The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-01-17
Evidence Collected by State
Department Indicates Car.
,anzlsts Told Murdered Men
There Was No Danger.
GENERAL PASSPORT FOR
ENTIRE GROUP ISSUED
Assumption Logical That II
Was Intended to Resume
Mining in Cusi District and
That Mexlcans Knew This.


i'ct'd 1t 10 iuso hy state department
agents indicttrs that Carranza author
.ti'. ht chihuahua sssurcd g r. Wat
son. head cot the party of Americans
Killed near Stnu Yubcl that uu .z-
coft wits necessary la tina, opinion.
however many OF the Americans
aTrordaithough they had suggested
to tho authutitie. the ndvisnbility of
s"udirg troops with the party
Auyirrs further stated that the Car.
rama governor of Chihuahua gave
Watson personal passport and that
the Cafranla immigration authorities
In Iuarcl gave "A general passport tor
th" hole Watson party. These de
Vclopmouts are taken 'o point to re-
spousibiliN OF the CIriHnza govern
ment tor not adequately protecting
th' American.
state department officials Indicated
however that they did not consider
th" Id,icos a. beng nnal,y sufficient
tp Il, rhine the responsibility of IN.
CarranN, government ana further in
scstigGtion viii be- made.
Tn, state department gave out this
pai phrase uf it, uiiiciai advice from
El ruso.
Holmes the unly survivor uf th.
massacre. has no knowledge as to
Nh"'h'r NHfpl am h4t com nPainohs
l'P"'. yea h"""I> 's."f, or Ehnrd
FOR their "Trip from Chihuahua To
.lI 90 '''. ~ "'"i'S ,h'l u th'N
uld y" IN" 'n''' 'H n"',i'h ." tui-
h'sh M or or ara. hohhes sNSs
tbNf lll r..'. Hrs OF the party felt
-.,., I rc ZIP.
i 81 PERSON connect
N'N ne '"'np''Fs "Prr-
'n"' On W" Jay
tl'. ''' ~" N't' hlileh
s''''.' .'f 'f 'rNr u" h'h con
N''~tli". WIN 81 's"n an" asked MIN
| 90 t Mex am 'f'"l' was u" i''"lhp''hl
hif party N''-"n r"r''cd mat Snoh
an "r'"li N""Id nov h''unphLy 'h'h'
ns h" n"d l''-,l WIN IN" 'nth"f''"s
| ANA lh'N '"'d nm " WIS ho' h"'"@
sarN
| As 10 what assurances. II any Wat.
! son aud his companions had received
/ from Mexican authorities that ~
/ would Ice safe Ia resume operation, az
| CusihIrirhIc. the department SAYS:
KNOWING thu, the Cusl mines were
situated M Cusi and that the putpose
of the rpturu of Watson and com
uarions Co. NcNico wa tu resume the
= operations of these mines tho immi-
/ grafton authorities IN Junrez upon
application OF the ~ Paso agent ~
I The Cusi company CAV" general
pps-p"ri q" IN" watson rup. IN"
governor ui Chihuahua hls" RhN" a
| personal paFsport 10 NatS"n
! watson went 10 Chihuuhun rnf
was there on Ianunrl tn ascertain N
, IL would bo -nfc tn rosurn. operations.
! WhU. fhrrs he got the de inc,o uil-
thort,los to send p garrison tud main
tain % az ruaA on thai dhy three
trains of troops ~ twenty cars each
|srpp" u Z" carry t"''l l"f'" OF
loo" ".h IN 'h'ts' ~ ''"'rH' '"s'
'hNh 'h' "' i'''" k'''' w
l''i '''h"'""' '"i usl ~ w. ~
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