The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-19
Dc LARA ARRESTED,
IS HELD FOR TRIAL
United States Government Takes
Hand in Case of Mexican
Author.
ACCUSED OF BEING
"UNDESIRABLE' CITIZEN
Specific Charge Is That of Ut
tering Words Against Au-
thOrity of Our Nation,

LOS ANGELES, Cal, Oct. lS.-Gult-
terrez De Lara, Mexican attorney and
author, was arrested today by unltca
States immigration service inspectors,
acting under orders from the depart
meut of commerce and labor. De Lara
became widely known recently as inc
man who accompanied well'knowh
American magazine writer into Mexico,
whore he obtained information FOR q
series of articles on alleged olaNciS
in Mexico
De Lara s friends allegc that an CT
fort is being made to 'rallroad MN
across the border into Mexico, wnere
the authorities of that country might
deal with him.
De Lara was arrested here October
q, two DAYS before President lalt
arrival, together with three or Tour
other Mexicans, charged with disturb
mp the peace. il was alleged that they
had made inccndiary speeches III the
public plaza. aud they were locked UP
as a precautionary measure Tor the
safety of President Taft. All OF the
men were discharged from custody to-
dsy, but De Lara, who had been at
liberty under bond, was rcarrestod. lie
is now held in prison and the amount
of his bail will he fixed by tic depart
ment Of commerce and labor. \. &.
Ridgway, inspector in charge of the
local immigration office. said that the
customary $4,000 bail probably would be
rcaumed. When Mr.. Ridgway was
asked what charge had been placed
against De Lara he replied:
Undesirable Citizen.
"Hc is accused of uttcring words
against the United States government
against all government, in fact, lie
is accused of being undesirable. As be
has not been in this country three
wears he NAV bc deportcd il found
guilty. He will have a hearing before
me and the testimony will be for
warded 10 tho secretary of commerce
aud labor. If the secretary finds him
guilty he may be sent back to MoXl'
Dc Lara. who is well educated, is
about So wears of age. He denies that
ne is an anarchist. His friends say he
is socialist. De Lara left Mexico
after the publication of his book, Los
Briboncs' (The Bribers), which IN
CURED the hatred of the officials In
Mexico. He was married few weeks
ago TO an American woman.
De Lara is one of the national So
cialist organizers of the United States,
having been appointed from Socialist
headquartcss in Chicago.
Chief Inspector Ridgway said today
that the local immigration bureau was
acting entirely under orders from
Washington.
De Lara's Statement.
Tonight De Lara. from his cell in
the county Jail, issued a signed state
ment 10 the press, as follows:
81 am not, never have been and
| Go 1 hl,.
no sympathy with anything that savors
Of disorder.
"My arrest is the result of persecu'
tion Of tho Mexican government, large
| ly due 10 the information | furnished
| for a. series of magazine articles on
Barbarous Mexico If I am dcported
] firmly believe that j will be done
away with-placed IN a dungeon tc
rot, or shot 10 death. Possibly they
may deny me the courtesy of being exc
cuted formally and have me murdered
by hired assassin.
@ But | look for Justice AT the hands
| Of the immigration authorities. and
| believe ! shall receive ii. for ] don I
believe any libcrty-lcving man, no mat
ter what his political or religious he
liefs may be, Will see an innocent man
| doomed.
my arrest is based on the sllega
| tion that ! am an alien anarchist, who
| has been in the United States less thar
three years. ] first came to this coun
| try more than three years ago. j dc
not believe that my brief return tc
Mexico to assist in securing materia
! for the series of mazazine articles car
| be construed into q permanent return.
"lf I am sent to my doom ] shal
! go gladly. knowing that | am politi
cal sacrifice and that in the end JUS
tice will prevail.
"All ! ask is justice.
GUTIERREZ DE LARA