Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1917-11-23

on instructions from the department
of justice, it being believed that Rod
riguez was in that camp. He confer
red with j. w. Jackson and Deputy
Sheriff Lyman Garrett and they be-
lieved they had their man located.
The first man apprehended proved to
be the wrong Rodriguez. Then they
visited the home of Felipe Ruacho.
The members of the family and Eul-
dilo Arrendo and his wife who were
in the house denied that they knew
any Abraham Rodriguez and that the
man with them was named Lopez.
Permission was asked to look through
the trunks in the house but the men
and women refused to let the officers
have this privilege.
During the discussion following Rod
riguez escaped from the house and
went to his own adobe residence a few
doors above. The officers and Mr..
Jackson followed him and as Mr..
Jackson went past the house he look
ed up into a window and saw Rod
rigueZ with a 30-30 Winchester rife
leveled at his head. Mr.. Jackson
stepped to one side and there ordered
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dynamite the house. Deputy Lyman
Garrett was placed on the stand and
testified that the man had leveled the
rifle at Mr.. Jackson. Mr.. Garrett was
in favor of breaking down the doors
of the house and taking the men, but
was restrained by the other men.
Henry Swink, who acted as interpre-
ter, testified before the u. S. Commits
sioner that the testimony of Messrs.
Jackson and Garrett was correct. All
the witnesses testified that the two
women and the two men (Ruacho and
Arredondo) denied that Rodriguez was
other than one Antonio Lopez and that
they knew nothing about any papers
Mr.. Jackson stated that when they
entered the room they noticed a fire
in the stove which the women had
built. He and Mr. Garrett rushed to
The stove, taking off the lid. They
70 GAd papers bdrning Mr.. jackson
recovered one sheet bearing the name
of Abraham Rodriguez. On this evil
dence and the fact that the women
and men tried in every way to mislead
the United States officials they were
placed under arrest.
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Lordsburg and placed in Jail, Deputy
Sheriff E. w. Webb testified that he
made a threat that he
was going to kill some person at the
mine, using an oath.
A large number of papers, books
and other literature was found in the
house occupied by Rodriguez and all
were addressed to him as the man
sought for by the government. When
arrested the man strenuously denied
that he was Abraham Rodriguez and
insisted that his name was A. |. Lo-
PEI. In the examination he admitted
that his name was Rodriguez and stat.
ed that he was the person who had is
sued the poetry in pamphlet form said
to be l. w. w. literature. He said he
did this for the support of his family
~ the booklets were sold.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arrendondo and Mr..
and Mrs. Ruacho were both placed
under $4,000 bonds each waiting the
action of the Federal grand jury.
They were taken to Deming by Dep
uty Sheriff +. W. Webb and turned
over to the Deputy United States
Marshall there. Rodriguez will be
taken to Chicago, ILL.,, where the war
rants for his arrest were issued.
Rodriguez has been working at the
85 mine for about three months, and
prior TO that time was in correspon-
dence with friends at Valedon. He
was formerly employed at Miami,
Ariz., where the l. w. w. literature
purported to have been gotten out by
him was issued The federal author
tiles are of the opinion that he is
bad man." more evidence Of this be-
in shcwn in his attempt to shoot one
Of his captors.