The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-11-22
UNITED STATES NEAR

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in peace on this side OF the Rio
Grande.
Up to a late hour tonight no reply
had been received at the state de-
Bartment to the note demanding the
release Of the consular agent. Mean
time. though. the department. gave
out the complete report OF Jenkins
capture by bandits. the payment Of
a ransom of $4,000, and his subse-
quent release and Imprisonment by
Mexican authorities because they
charged his Kidnapping to have been
the result of a conspiracy. and de-
clared him to be one OF the conspira-
tors.
The consular agent summarized In
dollars and cents, his entire loss In
connection with the kidnapping, and
it's unpleasant developments. Fol-
lowing are his expenses:
Ransom paid and to be paid. $780,
900.
Money. and effects stolen from Of
flee. $50, S23.65.
Money taken from pockets. a122.
Hospital fees for sci! and wife, 9320.
Expenses for kilograms, $435.25
Expenses for messengers to moun-
tains, $40.
Expenses for coaches and automo-
biles. 1921.
Expenses Lie Mestre while in Pueb-
la. $3.50.
To be paid to lawyers in his defense
as well as remuneration for himself
''as he is poor man." $4,000.
Total fMcxican gold) 1857 341.e1.
Total american money! Sl7S,-
67095
One paragraph in jenkins letter
describes conditions in and near
Puebla, the second largest city In
Mexico, and only a short distance
from the capital of the country. 1t Is
as follows:
The rebels are only few miles
distance. They have been there for
months and years; they plant. cult
vate and gather their crops entirely
unmolested. the whole countryside Is
with them, and yet the. government
apparently makes no effort to drive
them away and give decent protection
to this city. There are in the imm"-
date vicinity OF this city not less than
a half dozen important bands Of
rebels, all OF them well known to the
government and no determined eff
fort has ever been made to night them.
This Is the situation as IL is today. Of
this city"
Jenkins letter shows how miserable
his lot has been up to November I.
the date on which 1t was written. and
likewise revealed the bandits who
were led by FREDERICK Cordoba, had
intended to kidnap and hold for ran
som the British vice-consul, William
Hardaker in Puebla, Luckily for
Hardaker he was In Mexico City.
Five of Jenkins friends Responded
with their lives for the payment Of
the balance OF the ransom money"
Yassi n
Further payments have brought the
balance down to about 100000 pesos.
1T Is my intention he said. "to
make these arrangements as best
can for the immediate payment of all
the balance due and recover the docu-
ment that was extended to Cordoba.
thus releasing my friends from tn.
great responsibility they have as.
sumed.
Il feel absolutely certain that any
failure TO comply with the obligations
of that document would result in tn.
immediate death of these friends and
myself as it is we'll known that the
rebels can with all ease perpetratc
most any crime that they desire"
Unsettled conditions below the Rio
Grande show no prospects of
change. Indeed they may grow more
unsettled. The capture OF Felipe
tNiiEtiGSs to- pdttHtT DI tEdnCtECo
Villa, by Carranza troops may rouse
the border "firebrand' to. the point
where he would renew open hostili-
ties against Carranza authorities. and
thus plunge Northern Mexico into
deeper chaos, Villa was reported to-
day to be in Southern Chihuahua, ae-
eordinG to advices received here.
In Angeles ia executed II Is believed
certain Nillaewili exact reprisals and
he Is said to have 5000 well armed
MEN within easy call,
The last rebel leader OF any conse-
quence to enter Mexico was General
Aurelio Banquet. who prepared for
a revolution and was landed early
this spring with a group of his fol-
lowers near Tampico. He was cap
tured. though, and Immediately ex-
ecuted
Angeles has wife. a son and two
daughters now living in New York.