The border vidette., 1903-07-25
HIGH STAKES.
EmbeZZIer Jesus Mendoza Loses
 S6,OOO Then Commits Suicide.

Last Monday forenoon about II o'clock Jesus Mendoza, young clerk in the brokerag ge office of c. Ramirez of Nogales, Sonora. embezzeled S6,000 Mexican money which belonged to his employer, came across the Interna- tional line, entered the Monte Carlo and, it is said, lost all but few dollars at moate; an hour later he climbed the hills back of Nogales, Sonora, and paid the price of his dishonor by taking his own life.
 The story of the game in which $6. 900 and a life were the stakes, is as follows:
 About two weeks ago Jesus Mendoza, young man 24 years of age arrived in Nogales, Sonora, from the City of Mexico to accept a responsible position with 0. Ramirez, the custom broker. He was well educated and came of good family and his employer believed he was honest and trusted him.
 Last Monday he gave Mendoza a check on Banco de Sonora for 5000 to get cashed, beside number of other commissions, in the way of collections to make.
 The youngman went to the bank first, received the S6,00O, all in large bills, in exchange for the check. He p aced the money in his pocket and then came directly across the International line to the Monte Carlo, where few nights before, it is said, he won $400 by investing S10. He had the gam bler's fever; he had played before and won. Dame Fortune, that Gckel goddess, would surely smile on him again. He had S6,00 in his pocket, there were only 1000 dobies on the layout; he had by long odds the best of it. All he need do was play progress sion-double up and he would be in possession of that monte sack and then he would return the S6,OOO that did not belong to him.
 The cards were shuffied, the game for the highest stakes ever played in Nogales commenced. It did not last long only about forty minutes. Men doza's was out of luck. He played the limit and then some. He only won two bets of about a Sl,000 each, then luck changed in favor of the game Fate was against the young plunger, who was playing for his life. He could not win, although he played all the combinations known to the profes sional
 Soon his money was gone and he left the saloon; went to Escalada Bros and purchased cheap double action pistol, saying it was for friend. He then went and wrote a letter to friend in Nogales, Son nora, in which he asked that his mother in Mexico City should not be told how he died. Then he went to the American postoffice and mailed the letter.
 From the postoffice the desperate young man climbed the hill southeast of Nogales, Arizona. When he arrived at point on the opposite side of the hill in Nogales, Sonora, in plain vlew of half of the town, he called to a Mexican laborer to come to him; then he fired two shots in the air to attract the attention of persons living near, and pla cing the muzzle of the gun to his breast fired third shot through his heart Mendoza was dead before he struck the ground. Already great crowds of people were rushing up the hillside to the scene of the tragedy. The police took charge of the remains and had them taken to the Ayunta- miento, from which place they were buried Tuesday.
 THE V1DETrE deeply regrets the un- fortunate affair and extends heartfelt sympathy to the mother of the fo,.lish young boy who now fills a suicides grave.