Arizona republican., 1907-07-10
|OThfR SIDE
 OF KIDNAPPING
ExiqenCies Demanded the Removal of Sdrdbid
The Leaders of the Move ment in His Behalf Are We'll Known AgitatOrs.

Charles NJ. McKeene of Bisbee and Douglas. wno was in the city yester-' day on business was asked regarding the Douglas Kidnapping case. Mir. Mo Keene said that unfortunately only one side os he affair had been presented and. the motive for the furore which had been raised was not at first un- derstood even in Douglas. A group of agitators was at the bottom of the disturbance which had been raised over the irregular extradition of the revolutionist Sarabia and many well meaning citizens were at first led to believe that an American citizen had been deprived of his rights In the most cruel and ruthless manner. Since then a cooler view of the case has been taken by the more well disposed citizens.
 It has been discovered said Mir. Mc- Keene that Sarabia is not an Ameri- can citizen. or if so no showing of his naturalization has ever been attempt ed. Anyhow. as an American citizen he ought not to be engaged fin a re- volution in Mexico. It is known that he is violent agitator. a member of
 
 the revolutionist paper there. It is also known that before he was run out of Mexico he belonged to a group of revolutionists there which had in stigated many assassinations. It has been ascertained that he is an all round bad man and that Douglas has been benefited by his elimination.
 Regarding the officers who are ac- cused of having been concerned in the Kidnapping. Mir. McKeene said that they are among the best in Cochise county. Constable Harry Shropshire has been a resident along the border in Cochise for yeas, is a good citizen and effi- cient and trustworthy official, a man of family, the owner of his home and interested in the development ot DoAglas. Ranger Sam Hayhurst is one of the most reliable and one of the brayest of the Arizona Rangers. Both have been active in the preservation of order along the border and by thelr activity they have incurred the ennity of men who are recognized enemies or society and who are even now engaged in encouraging industrial disturbances which may close the ssmelters Of Doug las and throw the town into a state or anarchy. by turning not less than 1900 vicious and idle Mexicans loose. These are the men who instigated and led the indignation meeting against the of- ficers.
 Mir. McKeene said that 1t has been lascertained that the presence of Sar- abia in Douglas was part or the plot to organize the Mexican smeiter laborers into a Mexican group under the Western Federation of Miners. The plan was to form them into local composed of Mexicans only and direct ed by leaders who are at the same time Mexican revolutionists, anarchists and labor agitators. These plans have SO far succeeded that MT. Mckeene be- lieyes that the Mexicans will be call ed out of the smelters next Friday.
 In the beginning of the Sarabia case many law abiding Americans Of Doug las saw only the fact that man had been run across the border without the formality prescribed by the interna- tiohal treaty. They did not take into consideration that the border Is not the inland and that for a long time there has been an understanulhs among Mexican and American oiii- cials. winked at by their respective governments whereby well known criminals may be put Into the hands of pursuing officers. In an equally IT, regular manner the murderer, Chacon' a Mexican citizen few years ago was delivered into the hands Of the rangers. American peace officers nave been permitted by the Mexican au- thorities to cross the border and cap ture criminals and frequently such criminals have been delivered into the hands of American officers at the line. ,rh,. |. an arrangement which for