Norwich bulletin., 1914-03-10


 q believe the American people can be left to handle any critical cOndi- tion, provided they are informed on the subject. l am not one who be- lieves, when the press is full of re- ports of outrages and details of Mex ican horrors, that it can be 'incom- patible with the public interest to send to this senate details of out rages upon American citizens I am not one who believes that the consti- tuition should be pushed aside, and let one man assume the executive and legislative powers of the government" List of Outrases Upon Foreigners.
 The following list of outrages upon Americans and other foreigners in Mexico was submitted by Senator Fall:
 Mrs. Anderson, daughter, and neigh bor boy. killed June 2, 1911. Chihua- hua murderers arrested. served six months in jail and released. Madero soldiers.
 Mabel Richardson. little girl. out Fraged, Colonia Juarez No attempt to punish perpetrators. James D. Harvey. killed, state of Chihuahua. May, 1912. and mutilated with a spade. Nothing done. William Adams, killed July 2, 1912, with his daughters arms around him, by Mexican officer. Nothing done Thomas Fountain, killed after court martial by Salazar at ParraI: after warning from Washington. Salazar later arrested this side of border charged with smuggling and later re- leased. Now held al Fort Bliss Joshua Stevens, killed near Colonia Pacheco, Mexico. August 26. 1912. in defending daughters from attack Johnny Brooks, Texan, killed at Co., lonia Chuichupa, Chihuahua. in 1913 He killed his assailant, Portillo Mathew Gourd. and two dauqhters 1 assaulted near TampicO, July 26, 1913. Rogers Palmer, Englishman. killed because of failure to open safe at Du- rango, about June IS, 1913 Carlos Won Brands and L. W. El- | der, Americans, wounded about same l time by explosion of bomb. H. w. stepp, American, shot on 1 failure to pay five hundred pesos ran 1 som.
 A. w. LauriIaut, English subject, l stripped, beaten, shot and left for dead ! about same time.
 | of Madeira Company also Robert l Thomas, American citizen. negro. l killed at Madera by Mexican federal l officer, Santa CaraYo. arrested and la | ter discharged.
 B. Stowe, shot in Chihuahua by reb- | SIS, 1S15. NOlHluS uOne- 1 Benjamin Griffin, rancher murdered | on July ,, 1913, near Chuichupa, by l bandits.
 John H. Williams. mining engineer, 1 killed by stray buE<-. March s. 1913. | when rebels attacked Nacosari l Booris Darow, consulting engineer l killed in attack on Nuevo Burena Wis ta, February 21, 1913.
 U. G. Wolf, mining engineer, mur- l dered July 16, 1913 by outlaws in l northern Sonora
 Mrs. E. w. Holmes, killed by shell 1 during bombardment Mexico City 1 February, 1913.
 Frank Ward, shot in back by ban 1 dits in home near Yago, Topic terri 1 tory. April g, 1913.
 John s. H. Howard. United States 1 customs inspector, assassinated near Eagle Pass, Texas, February 10. 1913 Pablo Soto, merchant of Naco, Ariz | killed by stray bullet during conflict between federals and rebels, March A, 1913.
 L. Bushnell, mounted policeman killed in Naco. Ariz March A, 1913 1 by stray bullet fired by rebels.
 Frank Howard. killed by bandits 1T Coalcoman. state of Michoacan, 1T | March. 1913
 Herbert L. Russell, manager Amer. ican vice consul McCaughan's rancF
 near City of Durango, murdered by
 rebels Sept. 2e, 1912
 Robert Williams, policeman, Phoe.
 nix, Ariz., killed by Mexican bandits
 who crossed line to attend a celebra.
 ton Mexican independence day. Sept Is. 1912.
 Scott Price, bystander, killed wher
 bandits were firing on Williams.
 N Matheson, Mormon, killed whiI,
 fleeing from Colonia MoreIos. Sonora
 Sept. 16, 1912, when bandits were loot.
 ing the town.
 Mckinesa, American, exc
 cuted near Agua Prieta, in September
 1912, because rebels suspected he hai
 given information to federal troops.
 w. H. Waite, manager EsmeraIdo
 plantation at OchetaI, Vera Cruz, be
 headed April 1912, when he refused t.
 pay money demanded by bandits.
 Ii. L. Strauss, formerly correspond
 ent for New York Herald, killed wit
 S4 other non conbatants when Zapa
 tistas held up train August Il, 1912
 near Cuautla, Morelos.
 Thomas c. Kane, railroad conductor
 shot through head when bandit wrecked train and killed many passen
 gers, April 10, 1912.
 H. Seffer, formerly professor in tn University of California. and thre
 sergeants killed by rebels April 2S 1911, near Cuernavaca- R. Fl. Ferguson, San Francisco mem her of Troop F. Third U. s. cavalry killed by bullet fired over the border. Two unidentified men killed May ! 1911. in Fl Paso, by stray bullets fire by federals and rebels. pr. R. G. Clarke, Taylorsville, III
 shot dead In Mexico City, May 2 1911, by a partisan of General Diaz.
 John R. Lockhart, Scotts City, Mo mining engineer. killed by bandits i Durango, November, 1911. R. N. Meredith, Troy. Ohio. struc by bullet during bombardment in Mex ico City, in February, 1913. Mrs. Percy Griffith, legs shot off dur ing the same bombardment. A. E. Thomas, murdered by bandit while protecting his wife and seVe children near Nogales, Sonora. Mare 10. 1912.
 Robert Huntington, railroad switch l man. shot without cause near Agu Prieta. April F. 1911.
 J. C. Edwards. native O6 Eirginia