Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-08-02
GOVERNOR OF
CAMPECHE
ARRESTED
EMANUEL BRITO ARRESTED AS A
FUGITIVE. Two UNITED STATES
SECRET SERVICE MEN ARE ALSO
INVOLVED IN THE CASE mad
VERTENTLY.
GOVERNMENT MEN
TOOK MARKED MONEY

New Orleans, La, Aug. 2.-Emman.
rel Castillo Brito, former governor of
the Mexican state of Campeche, was
arrested here today by federal authori-
Iof murder and robbery, preferred by
the existing Mexican authorities.
Brito admitted he killed two rep
resentatives of Huerta, who, he said,
were trying to arrest him illegally
during the recent revolution.
The former Mexican governors APP
prehension came close on the heels
of charges of blackmail, which re-
suited late last night in the arrest
of two United States Department Of
Justice agents and representatives of
the Carranza branch of Mexican revo.
| lutionists, in New Orleans. 1t was
charged that r. G. Matthews and j.
l.. Mott accepted $500 in marked bills
from Brito to protect him from arrest,
the affair being arranged by Ernesto
Fernandez, who claims to be connec-
ted with Governor Carranza.
Brito was arraigned before United
States Commissioner Browne. He
pleaded not guilty and was sent to
the parish prison without bail.
Brto declared that when the Huer
Ia agents made an attempt to arres
him in Mexico, he knew their actor
would be followed by his death, prob
ably under the notorious fugitive law
He resisted, drawing his sword. Thc
Huerta agents took the sword fron
him and slapped him with it. There
upon, Brito says, he drew his revo
yer and killed the two men. Thi
was in war time, however, and the
were his enemies. This, he sal,
would be his defense in resisting
portation
The two department of justice
lagents and the representative Of Gov
ernor Carranza of Mexico, arrested
here last night on the charge of black
mail, still were detained today.
A telegram purporting to have come
from Attorney General McReynolds,
variously declared fake" and
genuine" in which it was requested
that Brito be arrested was the me-
Gium through which, detectives say,
r. G. Matthews,special agent of the
department of justice ]. l.. Mott, his
assistant, and Ernesto Fernandez. the
Carrancsto envoy, got Brito to pay to
Matthews $500 on the pretense that
Brito would be protected from arrest.
The arresting officers say they saw
the money, marked, pass from Brito
to Matthew'S
The trio were taken to the Office Of
Federal District Attorney Guion this
morning, where a long secret confer
ence took place. 1t was not announc-
ed whether the government would take
hold of the case or whether the ac-
cused men would be given a hearing
before state court. The men have
not been allowed to give bonds.
Fernandez was minister from Mex
leo to Honduras under the Madero ad-
lninistration.
Washington. D. c., Aug. 2.---Immedi-
ately on receipt of advices of arrest
of department of justice officials in
New Orleans charged with blackmail,
A. Bruce Bielaski, chief of the bureau
of investigation, today dispatched
special agent to investigate. Special
Agent Matthews, one Of the men under
arrest, had in his possession, said Mr..
Bielaski, bonafide telegram from
Attorney General McReynolds for the
arrest of certain person. whose iden-
tity the department of justice declines
to divulge at this time.
J. L. Mott, under arrest, is en-
ployed to watch shipments of arms
and ammunition designed for Mexico.
The department will take no action
until the special agent sent to New
Orleans to investigate has made a
report,
State department officials disclaimed
today having any request from the
Huerta government for Brito's arrest.
The department of justice, on a d.
II It representation, however, ordered
the arrest, and the Huerta govern
ment, if it expects to eXtradite Brito,
now will have forty days in which to
present its formal case. Nothing Of
the merits of the charge on which
Brito is held is known here.