The St. Mary banner., 1919-11-15
OFFICIAL REPORT On
MEXICAN OlJTRhoD
Details of Various Deprada-
tions and Robbers Told in
Summary Just Compiled.

Washington. - Six employees were
murdered and more than $71,895 in
American gold stolen from oil COM
panies operating in the TampicO oil
region during July, August and Sep
tember, according to an official report
Just compiled, it was learned this
week. Six bandits implicated in two
of the outrages were arrested and two
of them publicly executed.
Carranza soldiers were implicated in
some of the outrages, the report stat
ed. although in some Of the camps
of the region the federal soldiers were
behaving we'll. On September 20
camp at Comale was raided by AGO
Carranza soldiers who stole all the
clothing of the foreign employees and
drove away the last mule in the camp.
On August II the report shows two
masked bandits killed the head car
penter at a camp near Ell Tigre IN
the presence of his wife, the two being
the only persons in the camp at the
time, and stole money and property
totaling more than $500. August ~
three masked bandits entered Cara
patas and robbed Americans OF money
and jewelry totaling more than 500.
On August 16 Luis Gutierrez and an
American named Kenneth de Lacey
were robbed Of the company pay roll
amounting to $4,000, between Soledad
n;+ know
pay roll was to be sent until ten
minutes before they started, but the
Mexican government officials had pre-
viously been notified in accordance
with Mexican regulations. On July 4
an attempt had been made by seven
armed men to hold up men carrying
the pay roll at almost the same point,
but they were outwitted.
Continuing, the report says that on
August 26 a Mexican army paymaster,
two officers and assistants comman-
deered the launch of one OF the oil
companies, and after it was loaded
with teuuilla and beer, took it to Palo
Blanco, where they entertained some
notorious women of the town for five
days. When in a drunken orgy they
set fire to the launch. Bandits raided
the camp at Guayabalillo and stole
more than S12,219 in cash and clothing,
an automobile and food supplies worth
approximately $1700. On August 1 two
Carranza soldiers robbed an American
at Zapotal of 5000, clothes and other
valuables. On August 4 at Tepetate,
a group of robbers held up two Amer
leans in the camp at night, but three
OF them were caught and turned over
to the authorities Much of the stolen
property was recovered. The report
Of this incident says:
This incident stands by itself in
that in the majority of the robberies
perpetrated previously the authorities
always had the excuse that the guilty
parties could not be found. In this
case the guilty men are in their hands,
together with unimpeachable proof of
their guilt"
Seven men robbed the camp office
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the report further says, taking Mexi-
can gold equal to $11,722 in American
money from the safe and personal eff
fects of employees valued at $3.50 The
company complained so vigorously
that the military authorities arrested
three men who confessed, duplicating
| lieutenant colonel of the federal
army who was detained Two OF these
men were publicly executed August
| II. On September II, the camp at
Panuco was robbed of $72 in gold.
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