Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-26
MEXICAN BR|GANDS
MENACE AMERICANS
Partner of AngeIeno Is Attacked
and Robbed by Four Men
in Broad Daylight
AUTHORITIES ARE INACTIVE
Police Make No Effort to Appre-
hend Thugs, and Facts Are
Suppressed by Papers

70. A. Montgomery, president OF the
Sierra Madre club, who now Is In Mex
leo, has written a letter to The Herald
in which he complains of present law
lessness in the Guanajuato mining dis
trict and of the failure of the properly
constituted authorities to put a stop
to 1t. Most of the lawlessness, Mr..
Montgomery writes, is directed against
Americans and the facts are carefully
suppressed the local newspapers de-
clining to print accounts of the out
RACES.
In his letter the Angeleno says
that his partner, 70. j. Kimball was
held up and severely beaten by four
Mexicans October 30, barely escaping
with his life and being robbed of 500
pesos he had with him to pay off
Iaborers at the Pasadena mine. Mr..
KimbalI is we'll known here. He is a
member of the advisory board of the
American Mining congress and attend
ed the sessions of that organization In
Los Angeles last summer.
The numerous outrages of which Mr..
Montgomery complains all occurred be-
fore the outbreak of the Madero revolu-
tionists and seemingly, have no con-
nection with the revolution, the perpe-
traitors being merely brigands who, Mr..
Montgomery insinuates, may be oper-
dllIlR III COlluSlpA WAN NAAS SA'AA ~NSA
thorities.
ATTACKED IN DAYLIGHT
The attack on Mr.. Kimball was made
on the road between the city OF GUIANA
iuato and the Pasadena mine. about
four and a half miles from the center
of the city, in broad daylight Kim
ball was on horseback, but was pulled
from his mount and attacked by the
four Mexicans simultaneously. One
man was armed with knife, one with
a revolver and third with club.
In the melee the American was
struck half a dozen blows on the mead,
was cut across the breast, on the right
arm and across the back of the right
hand. He shot one of his assailants,
he believes, in the stomach. The men
finally knocked him down and dragged
him into a gulch, where one or them
secured the money and ran, the others.
evidently fearing to leave him out OF
their sight, following.
Kimball, his scalp laid open In nu-
merous places, weak from loss of blood
and almost strangled by rope which
had been placed about his neck. made
his way back to the road, where he
was found by a Mexican peon, who
tied him on burro and started with
him for the Sireno mine. about q
mile distant. On the way they met
two policemen in uniform, to whom
Kimball told the story of the attack.
They refused, however, to pursue the
robbers as requested, but took Kimpall
himself into custody, claiming he was
drunk. I.4
POLICE ARE INDIFFERENT
At the Sireno mine DR.. Sandals was
called and though the police declared
they would not allow him to treat
their prisoner they finally did consent
TO permit him to bandage the wounds.
Kimball was then taken to hospital
in Guanajuato where he remained one
week. Since then he has been in his
own apartments in the city, conVales-
cling from his wounds.
The authorities seemingly made no
effort to apprehend the guilty parties.
Mr. Montgomery writes, also, that
Kimbalrs case is only one of several
A few days before, he says, an Eng
lishman named Wilson was waylaid
and killed by Mexican robbers Many
foreigners have been robbed and the
English speaking residents of the dis
trict are reported to be highly in
censed, not only at the failure of the
government to provide them with prop
er protection but at the very evident
reluctance OF the authorities to make
any effort to apprehend the brigands
Mr.. Montgomery writes that the
Guanaiuato district is one of the rich
est in Mexico, but declares that unless
these outrages are prevented foreign
capital ultimately will be driven from
the country.