Bisbee daily review., 1910-10-12

joined them there. where he intend , ed to spend the night and leave with them in the morning.
 Shortly afterwards. when the col onei had just made himself comfort able for "a nights rest, he as aroused by the approach of a horseman- As the man approached the camp he heard voices of others in the distance. to the rear of the horseman, but he did not hear the hoofbeats of but one horse. When the fman came up to the camp he was stopped and queried as to his destination. He answered that he was on his way to Douglas. and was told he whs in Mexico. He stated that he would return to the rear and advise his friends to that ef- feet However he was told to awai. the arrival of his companions. and the latter soon came into camp. They were ordered to drive up to a camp fire and were then queried as to what they were doing in that neighborhood They answered that they were on their way to Douglas. and were in turn told that they were on Mexican soil. There were three in the rig and they were asked if they had any dutiable goods about them. as their actions looked suspicious. Nothing was found but sack of barley for the horse. One of the men had his hat down over his eyes and his coat pull ed up 9o hide his face. officers were suspicious of his actions and when he was approached he was found to be N D. Navarette, the man whom they have been on the lookout for for several months. He was told to get down from the seat and was placed under arrest. The companions were then told that they were not wanted, and were permitted to recross the line to the states.
 Navarette was then taken with the party to Agua Verde the next morn ing, from where he was taken to No gales where he was confronted by Ben Cavaness and a Mexican named Cardina. who belonged to the party of smugglers which it is alleged that Navarette was the leader of. Later he was brought to Cananea, where he denounced in person several of ths business men here. who were quer1ed by the authorities and given an op- portunity to defend themselves.
 Navarette, it is reported, denounced nearly all the business men in Can anea who had dealings with him, several months ago, by letter from Naco, Ariz., and since that time the officers have been keeping sharp lookout for repetiticns of smuggling operations, but they did not succeed in finding anything which would sug- gest that smuggling was still being engaged in.
 Tn his tory to the officers Navar cite is alleged to have stated that he brought over $3s.o00 U. S. Cy., worth of goods for one concern whose stock at any time exceeded s7,500 Mexican money; another concern had received s16,0O0 U. s. Cy.. worth of goods in one month, and this concerns stock would not invoice s6.OO0 Mexican money at any time during the pas year.
 The Mexican officials are certain that Navarette has been smuggling opium from here to the States and believe now that the men with him on the night of his arrest were parties who would receive the contraband.
 Navarette has implicated nearly every railroad man who ever wora ed for the s. P. de D. during the past lew years, as having carried goods for him, but it is believed by the of ficials that this is his method of getting even" with them for their not aiding him in his operations. One railroad man stated that Nay arette had approached him on sev eral occasions and asked nim to car ry over articles for him. In order to get even with him, Navarette de- nounced him to the Mexican officials and the luckless railroader has been watched carefully for two months. The story of the kidnapping has been traced to Navarette's family and It is but natural that they do all they can to secure his freedom The Americans who live in Cananea and Naco are firmly convinced that he was fairly caught on Mexican soil and are not so sure that he is an American citizen, although such is 1 claimed by his family.