Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-14
TUESDAY. APRIL II. 1914.
For Governor
/. III. BALL.
A PRACTICAL PROPOSITION.

Austin. Texas, April Ex-Governor
Coluuitt received letters today indi-
eating that deprcdations by Mcxi-
cans continue with a high hand
along the border in Cameron county,
and the Governor has been asked To
send more rangers Ia thai section.
Cattle, poultry. farm implements.
mules, horses and harness. ia fact.
everything that is not tied down
and watched with u shotgun" are
being stolen by the Mcxicans. nc
cording 10 the report made 10 the
Governor.
An appeal has come from La
Iona. near Brownsville, for anger.
A number of horses have been stolen
and the citizens are in constant fear
Of visits by rowing bands of Mcyi-
cans. The following j. an extract
Of "a letter received from a citizen Of
of Brownsville:
There is more Wholesale stealth.
going on now than IL aIiy time since
] came To this county. seven years
ago. Since the battle of Matamoros
and the immediate influx If rcfu.
gees from Mexico. stealing has been
on the increase until il has come To
the point where something must he
done or the farmers will have Ia pull
Out Of the country or become paup-
ers. i will venture the assertion
that fifty farmcrs Within ten miles
OF Brownsville have suffered more
Or less from thieves since christmas.
They steal horses. mules. wagons,
buggies. rows. hogs. chickens, farm.
ing implements and. in fact. every.
thing that is not tied down and
watched with a shotgun. This ron.
dition Of affairs puts II farmer To
n great Inconvenience. Ia say nothing
of the loss"
The Herald does not know who il is
out this sort of news from Cam
county, any more than il knows who
sends IL out from Austin. We give space
il now for the sake of bringing il once
more Ia the notice of those people who
suffering from Expectations which
10 drive them from the coun-
try: and We hope il will bc possible Ia
them some service.
The Herald wishes Ia inquire: why
such wide publicity from Austin. aud
why such strange secrecy from Cameron
county" Observe The Herald il not
u single fact. although il oh
with pain the lack of specific
facts In all these charges and the super.
Of vague statements To the cf-
feet that there * more wholesale steal.
ing now than al any time for seven
years. Since the newspapers choose a.
that sort of news. The Herald bc.
the people IN the afflicted region
have a right Ia something NOR; specific
han has been given To- the public. Where.
fore The Herald makes this offer:
The II raid will willing print. briefly.
Every >tor, of loss by theft or open rob
berry which has occurred in this country
since Christmas: and along with the
IL will relate what attempts have
made Ia find the stolen property
and the thief. Whose horse has been
Whose COW? Whose buggy?
harness. Whose hogs. rows.
hogs, farming implements? In
making this offer We are not Ia be nm
n DENYING that such dcpreda
lions have been committed.
Why make a secret Of these things?
H. no cure for crime. Make your
,oss known 81 that Your %nciehbor> ma,
Keep their eyes open both for the lost
property and the thieves. Perhaps the
will not see their way clear To
he publication of the details of their IF
orIs To catch the thieves. hut such ,c
ails rs they care Ia give will H. printed
willingly by The Herald.
Ii the sufferer of any loss from petty
hieyinp has reason Ia believe the thefts
we're committed by Mcxicans or b, other
han Mcxicans The Herald will eladl,
make known the grounds Of his Sus
and the nature of the lost prop.
rty.
The dispatch from Austin here
says the people uf La Iona are
alling for rangers. the citizens being in
fear of visits ~ roaming bands
( Mexicsns in this county. There l.
% such place a la Iona in Cameron
Ia the best Of our knowledge
ct while We drplurr the circulation of
umors Of armed INVASION. when such
are unfoundcd. The Herald will
pen its columns for any well founded
tory of rowing bands of McNicans who
ommit depredations IN this section.
When was such a band seen? Where
Tss il seen? How many Mexicans were