Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-09-02
ANOTHER CITIZEN
Of U.S. KILLED BY
MEXICAN BANDITS
Adam ShaeffeI Resident of
Pittsburgh, Pau Murdered
At Mining Property Owned
and Operated By Him.

El Paso, Texas, Sept. 1.-Adarr
Shaeffer, an American, was killed bN
Mexican bandits at his mine in the
state of Zacatecas, August 2S, accord.
ing to telegram received by the
American Smelling and Refining com.
pany here today Shaeffer was az
independent mining operator and was
fifty-five years old.
News OF Shaeffers killing was re.
ceived here today at the American
smelling and Refining company
Nexican headquarters from its Off
Gals in Aguas Calientes, Mexico.
The home of the dead man In the
United States was not given In the
telegram. He was general manager
Of the Cinco Estcellas mine, an indie
pendent property near Pinos, Zacate :
cas-. A band of Mexican bandits.
operating Independently, was report :
ed near Salinas, Zacatecas, last week
and it is believed here it was this band
that murdered the mining operator.
His mine is located off the railroad
line and several daNs may be required
to obtain details of his killing.
Ten Years In Mexico.
Shaeffer's home has been in Mex
leo for more than ter years, and his
mother and sister live in Pittsbul =,
Fa., according to records on file hero
with a local mining brokerage firm.
This firm confirmed tho statement
of the American Smelling and Ra-
fling ccmrany's officials that Shaeffer
was an American citizen.
Shaeffer Transacted his banking
and mining business in FL Paso Her.
man hndreas loca hanker, who has
attended to his banking business FOR
q number of years, said Schaeffsr's
as recorded by him at Mr.,
Andreas' bank, showed he spel'ins
of his last name to be different FROM
that contained in the telegram re-
oeived from Aguas Calientes by the
American Smelling and Refining
officials. There Is no doul,t
however, that the Adam Schaeffer
Enowa here as the Adam "Shaeffer"
killed in Mexico as his bank identift-
cation card showed his address 10
have peen fnos, zacatecas Mexico,
on May 90, The error in The spelling
Of his name Is attributed to the fact
the message was transmitted by Mex
can operators from Agras Calienter,
to- the border.
Carranza troops from San Luis Po-
tosi were sent to Salinas, Zacatecas,
last week to pursue the bandits ope-
rating in that vicinity, according TO
letters received here from Aguas Cal
entes today. 1t is thought here these
bandits were the ones who killed
Pinos is 100 kilometers
from Aguas Calientes and an equal
from San Luis Potosi.
Schaeffer worked for the Parral
Light and Power company at one
time as an engineer and went from
there to Zacatecas, where he acquired
silver-g gold prospects which |
developed into the Cinco Estrellas
mines were being operated bv Schaef-
Ter at the time he was killed.
w. w. Stewart, formerly general
of the Parral Light and |
Power company of Parral, Chihuahua, |
for whom Adam Schaefer worked be- |
fore going to Pinos, stated in FL Paso |
ast night he was positive Schaefer
was q Mexican citizen. having been |
born in Parral He said his father was /
Philip Schaefer, a former resident of
san Antonio, Tex, who went to Par
al in the early days and who was
himself an American citizen, but was
to q Mexican woman, accord
ng to MIR. Stewart The American
and Refining company's min
ng officials, the American consul in
Iuarez and friends of Schaefer were
to Washington and Aguas
-alientes tonight in an effort to estab-
ish Schaefer's citizenship.
No details of Schaefer's killing was
contained in the brief telegram re-
.eived here today. The error in the
pelling of his name was attributed to
he transmission of the message over
dexican wires. There is little doubt
friends here say, that the
nan killed in Zacatecas is the min
ng man known here.
An announcement was made tonight
" the Ell Paso branch of the National
association for the Protection of
american Rights in Mexico. that
ldam Schaefer was an American citi-
en-, according to the information OBJ
aimed by that office. The statement
dded that Schaefer had been in Mex
20 twenty-five years and, because of
is kindness to the natives employed
I his mine, he was considered i'm
lune from attacks by bandits.
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