Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-01-29
ARRIVES IN BROWNSVILLE FROM
VICTORIA. MEN, AFTER INNES
TIGATION PROVED CHARGES
WERE INFOJNDED.
FREED UNCONDITIONALLY
HOWEVER. FORMER TEXAN SAYS
lie WILL NOT RETURN TO HIS
RANCH UNTIL CONDITIONS
HAVE SETTLED.


rested al Victoria. Mexico. on the charge
Of being spy for the IIucrta govern
mcnt having been found untrue. Mr..
Hanson was released and arrived in
Brownsville "Wednesday afternoon. His
release was without condition. SAYS Mr..
Hanson. but still his stay in the United
States j. permanent until conditions
have 80 adjusted themselves in Mexico
that all business may bc resumed with
cut hindrancc.
The trip from Victoria To Brownsville
was made by m automobile. which was
\ furnished w the ccnstitutiunailStS. and
MatamoroS Wednesday just before nooA
There the only necessity was the final
decision of General Pablo Gonzales. who
gave his consent without reserve that
Mr. Hanson might return Ia the United
States without being further intericrred
with.
Upon setting foot on American soil.
Mr.. Hanson said:
II had rather bc on the outside look
ing i'm than ON the inside looking out.
That expression appeals 10 me and
would like 10 know the man that origi-
mated il for il plcascs me greatly just al
this time TO Ice able To- repeat IL.
II was Il -cu>cd of being a federal spy
and of having written articles favoring
intervention. but ! am perfectly innocent
of these and amy other charges that may
have been preferred against me-
The Mexican Land company, Of which
am the property manager. owns ha
cicnda of 10000 acres. including some
oil fields. in the State of Tamaulipas
November q | went to Tampico 60 start
4 fight against IN attack Of malaria. and
while there heard that the ranch house
doors had been chopped in the place
robbed. the mules taken. and my pcop.e
in the brush.
After consulting tpnslil Miller at
Tampico | came up 10 the ranch 10 invcs
tigatc the reports. and upon my arrival
there I found that the reports had been
greatly exaggerated. After discussing
matters with my people We concluded to
continue work on the hacienda. and in
order 10 do 50 il became necessary for
me to go 10 Victoria To consult Governor
Luis Caballcro with reference 20 the
shipment from the ranch of 4 great
amount Of onions. corn and grapefruit.
II arrived in Victoria on the night Of
January IL. and went 10 the house of a
friend 10 spend the night.
The next morning. the 1ith. az y
o'clock | went to call on the governor ~
his palacio aud while taking To- him he
accused me Of being federal spy and
of having written articles favoring in
tervcntion. was then detained aud
during the next few days was before the
military Judge, Colonel Alex Mckinney.
who conducted the Investigation Of my
ease.
AS soon A. Consul Clarence Miller OF
Tampico heard ~ my arrest he and few
friends rode fifty miles horseback until
they reached a point where they could
take 4 train to Victoria. and came To the
capital Ia assist me- They began their
assistance AT once. and were assured 10y
the governor and the military Judge that
the evidence in my ease had disclosed no
guilt.
Consul Miller was also assured that
inasmuch rs | had been ordered sent "a
! MatamoroS for a final decision IN ten
cral Pablo Gonzales. the superior of
ficcr. | would hc sent there by the first
available automobile. This WAS done.
and now am free
While in detention al Victoria ! was
.trcatcd with the utmost consideration.
Kindness and respect. | felt somewhat
uneasy nj first. hut before the inyestiga-
ION had gone far saw clearly that the
Officers would see that ! was given every
opportunity Ia clear myself If the
charges that had been made against me.
Upon my arrival Ia Maiamoro>
American Consul johnson at once called
upon me and began his efforts in my be
half and il was not very long before my
release was forthcoming. Ny son. q. y.
Hanson. was i'm Victoria with me. and
also made the trip 10 Maiamcros in the
company with myself and Colonel Saldi
var.
Asked ~ 10 the report that Americans
had furnished the information that r.
suited IN his detention. Mr. Hansnr
stated that he did not know who gave
the information. lie said that he under
stood Two Americans IN Tampicc were