Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-03-30
RICH FAMILIES
ARE LEAVING
There Certainly Is Alarm in
Old Mexico Says L. B.
VickRoy
ESCAPED TERRIBLE JAGUAR
Thrilling Experience in the Sierra
Madre Mountains
Related.

lGuueu Uy lLe sun ana exposure e III
cidental to d five weeks trip through
Old Mexico, much of it made 'on the
hurricane back OF a mule" l.. B. Wick
Roy, the well known hardware mer-
chant of this city, has returned from
trip 10 mining properties he is in
terested in the state of Sonora.
Mr. VickRoy did not see any battles
between insurrectos and regulars but
conditions in the old republic are not
very encouraging. Il may say that
many rich Mexican families are mov-
ing out OF Old Mexico and hiking to
the United States They are selling
much of their belongings and are
coming to Uncle Sans country to
avoid taking sides either with the fed.
eral or the insurrecto forces.
For this reason, cattle can be
bought very cheap down there just
now and some people are buying. de-
spite the possibilities of future
trouble,
Douglas, Arizona, and Ell Paso are
just filed with Mexican people of
wealth and refinement who have left
the Republic to seek the peace and
freedom of our land.
Offered Large Sums.
TO show how terrified residents of
Old Mexico feel, / might cite an in
stance: A minister we met in Old Mex
leo asked us to take $500 he had
and bring it to this country to de-
post in a bank for safe keeping. He
asked no security, so anxious was he
to get separated from his money lest
i be stolen. And many others felt
the same about having cash around
the house.
Travel Slow But Sure.
Mr.. Wick Roy's mining property is in
the Sierra Madre mountains, about
200 miles south of the line, and to
get to them he had to travel long dis
tances on horse or on mu4e. He and
his party camped out every night and
were followed by man who camped
two nights later on the exact spot
where Mr.. VickRoy.s party pitched
a tent In the middle of the night
the camper heard a burros peculiar
cry of alarm, and, rife in hand rush
ed out to find terrible Mexican jag
uar making away with Mr. Burro. The
moon was out and there was no
trouble to hit the jaguar, but so
thick was his skin that the animal was
able to climb tree and second bull
| let had to be used to bring him down.
| Mr.. VickRoy met the traveller and
bought from him the skin of the ami.
NAL, thinking it would be a nice sou.
venir of his own evenings camp on
that spot.
1t seems that the grass was several
feet deep on the mountain-side near
where the camp was pitched and Mr..
VickRoy recalled the fact that his
horse would not bulge more than fifty
feet from camp the night he was
there, despite the appearance of the
tempting grass. 1t may be that the
jaguar was then concealed and was
awaiting a favorable time to spring
and the horses horse sense warned
him to stay close to the seat of pro
lection.
Shipping Ammuri ition.
On his way to Old Mexico Mr.. Wick
Roy saw 10000 rounds of ammunition
loaded on the train at Douglas, Ari
zona, apparently with the consent ot
officials, he said. 1t is thought that ths
ammunition was for some mining
company in Old Mexico.
We had most delightful trip,
) said Mr.. VickRoy, ''and the outing
was exceedingly pleasant at this time
of year On my juorney I met an in
. teresting old gentleman, H. w. Loomis
3 by name, and he stated that he once
2 had a position in the revenue inspect
: or's Office here and knew many Santa
{ Feans. He is now living with his
family at Becadehuachi, Province o
Sonora" Mr.. VickRoy said that he
! did not meet Morton Prince, the dis
t tinguished Bostonian, who has beer
several months in Sonora and who ex
5 poets soon to come to Douglas, Ari
i zona. 81 did not meet any othel
Americans | knew" he said, but
hear there are a good many Ameri
cans who have gone to Old Mexico t.
attend to business or make invest