El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-13
!. B. ANDREAS
HELD ON BOND
Well Known Cattleman Flat
ly Denies Charge in Fed
eral Indictment.

Y. z. Andreas. a prominent cattle
man, residing at S22 Epson avenue,
FL Paso. was arrested by United States
marshal Jere DuBose, Friday morning,
on a federal Indictment charging him
with -unlawfully making shipment of
munitions of war with intent to export
to Mexico" 1t is alleged in the in
dictment that Mr.. Andreas made a ship
ment of 100 0OO rounds of seven milli-
meter cartridges from Douglas, Ariz.,
to FL Paso. No date was given.
He was arraigned before United
States commissioner Samuel l. Kelly
and his bond was fixed at $500. Her
man NJ Andreas, L. S. Stewart and
John l. Andreas signed the bond for his
release
He has secured attorneys ". W. Tur-
ney and Mason Pollard to defend him.
L is expected thatthe case will come
up for trial at the present term of the
United States district court.
Andreas Makes Statement.
The transaction on which the in
dictment is based took place last Sep
tember.~ said V. B. Andreas today
Not only was there no concealment or
evasion. but as matter of fact 1 noti-
fled representatives Of the department
Of justice and of the army before I
proceeded. and what ! did was with
their knowledge and consent
a business concern in Douglas had
some ammunition on its hands. and
asked US il we could find a buyer. The
ammunition was Offered for sale to
representatives of the Mexican de facto
government, and sale was tentatively
made, our offer being for delivery at
either FL Paso or Douglas then no
titled local representatives of the de-
partment of justice and of the army,
told them the stuff was here and told
them of the trade pending. They told
me 20 go ahead, and said they would
put no guard over the ammunition. The
ammunition was then stored in the Ell
Paso stroage warehouse in the name Of
the collector Of customs in Juarez.
las soon as the money was turned
over We notified the government au-
thorities, according TO our previous
promise They then put a guard over
the ammunition and the guard has been
kept there since; the shipment has
never left Ell Paso. and we took no
steps without consulting the authori-
ties The ammunition was shipped in
a local car from Douglas with other
merchandise, there was no attempt to
conceal II. other stuff was unloaded
from the car and it was switched
around until the ammunition landed in
thorities did not know the shipment
was here or that it had left Douglas
until 1 told them. They advised me
that was violating no law by max
ing the trade in the way IL was made"
Second Charge Filed
Vincent B. Andreas John E Ander-
son. Emilio Ortiz, Bernard Schuster and
c. H. Armijo were arrested this after
noon on charges by a federal grand
jury Indictment returned Thursday, Of
having, on or about the 18th of Sep
TENDER, 1916, conspired to export NUM-
tons of war to Mexico.
Bond OF Mr.. Andreas was fixed at
$500 and that of the others at $1,000
each. All furnished bond
Arthur Schuster, also indicted on the
same charge, was reported sick in a
local hospital and, arrangements were
made for furnishing bond in his case.
These charges arise out Of the same
transaction as the others, ii is said
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