Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-08-15

lNt IIuuf from JOSS OF NlNNN iUHe
stuck gun Ca her hcud ana blew out
her brains An American boy wen: 10
their assistance. lic was met at tho
door ana shot down. By the aaaisi-
uucc ~ these Culouists. law abiding
people. arrests were made OF tho
perpetrators ut this outrage uLd they
confessed In open court exactly the
facts which ! have related tn you.
They were confined for aiX months in
jain awaiting trial and then were
turned loose and now iu that vicinity
unpublished Unwhippod of Justice.
and tho American government hps
not protested. ! am NOT going Go
dwell ON these cnHcs.
Mabel Richardson. another iitilu
.rlrl WIS outraged within the shadow
ot that fthouihounr OF which 1 spoke
u TOW mumDuta ago. whore the H'uu
Tor from Arizouu, tMr SMITH and
myself addressed 700 cot these colon.
lists. principally pupils Not word
has boon said in protest aud uu ar.
ton iu eo far ug have heard or
boron able tu discover. hiss boon taken
bog this guyorumDnt.
Coming down Geo very recent days
james %. Harvey vuE murdered ON
May g. of this year 1912 while
working boo his Ucld. no was shot
down and then his murdered crossed
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a. heavy spade. 80 attempt has been
made Geo arrest him
ON July q. OF this year, william
Adams. another of these ruloulsts,
Within about sixty miles of the bor-
der. with hls WifD's dead 'udy in the
house. was awaiting tho coming Of
his daughter ana sun-in-law. They
finally arrived M night having come
across the country 100 uu automobile
90. o.. la. a N.aH H.H q.
hN tho numr of Evans. am American
citizen They won't Co the Mexican
customhousc on the border and re-
cciNyd permission Co go across with
tho automobile. pu She next morn
Ing Evans was arrested for not hay-
Ing q passport to cross the border
line. 40 such thing has ever boon
demanded of anyone before. and ihis
WAS simply given Hs au excuse Tor
his arrest. iip was confined iu jail.
The neNt morning the officer OF the
law uf the Mexican government tho
CustomhuusD officer With whom we,
the United states government had
boon dealing across the limo went Co
Adams house, met him and accused
him ~ hribg responsible FOR Evans
haN iuE brought his tAdamsJ duugh-
en- AMI her husband across thc line
tho div before without. MS they
although he had permission 90 do go
from the McNican custom house ~.
ficor. Adams claimed that he had
nothing Go DO with 90. mat b., knew
nothing about &c. as ne had been
there with his dead wife Boa the room
with him. The Mexican officer. ih
spite OF tho fact that his daughter
arms were around him - the time.
shot Adams through the head and
killed him That officer has not been
arrested aud mo- attempt has been
made loo SO far as I have nscortaincd,
by this government CO.. secure his ar
rest or his punishment ur that Of any
other man Tor pcrpgtrating ia.
crime.
Mr. Fan thon takes up iu detail tho
ease of the murder of Thomas A. j.
Fountain ui LAS cruces, which elicit
"d NOT even 90 protest.
Regarding the victims at Douglas
hc says in part.
This matter under present considr.
ration the claim tUI damages hN
American citizens Killed and wound
yd uu this sid, Ul the lime. with their
irrt upon American territory hy
MoNictuN uu tho other side uf thH lIu'
ia NOT u now matter. The matte,
ol cnms Tor damuECs has been pend
INK now since May 1911 The stF'r
department of these United Stut,e
was entitled upun Immediately tu t1Ls
up thp matter ut the claims of Amor
Jean citizens and collect thoW nom
tho MoNictu government
NoW. how did these claims origi-
nate" lu the fight between the forces
of htZ. thou President Of MpXiCu.
and the followers ui Mudrrn, who b.
the present president uf Mexico.
whether the shots which killed those
people were fired hy the Mudcro
forces cor by the biuz forces makes
uu difference whatsoever, because BIZ
urcd hy the Diaz forces or by the
forces or hy tho forces of hls success
cor. representing tho government OF
Mexico, that government Us Tcfp1l-
siblc.
The claims wore presented. os I
said. Finally a resolution was iu-
truduccd in the lower house a. COM
grcss of the United states hy one OF
the representatives from western
Texas. while that resolution was
under consideration iu tho lower
house the stute department under
took 10 offer reasons for not push
ing me v!aims ~ American citizens
pgairst the McNictn goNtrnment ANA
u WaW "a say. without fear of con-
uadictiou, that the most remarkable
principle ct International law over
cuuuClatcd Zoo the world was given
toyor M, signature ur tho secretary
OF state Of the United states to a
committee of the lower house of com
gross as % reason for not taking up
these claims.
Every precedent established hy our
g. pNorumput uud every other ls that
uH foo claims for damage to American
citlZpuH OF tu your own CitlEeu- ora
your own SOIL your own courts deaf
with them, your own diplomats nku
them up, not that you submit uiou
claims Geo "a, local courts UI foreign
countries. Hut set over Dis sisunt urc
the secretary of state. us O. reason for
opposing thc passage uf this Same
iuint resolutions. introduced los the
senator from Arizona boo this branch.
states that diplomacy VIII not permit
tho United States government 90 take
up thsF, claims. that hc can not take
them mp diploWatirallyi and he gives
as his reason for % chat international
law compcls tho submission of Just
| these claims exactly Co the Mexican
courts.
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