Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-24
AMBASSADOR cREEL is DUE
TODAY
CAPTURE ENDS YEARS SEARCH
FOR MACON
Men Who Would Lead Uprising in
the Southern Republic Elude
Pursuers Through Amer
lea Till Now
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the carriage after which ropes were
passed around their bodies and through
the windows of the cab and tied
outside. With Tom Rico sitting on Viii
larial and with his feet braced against
Magon to hold him In the place and De-
tective Talamantes riding on the step of
the cab and holding a gag to Wagons
mouth to keep him from yelling at the
top of his voice.. the journey to the sta
tion was made.
Shouts Defiance
Ir the following cab came Detective
Furlong and one of his assistants with
Revira The little professor of languages
was shouting at the top of his voice,
denouncing the officers and the govern
ment and the law until he was finally
induced to be quiet by a threat of the
famous Furlong strangle hold once more.
At the city jail the men were placed
In separate cells and booked as fugitives
from Justice.
From this city they will be taken to
ST. Louis, where there are a number of
indictments against them in the federal
court From ST. Louis they will be re-
moved to Mexico to answer the charges
against them there.
Ambassador Creel, at whose special in
stance these men were arrested, will ar
rive in Los Angeles this morning. The
Mexican consul in this city, Senor An
tonic Lozano, who was the directing head
of the raid made upon the junta, stated
last night that 1t was mere coincidence
that the arrests and the arrival of the
Mexican ambassador occurred close to-
gether.
He stated that it was fortunate, how
ever, that it happened SO, for the am
bassador, who will soon be governor of
Sonora in which state the men will have
to answer for their crimes against Mex
lean law, will at once assume charge of
the case and will see to it that the law
takes it's course in the proper manner
and with all expedition.
"WiII Protect Prisoners"
.eHe will look out for and protect the
interests of both the government and the
prisoners and will see that they have
benefit of counsel and every other right
which they are entitled to-" says Lo-
zano.
For more than two years Ricardo
Flores Magon and his active associates
have been tracked from country to coun-
try by the agents of the Mexican govern
ment. The Pinkerton agency and its
operators have been on their trail for
nearly that length of time. Detective
Thomas Furlong of the secret service at
ST. Louis, acting for the ambassador, has
followed the men from Mexico to Can
ada, then to the United States and here
from state to state and city to city.
Murder by the wholesale is the first
and most serious charge against these
men. 1t was they. according the Mexican
authorities, who melted and inspired and
carried out the bloody riot at Cananea-
This was the first of a hundred upris1ngs
that was to terrorize the Mexican author
tiles, cause the people to rise and over
threw the government of Diaz and es-
tablish a joint dictatorship with Ricardo
Magon as its head.
The authorities failed to terrorize ana
the people failed to rise except few
poems, who were afterward shot for their
enthusiasm in the revolutionary cause.
Escape by Sea
The failure OF the Cananea revolution
made Mexico too hot to hold Magon and
his followers. They escaped to the sea
coast took vessel and entered Cananea
by way of Victoria. They hibernated in
Winnipeg for season and then moved
to Toronto. From there Furlong chased
them across Canada and into New York.
There track was lost of them for
time, but they were finally located in
Texas. At Ell Paso Magon and Villarial
and a number of lesser lights OF the
revolutionary party were arrested and
taken back to Mexico. They invoked the
aid of the law in their behalf and secured
bond, which was put UP in cash by pro-
fessional bondsmen. The money came
from the already established junta. The
prisoners escaped to the United States
again, forfeiting their bonds.
Headquarters of the revolutionists was
established in st. Louis and for time
ran, there. Then st. Louis became unsafe,
and Los Angeles was selected as the place
for the junta to hold forth. Here the rev.
olutionists have been ever since melting
hNyi iDnandiarV niIhliCa-
tions and speeches to bloodshed. assassin
alton, riot and rapine. The killing of
President Diaz was preached as holy doc
trine; the killing of President Roosevelt
was advocated If he attempted to aid the
Mexican government in running them
down.
Detectives Marked
The death warrants of the Pinkertons
of the Furlongs and of Talamantes and
the Ricos were signed long ago for the
part they took in the pursuit of the men,
Finally Los Angeles became too warm
place for the leaders and they left, going
from here to Leadville and Denver Colo
rado From there they were tracked to
Albuquerque, and then to Austin and Dal-
las, Texas, once more. 1hen to Texarcana
and Memphis and New Orleans. Finally
back to st. Louis, and from there they
disappeared, to be lost until The Herald
in California, probably in Stockton or Sac
ramento. He was in the capital city, in
fact, and came here from Sacramento but
a few days ago.
In the meantime, however, Ambassador
Creel had been informed of the fact that
ne was in California. and Detective Fur
long was at once sent here. On his arrival
he began to trace out Magons wherea-
bouts He found that he had been in Sac
ramento and traced him from that city
to Los Angeles.
Ricardo Magon is one Of the most noted
Mexican criminals, according to Consul
Antonio Lozano and the officers who
made the arrest, who has come out of
that country. That he is also a shrewd
and capable man in avoiding detection is
shown by the long chase he gave the Off
GERS.
Assumed Names
In all of the towns in which he stopped
it was his invariable custom to hunt up
some friend of the revolutionary party
and assume his name. In that way he
could lie quiet in a city without exciting
suspicion.
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