The sun., 1916-12-05
TWO MEXICANS HELD.
IN FILIBUSTER PLOT
Exporters Arrested Hero Are
Charged With Sending
Arms to Rebels.

Arrest Of " Mexicans disclosed yes
terday an alleged plot to supply one or
the revolutionary factions In Mexico with
arms and ammunition Of American
make. The prisoners. Louis oottinS IND
wencesloa Mont. were a~rrsigned before
United States Commissioner Clarence 8.
Houshton on a charge OF violating the
customs laws relating to the shipment OF
falsely labelled merchandise.
,Gotting and Mont are partners In the
Adic Company. an exporting and import.
Ing concern at 132 Nassau street. At
the latter offices II was learned that the
company had been In business o lons
tina but thai II had changed hands on
several occasions. At the suggestion Of
Roger b. Wood. Assistant United States
Attorney, the men were held In $4,000
bail each for a hearing on December Is.
In default, of surety they were sent to
the Tombs.
Jose DE Ia Pax, an once boy employed
by the Adic Company. Is named In the
complaint against Gotting and Mont. He
will probably be arraigned before the
Commissioner to-day. Other persons are
concerned In the alleged conspiracy. said
TO have been conceived on November l.
but their names have not been divulged
as yet.
silent About Plot.
For some reason the Federal authors
ties prefer to remain silent about the
details of the alleged plot. Assistant
United States Attorney Wood and the
customs officials who made the arrests
insisted tina they had acted chiefly on
information from Washington and that
they were unable to say which Mexican
| faction was to benefit from the con-
sp,racy to get round the embargo on
the SHIPMENT OF arms IND ammunition 10
Mexico.
On November II. II Is alleged. over zoo
harmless looking cases. supposed to con
tain plumbers supplies. candy workine
machinery. paper cutting knives and
other hardware were shipped by the de-
PENDANTS. Getting and Mont. on the
Ward liner Esperansa. At Vera Cruz
they were passed through the Custom
House.
Several days after the hardware" had
reached its destination the Washington
authorities learned In some mysterioui
way that the receipt Of the shipment hat
~gladdened the heart Of a certain Mexi'
can leader who was In need OF small
arms and cartridges. From the fact thai
the shipment was made via Vera Cruz
It IL not considered at all likely that Il
was destined for villa. although II may
ca sily have been for the Diax or Zapats
faction.
Illegal Act Charged.
Under the customs laws. It 70 illegal Il
m~isbrand merchandise shipped out Of thu
country. as It involves the making o
false manifests. II was on this statute
that Getting and Mont were held. The!
were represented by Ely Neumann. al
attorney of As broadway.
In asking for high bail for the de
PENDANTS the prosecutor declared the OF
fence was a serious n In view of tn
fact that the American troops were still
In Mexico. II is known. however. tina
the customs authorities do not entertain
the theory that the ammunition was I
be used in n contemplated attack on tn
American forces. or even for anothe
raid on the American border towns.
The charge against Mont and Gottin
was made by Charles j. Cas-. Actin
Deputy Collector OF Customs. According
TO his complaint. the conspirators di
not intend to abate their efforts afte
shipping the revolvers and cartridges o.
the Esperanza. but contemplated sendin
large quantities" of arms and ammuni
ton into Mexico by similar methods.
After the arrests were made yesterda
several customs agents were placed !
charge OF the offices Of the Adic com
many