The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-04-06
MEXICANS FREED OF
SMUGGLING CHARGE
testimony in $4,000 Dia-
mond Necklace Case Casts
Light on Political Plots.
$1,000. 900 ESTATE LOST


AFTER a three Gays tr'ai netore Judge
farland Il, Howe In the United States
ns.rict Court. Cecilio Ocon. n Mexican
,..u., r,r,,..s and hi. ,o,n,m,.
|"N
Pablo n '"peA' were "'pu'''eu Ses'er-
day OF a charge OF conspiring to smug-
ss a diamond necklace worth &l2,5OO
NV ,u,,,cd mai Iopez brought Tho pccLS
lace In last rcoruary, nut the Jury. after
desatins huou' iour hours uecideu tnat
,here had neen "o intent 10 evade inc
psHn"n' """e' H""e "'s-
ehars'u ~ ,.
In ...,,,,r.on, vas,na. ..',,s.H
0, 'ne 49,. $3.50. pv'ncS, ~
so"su ,ho 5-o,.,aar, L,s .,u.S S A
hsu a, noo ana All h,s nsonn. ~
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~ r.ii,,;,ds .na 49, . ,o
IL" w,s ronasr.tcd af,cr oco, "a
~. country Nth I:ep Diay
orons arrest in March was ,h. "a.
.r, NJ An Investigation fo,,owinv Tho
,s,a,,, bv the custou,s au,bori,ie. haze
=, ,n ANONYMOUS letter acc,,sinc certain
,,on,nen, MeSjcans OF smuurlinp into
'h,. ,oun,ry loo, which had heer' oh
aimed nv them during the revoiutio,ary
.s,rbics ,~,l,oujuv Tho d,wn,an -
uuort, The latter. which vas In.
,rod,r.d "a. documentary evidence n,
4 IN. trial. mentioned as parties To This
sbeuc Major t.scalente. oriyate sec
re,ary =, Carranza's Minister of the
treasury Manuel Lopez. chief az no.
la in Mexico CITY, ana Ienha -,
Banco. a lawyer.
Letter Received March 4.
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/ ms, ,orra ,ron, otNe,s' n"u
,,or. -, , 49, ~ a TAKEN
"a w.. ,t,,.Nsn. u'"s "ouse NJ
c,.,,ms tn.n.o,n.s s,uee
ts,Ts rnr,a ,hn, ~ N!'e anu
,.,.c- h,t ',, - !" nanneu III the
49,, "u w .niS country oslen-
So s % mission. Ihey
y" ,"e "un. ga. WIN radio a.
l"i"]' 'nr a'Ieged carrier OF the dia-
NV, "evN''ve' OUT returned hurriedly
/" $780, "ppd'eht'y WITHOUT cofnplet-
sfi'r ocon and Pablo Lopez were ar
rta
SCI iorth tnat the
=. - ousn WIN e"e'h Piehty
."N"'' "h.'t"''es VI great Naiue,
',t "'heF Costly drugs when
'|''"eu iroih 'ooti'ig ana plumber
"e ." ,"' "~eishporIhs republic. The
49, dN' SPOKE o' Il ano neck
"a "'''n 'le men had ~endeavored Ia
70 30 = MtNlcan named Orozco Castro
N,' i'ote! .\stor.
rae customs inspectors were unable 20
c'h.il iht story told IN the communica-
10" 't the supplementary umo tina,
u proceeds from the sale OF the loo;
''' - lie used TO help finance a revo
!u'o1 TO return Felix Diaz to power.
IAc. succeeded. however. in locatins
A'd.utble necklace in the modest APART
hsli a; ?o5 Columbus avenue which
V,'n was occupying with his pretty
MeNiru wife n four children.
t..'. examination by Assistant
Gated States Attorney Frank carstar-
I1eu. ocon Insisted that the necklace
:. c,lonsed 10 hts wife and had been sent
f,re by a friend without his, Ocon's,
solicitation. He did not know, he swore,
that It had been brought in by. the mes
senger without. the payment OF duty.
says nj Wal r
Oues,nu.d hy his .,,o,n.,. Ioh, +,
Neara, o,on said he left Nexicn In no.
tober. 1914, .,auss Huerta had ordered
hAs execution. lie had aroused JIuer, 49,