Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1909-12-20
Brief Telegram from A, g..
Bateman Reports Explorers
Landed at GuaymaS With All
ScaIpS Intact.
NO PARTICULARS OF RE-
suit OF EXPEDITION
Early Return Of Adventurous
WeSternerS believed to lndi-
cate That the CannibaIs Took
to Tall Timber,

'"Tiburon party is 0. X" was the
brief but pregnant telegram received
in this city yesterday by b.. Ruppe
from A.. G. Bateman of Albuquerque
dated Sunday at Gnaymas. Sonora,
Mexico.
This three-Word message will set at
rest anxious fears entertained for the
party Of explorers who early last
mOnth set sail in a little vessel from
Guaymas under command of Prof.
Fayette A.. Tones of this city for the
unknown island of Tiburon in the
Gulf of California, reputed to be in
habited by ~man-eating savages. For
safety the party was offered a small
detail of soldiers of the Mexican army
sent by Governor Torres of Sonora.
The latter, becoming alarmed at the
long silence of the explorers, was pre-
pairing to send a relief expedition into
the interior of the island. 1t was the
understanding when the party left
that they would not be heard from
until late in December, and the news
of their safe return at this time indi-
Gates, it is believed, that the Ameri-
cans had no difficulty with the Seri
Indians. Recent rumors that the
party had been massaCred added con-
s%iderably to the anxiety OF DR.. Jones
family in this city, and ii was freely
predicted here ana in Bisbee, Ariz.,
the official starting point, that no
member of the party would come out
alive.
The party consisted OF Joe Beals;
John Hagan, a miner and a veteran
ocean navigator; Chester Kilgore,
Charles Cl%endennins, William Tierney,
A. G. Bateman and Or. Jones OF this
city. The explorers. whose chief OBJ
ject was to locate rcputed rich gold
mines and map the island, were heav-
lily armed, provided with provisions
for three months, and carried full
Photographic ana surveying outfits.
Their report win be the first accurate
information about an island whicl.
has been little known as darkest Az
RIGA. Bateman agreed when he left
here TO wire Mr.. Ruppe as soon as the
party returned to the mainland.
The report of the expedition will be
awaited with interest by g-eographers
and scientists generally. Not even the
size of the island has eve been ac-
curately known except that roughly
speaking it was some fifty miles long,
barren looking. rugged and billy. The
legend that it was richly mineralized
has been in existence for many years.
One or two attempts by white men to
penetrate its wilds have resulted dis
astrously, and the belief that the Seri
Indians were cannibals armed with
modern rifles and ammunition has
kept down general enthusiasm over its
exploration. The party headed by DR..
Jones. however, consisted of men who
every onc crack shots, men of
GOODNESS and courage and Injured to
hardships. The fact hat DIR. Jones
familiar with the west coast of
Mexico, had been in sight of the ISL
md on the mainland, was conversant
thoroughly with general conditions
md a mineral expert of recognized
made him the natural com
nander of the expedition. DR.. Jones
$ more or less handy with a rifle and
s~ix-shooter as well, and although well
llong in years is a why and reasoned
,ampaigner. DR.. Jones has arranged
publish the results of his trip in
he New York Herald and other met
'opolitan newspapers. !
The mineral possibilities of the ISL
especially have always been the
of much speculation. If there
. gold on the island and the Indians
re not dangerous there viii likely be
thrush OF prOspectors. |