El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-12-29


complainant will set forth before the
proper courts, in such manner as his
rights demand, other acts OF similar
nature have occurred with other
members of the Mexican colony in
this city, TO which 1 had reference in
my conversation with you this morn
ing, concerning the arbitrary way in
which the deputies clandestinely broke
into the premises, threatening the
women and children with violence
and intimidating them with rude and
obscene language, and even with i'm
prisOnment; occurrences even having
taken place, as have been informed,
that doors have been opened by force,
where they would not be voluntarily
opened for fear of above stated abuses.
Deeming it my duty to confirm these
facts, I take the liberty to recommend
that immediate steps be taken to re-
form this uniustifiable breach OF autho-
rity, so contrary to the we'll known
culture of this great nation. and the
personal rights granted by your liberal
constitution.
fully understand, that to suppress
the existing plague, which justly
alarms the com munity, rigid measures
should be enforced by the board OF
health and police, not only as regards
the cleanliness of the premises where
from cOntagiOu might originate but al
so as to the improvement OF sanitary
measures, capable of preventing the
spread of the disease, by isolating the
sick and even confining them in the
pest house, which so wisely and credit
ably the city has erected: but all
this might be done with proper mo-
Iteration and above all without tres
passing the law, facts that your de-
puties evidently forget when deal
ing with members of the Mexican
colony.
So far as IL concerns me, as l had the
pleasure of assuring you this morning,
1 shall endeavor to advise my fellow
citizens their duty as to the observance
of sanitary measures, to have their
children vaccinated, to acquaint the
authorities as to any contagious sick
ness occurring in their families, and l
hope that on your part proper In
structions may have been furnished
those in charge OF the vaccination that
they proceed lawfully and not by vio-
lencs and abuse, to avoid In future dis,
turbances and accidents which would
not be unlikely to happen. I beg to
remain, Yours very truly,
FRANCISCO MALLEN,
Mexican Consul.
Ell PAso, Dec. %, 1898.
DOCTOR WALTER N. Villas, President
Board of Health, City.
Dear Sir: U nder the impression
that you were absent and that DR.. G. T.
Race was acting as chairman OF the
board of health, I addressed to him q
communication, of which I beg to en-
close you copy, for the purpose. as
you will observe, to draw the attention
of the board to certain irregularities,
by those deputized to vac
climate and Investigate smallpox cases
among the Mexican residents in this |
city.
AS you will fully understand, do
not mean to interfere in any way with |
for it's fulflment lies entirely |
with the authorities, always ready and !
willing to suppress any abuses and ex-
cesses com united. Still on |
this occasion, and due to |
the smallpox epidemic, certain &C ts, |
nave taken place and are still occurring |
If q grave significance and RESPONSE |
bility, whereof you are undoubtedly |
not correctly informed, and 1 sincerely |
trust that in view of the following |
you will be assured that my |
urgent necessity, that proper steps be |
taken to correct such evils, in order to |
reestablish confidence, at present so |
among the Mexican resid- |
ents, due to occurrences referred to.
One OF the recent abuses of which I |
desire to acquaint you is as follows:
On 5th street between Kansas and |
Don Hilario Sanchez, of mo-
derate means, lives. His family con-
sists of his wife and three children, the |
eldest boy of five years. the second
about three years, and the youngest .
baby not more than two months old.