Imperial Valley press., 1914-01-29

shown by the fact that, according to
the allegations, last night they went
to the house of the clerk Of the Mex
I lean court, who resided on the Amer
lean side of the line, during the alb
sence of the clerk and demanded of
and obtained from his wife, certain
documents, the nature of which are
unknown, but which are alleged to be
of much Importance.
Soon after this Pecina was cap
tured and Sheriff Meadows sent a
deputy to Calexico after him last
night, while the sheriff and other dep
uties started in pursuit of Salenias,
who gave out the announcement that
he was going to Los Angeles, but
whose trunk is alleged to have been
addressed to Tucson.
Attorney J. Stuart Ross, who rep
resents Depositario Andrade, said
last evening he thought the complaint
against the two men was that of
stealing Certain valuable documents
belonging to A. F. Andrade and 9TH
ers," but the use of Mr.. Andrade's
name was wholly unauthorized, and
so far as he could learn, this affair
was but a continuance of the affair
before City Recorder Glasby yester-
day.
1t appears that after the trouble
in the recorders court the two men
were let out of their offices, and it
looks as though they either wanted
to get the documents of the court out
of the way or that they wished to
make use Of them in some way.
81 do not fear the consequences of
this trouble. / have done no wrong"
stated Senior Salenias to a represen-
tative of the Telegram last night. 81
left Mexico because 1 was in fear that
the government to do me harm after
relieving me of office. Regarding
Senior Andrade's papers? Yes,
have them. I had my secretary keep
the papers in his house in Calexico
so they would be safe in case of rebels
taking Mexicali. Pizarre Villasenor,
my secretary, was relieved of office
at the same time / was. Later he went
! to Mexicali and said that if they
would forgive him he would get the
papers for the government. He re-
turned to Calexico but only delivered
one paper, private one. I went to
his house and demanded that his wife
give up the papers which had been
entrusted to me. | tried to reach An
drade by phone all day, but could
not. l then left word for the senior
that I was going to Tucson and for
him to meet me there and I would
give him his papers. They are very
valuable, probably representing one
million dollars"
At $3.50 o'clock last night Senior
T.. M. Salenias, lawyer and former
judge of the first instant, MeXicali
! was arrested by the city marshal of
CaleXico near Heber. Senor Salenias
was walking along the railroad tracks
for Ell Centre, where he expected to
catch train for the junction and then
the overland to Tucson, Arizona. He
was taken to Calexico and later
brought to the county Jail here by
Deputy Sheriff F. c. Kemp and rep
resentative of the Telegram. Salenias
was loaded down with money, having
$2365.75 in American money and $50
Mexican. $1,000 of the pile was in
bills; one $500 bill, 20 fives, 16 tens
and 27 twenties. $1O65 was in Amer
ican gold pieces and the $50 Mexican
was in brand new bills just issued
by the Huerta government.
Locked in the Jail with Salenias is
A. M. Pecina, Mexican immigration
official and close friend. 1t is not be-
lieved, however, that Pecina will have
any charge placed against him, as it
is stated that he did not have any
thing to do with taking the papers or
in aiding Salenias in the attempt to
escape. He backs Salenias up in the
statement that the former judge at
tempted to get in touch with An