El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-09
ANOTHER aHIGH cost sToRY.

bill Of lad1ng amounting to Sl.lO to
| cover carriage on this precious pack
The passenger fare for a $50 to 800
pound person is $40, cents a mile,
or ~ cents q pound. But this mani
mate bucket of paint cost me just
fraction over 6 cents pound TO de-
Could the people find a remedy in
| interstate commerce commission Or
dare the people whisper public owner.
ship of all transportation facilities?
FINALLY Mr. Editor where does our FL
Paso merchant come in2 He talks of
trade in our neishbOring states: win
he not have to attack that rate first
| before he presumes on the good ma
ture of an intelligent purchaser This
in behalf Of suffering public
Gustave c. Hoenes-
JESSE WTLLIA8IS'S OWN STORY.
Edito- FL Paso Herald;
1 have been a resident Of ColOnia
! ChUichupa, Chin, for the last Is years;
I have noted the past month the atti-
tude of L. 5. consul Edwards toward
Jesse Williams, of Chuichupa, who
broke up the small band of outlaws and
thieves near MADEIRA, Babicora ranch
and Colonia Chuichupa- L would like
to inform Mr. Edwards. our America
consul in Ciudad JuareZ, that he knows
| little about the condition Of affairs in
the vicinity Of MADEIRA The first state
ment Of Mr.. Edwards that L noticed
was in the Herald-Republican of Salt
! Lake City, under date of July %, and
Jesse Williams opened fire on some
bandits who were killing a beef for food
on the BabicOra ranch 1 have just re-
ceived a letter from Mr.. Williams, tell
ing why the men were killed. The let
July II. 1913.
Dear sir; As was on my way from
COlonia Chuichupa to MADEIRA, in the
timber near the head of Los Wares, I
spied camp of some Mexican thieves.
some Of the same party that has been
Killing our cattle at Chuichupa and
punching US around with their guns and
taking from US all we had and dividing
1t up among the idle men of town. I
viii give you the names of several in
the bunch, that we both know well
There were EpitaciO Ruiz. Marcelino
Caraveo. Antonio Dominique and San
tagO Rodriguez. They were killing
the Babicora cattle for their hides: tbeV
had about 100 killed and skinned and
were leaving the meat to lie and rot
notified the ranch and the jefe at
MADEIRA ABOUT what was going on, and
we were answered by the jefe as usual
that We would have to kill off this kind
of people, as the forces of Huerta and
also OF villa were too busy to be run
nlnS down all the outlaws, and that
American ranchers as well as Mexican
rancherS must rise up in arms and
protect their property from such de-
I'VE went out and found the fellows
s1I killing a fight Immediately start
ed; resulting in the killing Of two
thieves The rest got away We fol-
lowed them to camp No. /, near Cum
bera, and there found two of then We
arrested these and took them back to
MADEIRA. turning them over to the 10
cal officers. Later on we had one or
two little skirmishes. but no one was
killed.
'T then returned to colonia chuiehu-
along. I went into town about -
o'clock at night, and as I rode up TO
Nance's barn to put my horse up, and
went to open the gate a man standing
near tbs SatepOst took a shot at me,
missing me, but knocking my horse
down. As he flOunced about I finally
got my rifle out and made a run down
20 your place and asked some Of your
Me1cans what was going on
Jose Molinar told me that a bunch OF
outlaws came in town and arrested Ben
S1Il- IN and MI smith, who were stran-
gers there, and said they were going to
Kill all Americans they found I Dor
roWed horse and saddle Of Jose and
rode out OF town. making arrangements
with certain Mexican there in town
10 meet me the next morning out in the
hills and tell me what was going on
He met me at noon, and told me the
thieves had taken Ben Griffin out be-
mind Nelson's barn and taken his six
shooter, shooting him once slightly
through the breast. Griffin told them if
they wanted to kill him. to kill him
outright and not torture him. then the
one-armed mocho fired the fatal shot
learned later that they had turned
Smith loose I will remain here at
Babicora for awhile and then may come
out
lSigned) Jesse Williams
Now would like to ask Mr.. Edwards
our American consul. whether anybody
recognizes him as the Judge and jury
to decide when Americans should Kill
thieves or not, and what right or license
ne has to say that If any harm comes to
the Americans in the vicinity of MADEIRA
Jesse m he 70
telegraph pole. I would like to call
the attention of the American consul to
the fact that Jesse Williams is a young
man that Is Wei educated and highly
respected by all the people who know
him, and nothing but praise has ever
been said Of him, until Sir. Edwards
stated that he would be considered a
murderer IN the eyes OF any nation.
should like to ask Mr.. Edwards II /
Mr.. Williams was not justified BY both
and ConstitutiOnalists in his
act, and praised by them for defending
the property rights of the Babicora
ranch To my certain knowledge Mr.
Williams is welcome visitor at the
headquarters OF the military and civil
Of the state of chihuahua
and Mr.. Griffin, who was murdered IN
cold blood at Chuichupa, was no more I
to be censured or killed for the trouble
at MADEIRA than was Mr.. Edwards at |
Ciudad JuareZ.
I should like to say to the readers Of I
this communication that I am not a
stranger IN Mexico, and though I came
from a colontst settlement, I am not a /
Mormon. I was in the ups and downs |
OF the war every day until May %, 1913, /
when came out
have been a prisoner five times, in \
the hands Of the federals and the rebels I
| have paid to exceed 5000 in ransoms I
besides having suffered loss in various 1
ways, and for the first time I have I'M
dertaken to publish my opinion con- |
corning the trouble there. In my opinion. /
II we nag rev more senator's like SEN
Americans like Jesse Williams OF Chui- /
chupa, the rights of an American citizen /
would be respected in Mexico.
s. h Veater.
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