The sun., 1919-06-03
CARRANZA LOOT"
SHOWN IN DETAIL
Manager Of English Bank Tells
How Gold and Silver Bars
Were Taken.
DENOUNCES MEXICANs
W. B. Mitchell Says Statement
Of Secretary of Treasury
Is Untrue.

Little but lies can be expected from
liars. even As little but theft can be
looked for from thieves
This is the general conclusion reached
by william B. Mitchell Of Forest Hills,
who was manager OF the Banco de
Londres y Mexico in Mexico city, un-
I'll. he charges that Carranza looted its
vaults of 100000 in hard cash and
then abrogated its charter. after he read
in THE SUN yesterday morning that Mex
ico's Secretary Of the Treasury. Luis
Cabrera. denied the charges that have
been made by Mr.. Mitchell in the SUI
preme Court OF New York
II was in the course OF a suit to keep
$4,000 OF the former banks cash in
the United States out OF the hands of
the grasping Carranza, who is now at
tempting to use the courts of the United
States to complete the Job OF bank loot
Ing, that Mr.. Mitchell described the
methods by which the so-called President
of Mexico sent troops to seize the vaults,
tmprison Mr.. Mitchell. maltreat him,
threaten him with death and eventually
force him to open the steel Golfers Ca
orera. remembered In this country as
one of the commissioners at the farcical
New London Atlantic City powwow.
when Mexico-Carranza rather-wanted
money desperately and was trying to
soft solder the Administration into lend
ing hundred millions or so. denied that
Carranza had robbed the bank or mis-
treated Mr.. Mitchell. Cabrera stated
smoothly that the transaction referred
TO was a loan" a perfectly legitimate
loan, legally obtained. and that the
money would be returned in that sweet
by and by. ''as soon as the Governments
financial condition will permit"
"Defence or ScoundreIs."
The impudent defence of scoundrels,"
said Saul F. Rogers of 66 Broadway,
Mr.. Mitchelrs counsel, when he was
asked last night to reply to Cabrera and
state the facts. I'VE have absolute doc
umentary evidence by the hand and I'M
der the seal of the Carranza Govern
nent to prove the facts OF the looting Of
the bank.
I'm the first place the extraction Of
the gold and silver bars from the vaults
OF the bank by the Mexican Government
after imprsoning the officers Of the bank
cannot be regarded as a loan and was
never taken by the Mexican Government
as a loan. The documents which speak
for themselves state unequivocally that
the gold and silver bars were TO be
removed from the vaults of the bank
for the purpose OF coinage in the Mexi-
can mint and that the product Of the
coinage would be returned to the vaults
OF the bank
THE first correspondence on that ques-
ton In the order. exhibit G, attached to
Mr.. Mitchell's affidavit. addressed to the
Bank of London and Mexico by the
Treasury Department of Mexico as fol-
iows:
First Table. File SIS. No. 6676. -.
By order OF the First Chief please
give the necessary orders so that the
gold and silver bars that the bank
has in deposit as guarantee for it's
bank note issues be immedia tely sent
TO the mint, through the Sociedad
Ahnadora de Metales. for their i'm
mediate coinage
Constitution and Reforms. Mexico.
18th December. 1916.
The Chief Clerk.
r. NJ MILAN ALBA (Signed).
To the Bank OF London and Mexico.
Mr.. Mitchell thereupon sent teIe-
gram to the Treasury Department which
"a exhibit J, attached to his motion
papers as follows:
Referring order extraction bars for
their coinage by mint. order received
today from Finance Department.
Beg you respectfully state to me, in
reply. whether product coinage will
Renter banks vaults
BANco DE LoNpREs MEXICO.
w. B. MITCHELL (Signed),
Manager.
In response he received a telegram
from the Sub-secretary OF the Treasury
Of Mexico reading as follows; which is
exhibit K:
Referring your telegram yesterday.
or course coins product coinage will
reenter banks vaults.
The Sub-eecretary.
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