the
Junk Pekin, Captain Frank r. Culbert, to
convey him and two passengers to Sauzal,
little landing place eight miles north of
Enseneda. The two men with CARAT
came down on the schooner Dawn from
San Pedro ten days ago, and no one here
knows their names. They are supposed to
be the men captured with Garratt. The
fourth man caught was Sam Hayward, a
worthless character at Ensenada-
The captain and crew OF the Junk were
not caught, and they are supposed to be
on their way hither. The junk was sighted
OF Sauzal Friday evening from the
steamer Pacheco, which was on her way to
this city.
The goId-ba robbery was an interesting
affair The bar was owned by the Ibarra
Mining Company of San Francisco.
The company's mines are at Calamali.
about 300 miles south OF sanDiego. The
gold was brought to Ensenada on a schoo-
ner and deposited in Riverolrs shipping
Office for safe keeping. 1t was there day
or TWO. On the night of March 20, year
ago, it was stolen, the safe being opened
by means of the combination.
1t was this fact which cast suspicion
upon Pratt. Riveroll himself, however,
was not free from suspicion, and after
Pratt had been arrested Riveroll was
placed behind the bars, but not held long.
RiyeroII. gave up $l5. 600 worth of property
10 indemnify the Ibarra Company, but
since then has paid $1,000 in cash toward
the loss, retaining the chance to redeem
his property.
When Pratt was released two weeks ago
he stayed at Ensenada day or two, where
his family remains.
Then he came to San Diego and said he
had an offer OF a good position with ID.
Duncan, who is or was secretary of a loan
and trust company at San Francisco.
Pratt proceeded to San Francisco, and is
believed to be there now.
1t was learned to-day that strenuous
efforts will be made to extradite him, as
the treaty between this country and Mex
leo provides for the exchange of prisoners
held on charges involving more thsn
$4,000.
Pratt, even If it becomes known that he
was implicated in the robbery, is not con.
sidered the leader. Garratt is undou5t-
edly the ringleader, and many here be-
Iieye he went to Ensenada determined to
get the bar and get away with it, leaving
Pratt with nothing but the memory of
sixteen months in prison foT his pains.
The punishment awaiting Garratt is
severe Ii he is not sent to the salt mines
in the Gulf OF California, where number
of prisoners are kept, to work in the awful
heat, he may be ordered to Belem prison
in Mexico, where several thousand prison.
ers are always confined. The penalty for
burglary is about the same as in the United
States, but the difference in treatment is
to be considered. In Mexico the prisoner
is allowed only 20 cents (Mexican money!
per day for food, and no bedding.
Garratt is small and irail and viii not
live long under such conditions He has
wealthy relatives in Montreal and Eng
land, but their combined efforts were
fruitless to get him out of jail or secure
him any concessions during his first inn