El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-11-06
MRS. RICH
AS AN AUTHOR
She Will Write a Full His
tory of Her Trials
SINCE HER SURRENDER
To Mexico by This Government
The Woman Also Promises to
Give an Interesting Exhibition in
the Juarez Bull Ring as Soon as
She is Liberated.

PeerinR through the bars of her
| grated cell window at Juarez, last
evening, Mrs Johu D. Rich, accused
of numbering her husband, said that
| she expected to get trial 'manana. -
The woman has been in the Mexican
prison only since last July and is still
hopeful of having 9 speedy trial. She
joked continuously with those standing
before her window.
ssWhen get out of this, said Mrs.
Rich, ST intend to challenge those who
have prosecuted me to a contest in the
bull ring and there we will fight to q
] fnish.
''There has been some question" she
continued, las to why Judge Domin-
quez resigned. Every one familiar
with the methods OF the great presi-
dent of Mexico knows that when pub
lie officers do not act in accordance
with his wishes they are requested to
resign. Judge DominQuez did not car
ry out the Instructions OF Governor
Ahumsda, received by him from Pres
ident Diaz, in reference to my trial and
was asked to resign. The boy who is
nothing to do with it. By the way. l
thought they would kill that boy whom
they discovered that he had tempered
with the cash. They found him In the
room next TO my cell and pounded him
with board so severely that it was
necessary to send for a physician after
they had finished"
juncture by the arrival of two strangers
evidently tourists, who asked her
what she was in for.
The Chicago woman replied evaslve-
ly that she was there because Presi-
dent Mckinley had reen fl to surrend-
err her TO Mexico to be tried on .
charge of which she was innocent.
Mrs. Rich produced letter which |
she had written to tho HERALD and |
after further talk passed it out over
the transom of her door. 1t nuttered
to the sidewalk in plain view of several
soldiers and civil guards and = report
er pocketed it, and no objection " as Of
fered..
WRITING A BOOK.
The contents of the letter sapparsnt-
~ indicate that the mind of tho writer
is unbalanced. 1t follows:
was asked by a gentleman who has
known me for years if 1 still have the
strength 1 used to have. 1 said l wish
sion, and the first man 1 would chal-
lenge would be Mexican Official. 1
would give an entertainment that
would amuse the public both in Ell
Paso and Juarez. The official took
great interest ia my case.
1t will be remembered that Captain
Besll said there was q warrant issued
in Juarez for my arrest. Captain Beall
aid the warrant WAS in the hands of
the Judge of letters in Juarez. When
[ was taken before the judge on July
26, asked him who had made the
against me and the secrs-
tary started to say, but the judge spoke
to him In such a way that he shut up.
I then told the judge 1 was cent over
On the treaty and l wanted to know
who had made the complaint, as there
was no warrant attached to the treaty
He said he would not recognize the
treaty, that I was in Mexico aud 1 must
stand trial just as [ would if arrest
I'd in Jusrez and said Mexico did not
want me, and had not asked for me,
out that the United States had turned
ne over to them, and must stand trial
to the laws of Mexico.
It was good thing I could under
stand the Mexican language. 1 am
writing q book. It will contain all
"details in my case and the conspiracy
Ind will give all names of those who
IRE implicated in it.
MRS. J. D. RICH.