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foregoing warrant issued by the secre-
tsry of state of the United States, you
| will deliver to Hon. Francisco Mallen
ION the border between the United
States and Mexico) the defendant Mat
tie D. Rich, alias Mrs. John D. Rich,
alias Matte G. b. Rich. and take his
receipt for her. She is the same per-
issued July 5th. 1S99,.a copy of which is
in your office.
Given under my hand and seal as
commissioner, this oath July 1899.
| F. B. SEXTON,
u. 81 Commissioner of extrsdition.
Received of J. 81. Comstock, deputy
sheriff of Ell Paso county, Texas, the
John D. Rich, alias Matte @. 81. Rich,
whose extradition was duly demanded
and obtained by the republic of Mexico
from the United States of North Amer
lea in conformity with the provisions
and stipulstions of the existing treaty
between the two governments.
Ell Paso, Texas, July oath, 1899.
| FRANCISCO MALLEN,
United States Mexican Consul.
PRECEDENT ESTABLISHED.
The Washington correspondent Of
| the San Antonio Express in letter to
his paper says:
In permitting the extradition, the
state department has given proof of an
honest and earnest desire to comply
with the letter and spirit of the new
treaty entered into between the two
republics to put an end to crime along
the border. AS the people of Texas
know, under the provisions of previous
treatie. it was hard matter to appre-
bend evildOers along the border after
they had escaped to their own country.
This last treaty, which was the out
growth OF appeals from the law abiding
people living along the border, went
into effect last February, and v as made
operative from Jan. "A. 1t fell to the
lot of the state department at Wash
ington to give the first evidence of the
good faith and an earnest desire to
help the Mexican authorities to enforce
the laws against criminals crossing the
dead line.
Mrs. Rich claims to be former resi-
dent of Chicago. She claims to have
been an actress and woman pugilist
and to have married "a man of the
years ago, subsequently moving to
Juarez, Mexico. She insists that she
knows rothing about the shooting of
her husband. but the evidence the 9TH
er way is sufficiently strong to impel
the secretary OF state to turn her over
to the Mexican authorities, from whose
jurisdiction she escaped the morning
fought hard to stay on the American
side, but the new treaty and the facts
were against her.
A starter having been made. it Is ex-
pected that the authorities of the
United States and Mexico will here
after cooperate heartily for the ex-
change of criminals and for the purtfi-
cation of the atmosphere along the
border. To quiet the apprehension
that has been aroused as to the treat
ment of Mrs. Rich by the Mexican
provincial authorities, the state de-
partment has taken steps to insure an
absolutely impartial trial for her.
1t has been asserted by many persons
who have telegraphed and written the
president and state department in
opposition to granting the extrsdition
of the woman that she stood little
chance of securing justice and was sure
of harsh treatment in jail under the
Mexican criminal practice. The state
department has never believed that
this objection was we'll taken, but to
meet the apprehension of well-meaning
persons on that score it has instructed
United States Minister Clayton to see
that the woman has every facility in
the v ay of counsel, that all necessary
witnesses are brought into attendance
and that the woman is properly accom-
modated while under arrest.
In addition if it should appear that
she is guilty beyond doubt, an effort
will be made to induce the Mexican
government to show clemency In her
case. All this is to be done, not entire
ly because of any apprehension as to
Mrs. Rich's fate, but because of an ur-
gent desire On the part of the state de-
partment to prevent the treaty of ex-
tradition from being violated, which
would result in endless mischief on tn e
border