Los Angeles herald., 1909-11-16
De LARA NOT TO
BE SENT ACROSS
MEXICAN BORDER
CASE AGAINST LIBERAL is
DISMISSED
CHARGES DROPPED BY OFFICIALS S
AT WASHINGTON
Socialist Receives News with Regret
That He Was Not Given Oppor-
tunitles to Refute False
Allegations

! L. Gutierrez de Lara will not be de-
ported. He will not be delivered into
the hands that reached out, eagerly
waiting just over the border, for their
prey. De Lara's friends rejoice that
he will not be the victim of a firing
squad or slower torture of death in one
of the prison hells where political pris-
oners are thrown to die, forgotten by
all save their friends and relatives.
AT the headquarters of the De Lara
Defense league in the Exchange build
ing the news of the release yesterday
was received with mingled regret and
eation.
I'VE are glad to hear of his release
but sorry not to have an opportunity
to show up certain officers who were
implicated in Mr. De Lara's arrest and
| Imprisonment" said one officer of the
! league. We regret there was not an
opportunity furSher to show the world
that the Mexican administration seeks
| political refugees for motives of re-
venge, and that it Is trying all along
the border to use American officials to
further its ends. We hope yet to show
that large fund of money is being
expended with the hope of getting pos
session of certain members of the Lib
eral party who have dared to whisper
the name of some man in connection
pseudo republic south of us. Picture a
republic where 1t Is a crime to mention
the possibility Of a successor to the
incumbent in the presidents chair!
Questions Action of Police
"But it is not that that we are most
interested in here just now. We want
to know how 1t Is that Los Angeles
police have been so active in the pur-
suit of Mexican political refugees. Why
did detectives on the force single out
the man who had made a trip into
Mexico to aid an American magazine
writer to get information regarding
slavery in that country? Was that an
accident or was the action taken de-
liberately and on advice? Was 1t a
coincidence that the men who made
this arrest were the same who arrested
De Lara on the former occasion when
held in Jail several months on trumped
up charges, especially such ridiculous
charges as splitting on the streets of a
Mexican city?
1.-THE city of Los Angeles pays the
salaries of these detectives. Does 1t
not stand to reason that the people
would prefer to have Messrs. Tala-
nantes and Rico out chasing holdup
men that seem to operate so fearlessly
than to have them spending their time
trying to get political refugees into the
tolls? These and a score more peril
nent questions are uppermost in the
minds of many persons in this COM
munity We want protection from
thugs We want more activity in
catching these holdup murderers and
less of the shameful stool pigeon work
that has disgraced the city"
Asked If he cared to make state
ment, L. Gutierrez De Lara said:
De ara Makes Statement
my attorneys have not yet received
any official notice of my release from
the charge preferred against me by
Los Angeles police. I believe the
statement is true and that 1 will be
allowed to go my way in peace. The
Imprisonment and persecution have
been painful to me only in the measure
II has tortured my wife. I could stand
it myself, but it has been a terrible
ordeal to her. She is brave, however.
and even now declares she wanted to
fight and to show to the world the
motive of my arrest and persecution.
'I am most grateful to my many
friends for what they have done for
me. I am most of all indebted to those
honorable business men of such high
standing in the community by whose
act in becoming my bondsmen have
made it possible for me to leave the
prison and rejoin my wife so that I
could work on my case in the way of
securing witnesses. 1 am grateful to
the attorneys who have taken up so
much of their time in my case. Judge
John D. Works has been a most val
liable friend. Clarence Nelly and Ar
mold r. Holston have shown great
ability and industry Clarence Dar-
row has rendered capital assistance to
us. Throughout California and. in
fact, all over the United States, friends
have written to me. They are new
found friends and their letters are
most precious to me.
Thanks Friends and Comrades
"I thank them all from the deepest
recesses of my heart and I want to
send to those comrades a message of
good cheer and hope. Tell them for
me that the mills of the gods DO
grind, and though 1t seems insuffer-
ably slow at times, they are moving.
The cause of education is ever a win
ming battle and education must some
time penetrate even to the uttermost
depths of my unhappy country. The
liberation of Mexico from it's thrall-
dom of darkness of illiteracy, supersti-
ton and slavery; to that will my life
be ever devoted"
Mrs De Lara was equally grateful
for all that has been done for her hus-
band. 1T was the noble work or the
newspapers that helped so much in
his case" said the devoted wife, her
face beaming with delight. "Our law
yers were splendid. noble men, and I
am so thankful to them. l am greatly
impressed by the widespread publicity
given to my husbands case. We have
hundreds of clippings, and many of
these are editorial comments from all
over the country. I want to- say that
some of them are far from compli-
mentary to the Los Angeles police
who entered this case in the spirit
they did Almost every editorial is
outspoken in denunciation of the Span
ish methods adopted in an American
city.
my husband will now be able to go
on his deferred lecture tour, and I
know he will meet with the greatest
success. He has ever been an edu-
Gator and is idolized by his country
men, many of whom are, like him,
exiled patriots. Thank everybody for
me. Let all women be grateful that
our country is not disgraced by de-
livering over a political refugee who