Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1913-11-27
ZeIaya Recognized as Muir
derer of Cannon and GroCel
Is Brought to Bay by SleuthS
of Uncle Sam.
WILL BE RETURNED
TO HIS NATIVE LAND
After Dodging Secret Service
Agents, Fugitive Is Found
in Apartment of Wealthy
New York Friend,

view hIht NV 20. AkDNlH OF the
/ department of Justice late tonight arr
rested Gen. Jose Santos Zelaya, fore
! lmer president Of Nicaragua. arouslng
/ him from his bed Ina q west end apart
Iment house. The warrant served
charges him with murder.
Zelaya was arrested BOZ the apart
I lment of Washington S. Valentine. "a
friend, said hy the government agents
60 he a millionaire Interested In Near
aguan properties. The former presi-
ldent of Nicaragua WIS taken In cus-
J tody 10y George O.. Craft special agent
of the department oI Justice. Craft,
when asked the charge, said
"He is 20 be held as am eXtradition
lprisoner of the government on the
lcharge of murder committed I'm Near
aqua.
Zelaya was taken TO q police sta-
ton near the federal building with
I him was Louis IT, Corea, his counsel.
lwho was Nicauguau minister to the
United states under the Zelaya ad-
iminisiration. The prisoner took his
I detention calmly che few words he
spoke ass his name was being entered
on the police blottcr being in Spanish
land addressed 90 his counsel He de-
lclined 20 make amy statement for pub
( licatiun When he was searched noth-
ling was taken from him but "a stick
ipn.
According to The government agents.
/ Ielaya on last saturday night disap-
pcared from the Broadway hotel
where ne was stoppipe, but was traced
| 20 an apartment hotel in West Seven
I ty-seeoud street not fr from Central
park Ou Tuesday ae again disap-
peared and the agents took up plan
/ of Keeping Ielayn's friends under sur
VIGILANCE. This worked $50 well, the
government officials say that after
several had gone 90 the apartment ON
West End avenue where Ielaya was
found tonight, the agents paid Vail
entine q visit
The government officials told VAL
cntine that they knew Ielaya was in
his apartment and demanded 10 see
him. Valentine thereupou led" Tho
officers into q dark room in which
Zelaya was sleeping. The officers read
the warrant for Ielaya's arrest to Val
entine who I'm turn translated 1t to
his guest and "a few minutes later Ze-
laya left the apartment for the police
station i'm custody OF the officers.
The warrant for the arrest of Ie-
laya was issued ON Monday by United
=
nation furnished by Roger Woods, as
sistant United states district attorney.
This information was based upon the
application of the Nicaraguan gov
eminent for the eXtradition Of Ielaya
to that country on charge of muir
der committed four years ago.
on Saturday when Zelaya escaped
from the surveillance of the detectives
who had been following MIN wherever
he had gone since his arrival here two
and a half weeks ago, the clerk at
the hotel where he last stopped no
ticed that he had received an en-
velope containing "a large amount OF
money. This envelope was found on
Zelaya tonight at the time Of his ar
rest but he gace it into the custody OF
Valentine before accompanying the
officers to the police station
The department of justice agents
who arrested Zelaya professed not TO
know the names OF the murdered per-
sons said to have been mentioned in
the application for the former dicta-
tors eXtradition. II was learned from
other sources, however, that he Is
charged specifically with the murder
of two fellow eountrymen named SiXto
Pineda and Domingo T0rbio.
There is no suggestion that his eX-
tradition is in any way in connection
with the summary execution of Leroy
Cannon and Leonard Groce, Ameri-
cans who took part in the uprising
four years ago against the Ielaya
regime,