Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1900-01-09
GEO. w. CAMPBELL. A
NEVADA SOLDIER, IN
CARCERATED IN A
MEXICAN JAIL.
His Case Laid Before the
Authorities

VI lGSSll. |
Elko, Nevada, Decem Der u, 1899 ;
Hon. Francis G Newiands.
Washington. d. c.,
Sir
| have the honor to respectful Y call
your attention to the fact that Mr..
George w. Campbell. of Tascarora,
Nevada, and former enlisted man of
Troop M that joined Co. Torreys
command, is now confined in jail at
Mexico City, Mexico. l send you a
copy of the letter that [ received from
nim giving the circumstances of his ar
,est and his present condition. 1t APP
pears from the letter that his detention
in5 confinement are unwarra pted. aud
under the circumstances tho Z. s.
Government should do something
towards his release. From the facts as
h5 states them would you consult the
proper officials at Washington and see
W hat can be done? | would be glad if !
you would ad wise me the result OF any
conference you might have in the mat
ter and if there is anything to be done
here let me know at once.
Respectfully. /
CHAS. B. HENDERSON.
Washington, D. c., Jan. ,, 1900.
To the Secretary of State,
Carson City, Nevada.
Dear Sir
| enclose you herewith communica-
tiop'from Lieut.. Charles &. Henderson,
formerly of Terrey's Regiment, en-
closing Communication from one of
his troopers now confined in Jail at
Mexico City, Mexico.
l respectfully request that inquiry
be made as to this case and that if the
facts warrant, proceedings be inaugur-
ated for Campbell delivsrance. Kind
~ advise me of the action taken.
Very sincerely yours.
FRANCIS G.. NFWLANDS
FOLLOWING Is THE LETTER.
Mexico, Mexico City,
Carcel De Belem,
Dec. L, 1899.
Chas. B. Henderson.
Friend and Comrade:-
| 1t is something that is very embar-
raising for me to have to do, but under
the circumstances | am compelled to
do SO, as | am in very deep trouble
which | will explain to you. When l
left the U. S. Service you were very
sick and, as | suppose, did not know
where any Of the boys were going.
took it to nay lot to come to old Mexico
and | suppose the most Of the boy.
went homo, as | should have done
but Providence being against me, as
have found out to my sorrow, | am
here in the verisst sore straits ana ii
nancially without cent, in prison with
the vilsst class OF Mexico, thrown in I
hell hole. if | must call i'll could no
express it In any better terms if l &c
sired. 1t is vile. Filthy, and most dis
reputable place ! ever heard OF, and i
lSA L SCU LII llCSI AICu Is SOu4s
time to come. | stay here in this Re
public, as they, the heathens, call it
which is no more Republic than it wa
when those tyrants ruled it over tire,
hundred years ago. The laws are til,
same as they were when the Spanish
ruled it, with little revision, but feI
TIE worse. l viii tell you what | an
ia Prison for. l came into the City
had been locking for and in hope O
some work to do: just came out of tn,
doctors care no more than q week
: was hardly able to walk. When | wa
. pushing my way down one Of the prin
/ cipal streets through the moving mas
OF humanity, As is custom in any Mex
lean town, more SO in large City Xix
Mexico, | was acco.ted by a gendarme
u policeman in the most abrupt an,
urgently manner and insalted by be
ing called cabrOn, a Spanish word a
much as to say where are you goin,
YOU wherewith
asked him who he was talking to. Il
says, ''yOu, you gringo American,
and commenced to draw his club
wherewith l landed on his neck, hi
head hit the sidewalk and he did nc
! come to for some seconds. When u
sooner had l got him out Of my wa
than l was pitched onto from all side
from the Mexican slement-the 10,
down class. 1t is = very serious offsns
+ to strike gendarme in this country
| and they pushed and pulled me to tn
Jail or Carcel, as they call it, beatin
| me pretty near to death. | had
II ho~z NV hood couo1 IN in 9 von dit