The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-14
PROBE |sT0BEM MADE.
MEXICAN GOVERNMENT TAKES UP
CHARGES BY MR.. EVERETT.
Officials Are Proceeding With Energy
Along the Right Lines; Will At
tempt to Locate Men Cause of Ac-
cident and Also Look Into the Neg
ligence of Trainmen; Letter. to J..
A. Tawney.

Washington, May l2.-The Mexican
government, prompted by the steps
taken by President Taft and Secretary
of State Knox, has begun an exhaustive
investigation into the circumstances sur
rounding the death of Mrs. Everett, wife
of Z. A. Everett of Waseca, MINI.
A dispatch received by Secretary Knox
from David E. Thompson, the American
ambassador to AIeYico, states that the
government of that country is proceed
ing theoretically to ferret out the men
who were responsible for the wreck in
which Mrs Everett lost her life, and
to bring to justice those who are Grim
inally responsible for the accident, and
for the neglect shown Mr. Everett and
others VINO tried to secure the punish
ment of the train crew.
Letter to Tawney.
Secretary Knox Of the state depart
ment sent the following letter to Con
gresham James A Tawney yesterday:
Sir: Referring to the departments
letter of April IL on the subject of
the alleged negligence of railway EN-
ployes in the City of Mexico which re-
suited in the death of the wife of E.
A. Everett, l have the honor to inform
you that the department is in receipt
of dispatch, dated the 2Sth ultimo,
from the ambassador to Mexico, in
which he reports that the Mexican
government is taking energetic meas
ures to determine who are criminally
responsible for the wreck through which
Mrs. Everett lost BIER life, and to pun
ish the guilty parties.
"The ambassador states that the
courts of Mexico are open to any one
considering himself entitled to an in
demnity for damages received through
the wrongful act OLA railroad company.
He also states that he will furnish a
supplementary report on the case, upon
the receipt of which you will be further
advised. / have the honor to be, sir,
Your obedient servant, P. c. Knox,
Via Regular Channels.
The officials IN Washington are, de-
termined to push the inquiry into the
death of Mrs. Everett to an extent that
will determine whether the Mexican
railroad authorities were wilfully care
less, and purposely ignored the demands
Tor assistance, or countenanced the es
cape of the guilty members of the
train crew. The story of the death
of Mrs. Everett, and of the subsequent
efforts of her husband to secure assist
ance. and to hold the train crew for
examination, has aroused the strongest
feeling here
There is no evidence that a formal
demand will be made upon the MeXi-
can government for action The mat
ter has been taken up in regular chan
nels, through the medium of Ambassa-
Tor Thompson. His preliminary report
to the secretary of state indicates that
Inc American government realizes fully
The gravity of the situation and intends
% make an example of the men con
,erned in the wreck
Acting upon the instructions of Secre-
AIRY Knox and the president, Ambas-
'ador Thompson will continue his own
private inquiry into the affair, as ind
'ated in the above letter. This will be
forwarded to the American government
Is soon as completed, and will probably
each Washington before any notice of
'ormal action upon the part of the Mex
can authorities.