El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-07-20

Mormon Merchant of Sonora
Denies Charges Made by
Ell Paso Mormon Agent. b,
HE THINKS THINGS
WERE EXAGGERATED

1 beg to refer to an article pub
Iished in your paper under date Of
July IS. signed by o. P Brown, and
in justice to myself as well as to the
public will ask you to kindly publish
! the following statement:
Gen. Sanjines came to me while here
in Aqua Prieta and asked II it would
be possible for him TO secure colony
teams to assist in the transportation
of equipment from Aqua Prieta to
Colonia Morelos. Inasmuch as we
have a great number Of teams working
for US continually and are not in a
, position to furnish work for owners
of all teams who are DESTROYS CT haul
ing freight, I suggested to the general
that considered it probable that teams
could be secured Accordingly wrote
letter to our branch store at COlonia.
MOrelOs, which was dispatched by one
of Gen SanJineS'S men, for our man
aSer TO secure teams for assisting n
the transportation OF federal equip
ment- The letter left Aqua Prieta on
June 80 and reached our manager on
the morning of July 1.
In the meantime a number Of teams,
a numb Der of the which are working
for US and some others which were
bringing out wheat Tor sale, left Mo-
relOs on June IS three days before my
letter reached MOrelOs. Gen Sanjfnes
apparently received rush orders to
:
of the teams here, Insisted that they
load out for him. Two of the wagons
which were here belonged to US and
were here for the purpose Of loading
merchandise for our branch. All Of
the teams which were taken desired TO
load freight, but hesitated in loading
for the federals for fear that they
would not be remaining neutral
However, they all consented to go
and made the trip without mishap and
received fulI pay for their work, Just
about double of what they would have
received had they loaded out for US.
Now In regard to Browns charge OF
my cOnspiring with Gen. Blanco to OBJ
tain teams under false pretenses.
beg to state that this statement made
BY Mr. Brown is untruthfuL In the
first place, had never seen Gen
BlancO or spoken a word to him in
my life until after the freighters were
in the hands of the federals, and it was
after this that Cen Blanco came TO. the
store and was introduced to him. In
regard to having previously discussed
the situation with Mr.. Brown, I will
state that the only thing I remember
regarding this circumstance was that
Mr. Brown advised me that the feder-
ais were in the market for a number
Of wagons and Mr.. Brown was to do
what he could to get the order for US
We did everything IN our power to
sell OUTFITS to the federals, as that is
our business and we had in stock so
wagons which we were anxious to
sell. consider that there was no
wrong done in trying to secure work
sirOus of obtaining it. Mr. Brown
seems to contend that this was a Sc
riouS crime, Tor me TO do it. but he
makes statement in his same article
of condemnation that he secured teams
from the cOlOnists to transport this
same equipment from Colonia More
los to COlOnla OaXaca- However, there
Is a great difference in this instance
III Mr. Browns opinion, because it
was q. P Brown who did it ! will
Just take this opportunity of stating
that we are just as much interested in
the welfare of the colony as Mr.
Brown or anyone else, as our company
and stockholders have invested in the
immediate vicinity Of the colonies more
than $500, 600. Naturally we do not
desire to do anything TO provoke the
enmity Of the federals or rebels as
our policy is one of neutrality
I consider that the federals and col
onists alike have been done a great
injustice by sensational reports cir
culated by agitatOrs who are desircus
OF getting their names in the columns
OF your paper While there have been
some indignities toward the cOlOnists,
if one looks at the matter in a broad
minded way, one would see readily
that nothing has occurred to justify
the sensational reports
I was at COlOnia Morelos upon arriv-
al OF Gen Sanjines and remained there
three days The generals. Sanjines and
BlancO, depOrted themselves as gentle
men should, as well as all the other
officers of the column.
Naturally many things were done
WHICH were EEpQ4SlNe 70 the cOlOQfErS.
but in my opinion discipline and order.
was maintained as well as might be
expected. Conditions were somewhat
strained concerning the demand made
for teams Because of this I wired Mr.
Brown at Ell Paso that it would be well
for him to go down furnished him
an outfit to make the trip, free OF
charge, because 1 had the interest OF
the colony at heart
I enclose herewith signed document
from one Of the freighters which YOU
TfV-n nF Nha oil a-a
wagons belonged to US Documents
from the other freighters will be for
warded to you for publication II neces-
sary Just as soon as can communicate
with the freighters. L thank you in ad-
vance for the publication OF this ar
ticle- Very respectfully yours,
Willard Haymore
Kindly publish in connection follow
ing statement from the cOmisariO OF
Aqua Prieta-
Fhe COmisario's Statement.
Aqua Prieta. Sonora. July is, 1912
Editor FL Paso Herald:
the undersigned. comisario OF Aqua
Pr1eta, hereby beg to refer TO article
published in your paper under date of
July IS, signed by O. P. Brown, and
make the following statement:
That 1 was assisting Gen Sanjines in
the transportation Of troops, that I
took the matter up personally with
Willard HaymOre for the purpose OF
securing teams that we did not ask
for teams until June 80. Teams which
assisted the federals arrived in Aqua
Prieta on July ,. As COlOnia Morelos
is so miles from Aqua Prieta it would
have been impossible to have sent word
to MOrelos and have teams arrive
within two days know absolutely
that there was no conspiracy entered
into between Cen BlancO and Willard
Haymore. therefore the statement
made in your paper by O. P Brown is
absolutely false and not worthy OF
consideration.
P Elias CalIesy.
COmisaria de POlicia de Aqua Prieta-
From the FreIghters.
Aqua Prieta, Sonora, July Is, 1912
Editor FL PasO Herald:
J. the undersigned, one Of the
freighters who assisted in the trans
pOrtation of federal equipment from
Aqua Prieta, Sonora, to COlOnia Mo-
relOs. Sonora. hereby certify that
voluntarily loaded freight for the fed
erals and upon arrival at Morelos re-
ceived full pay for my work and am
perfectly satisfied with the results.
Yours.
i. Van Ledueh