El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-04-23
THE OTHER SIDE.
What Consul Mallen has to Say on the
Suhiect


son ca-e reported in yesterdays HER
AID. under the head of "Liable to bt
More Developments"
Mr.. Nal en- said in substance: evil
liam Rynerson is in the employ of the
Mexican government and has done
good service for both Mexico and the
United States. Night before last be
int nded to start for Arizona on offic al
business but as 1 was not quite ready
for him to start 1 advised him to stay
| over one day. He went home and found
| his wife, another woman and a man
who is relative. They were all
drinking and Rynerson's wife ask him
| for SO cents to get supper which he
| gave her and then told her not to drink
any more beer, and to let her visitors
go home, as he did not want them at
his house. Ryners on then left home
and was gone an hour or so and return
ed. He found lis wife in the door and
she was talking with parties about the
Calderon case. For this be remon-
strated with her and told her she
| should not talk about such matters as
it would injure him. She then got
mad and bit him, scratched his face and
humiliated him in every way she could.
For this he pushed her in the house
ed pistol sout of his pocket and
| threw it on bed. When he did this
his wife and the other people in the
house began to beg him not
| to murder her. This was heard on the
outside and a crowd rushed into the
house and this caused his arrest. He
plead guilty in court rather than have
a family row exposed, and paid a fine
| for carrying pistol and for striking
| his wife. This is all there is to Ryner-
sons case.'
"In regard to the Calderon case
many people in Ell Paso are laboring
| under misrepresentation of facts, as
| the case against Mr.. Calderon has
| been Investigated and he is held to
| answer article 1S4 of the general laws
of the repu bile of Mexico, which read as
| follows:
''The crimes against the independ-
ence of the republic, the integrity of
its territory, its form of government,
| its tranquility, its internal and eXter-
nal security or against the persons of
| its administration, as also the falsihca-
| tion of public seals, the counterteiGlng
| VI the current Mexican coin or OF Mex
| lean paper currency in circulation, or
of bonds titles and other documents of
public credit of the nation, federal dis
trict or territory of Lower California,
or of bank notes of any bank existing
by law in the repu olic, shall be puuis b.
ed therein and in conformity with its
| laws, even if such crimes should have
been committed in a foreign country,
| be the perpetrators Mexicans or for
eigners, Whenever apprehended with
in the republic or their extradition
shall have been Obtained
The case is very simple one and
would not have gained any notoriety
whatever if Consul Buford had not
taken it up. 1t do not believe Consul
BuIord's stand is tenable under inter-
national law and do not think the dl-
plomatic department. at Washington
will uphold his side of the case, but on
this point l do not care to be drawn in
any controversy with him as we occupy
similar positions to our respective
governments. | only mention this to
show what difference there is in re-
garo to public ST ntiment and will draw
| d comparison for you. On this side OF
the river there are TWO Mexican citl-
q rs in jail charged wtththe murder of
Sho ty Anderson. They were he ID twen-
| s. days without an lnvestIgat. on being
made and when Iappeared d before the
Justice of the peace to get an lnveStlga-
ion l was hardly treated civil. l then
asked tb at certain witnesses be sum-
mOned for the defense. This was re-
fused me and | had o 90 and bring the
witnesses myself. When the witnesses
were brought into the Justices court
the Judge said he would hear some of
them, but not all. l then got an at
torney to look ont for the case in court
and employ ed at my own expense q
$ eoographer to take down all the evil
dence. At first the stenographer was
refused recognition in the court, but
he was afterwards admitted and he is
expected to take. down all the evil
dence in the case and this is
the only way l can get justice when
[ ask it in legal way in my capacity
as the representative of the Mexican
government. Now the sum and sub
| stance of the whole matter is simply
| this. 1 am not trying to clear these
men of the charge; that is not my busi-
| ness and if they are guilty l would like
| to see them punished, but as they are
Mexican citizens all l ask is that they
be given hearing and if guilty bind
them over and if not then turn them
loose. An investigation is all l ask for
| and all L want
| Mr. Mallen then talked in general
way about depredations by robbers
on this frontier and showed where
it was more to the interest of the
| Americans to put down lawlessness
than it was to Mexicans. The Amer
leans have more money invested in
| public enterprises on the frontiers O
| Mexico than the Mexicans have, and
1
assist in the putting down all troubles
of disturbing character in this sec
ton. FL Paso will reap as much beue
1T from the building of the Corralito:
road as Juarez will, but if seriou;
disturbance should'occur on this frontier
and result in the stOppage of work on
| this frontier then both cities would bt
injured. These things are not take1
into consideration when matters are
brought up in which one mans liberty
is at stake, and where everybody OF
both sides Of the river does not kuow
just what he has been arrested fer.
| 81 Think said Mr.. Malleu. 'tha
the newspapers are responsible for
good deal of the agitation
now going on. In place of thor
oughly investigating cases the.
take up all kinds of rumors and repoi
and give them circulation. Tnis of it
self encourages the lawless class to b
more bold as they fe-l that they hav,
the sentiment and the newspapers be
: hind them and that even the officers
: in some instances, do not feel like an