The Topeka state journal., 1919-11-28
WHAT ABOUT MEXICO NOW?

Mexico has called another on of the
j, silly celebrated bl ifs of our state de-
partment. S, flatly refuses to COM
ply with the demand for the release
of Jenkins If we shall follow prece-
dent, the next move will be an order
from President Wilson for somebody
to take Vera Cruz
william o. Jenkins. United States
consular agent at Puebla, Mexico, the
second city in point of size in Mexico,
was kidnapped and held for $3.50, 1000,
ransom on October 10, 1919. He was
released on payment of the ransom
by his friends on October &c, 1919.
He has since been arrested and placed
in prison by the Mexican authorities.
Since President Wilson warned
Mexico that the United States may
be forced to adopt a radical change in
it's. policy with Mexico. on. July %.
1919, these are a few of the things
that have happened:
Attack on and robbery of sailors of
the U. S. S. Cheyenne.
Philip Thompson. fourteen-year-o old
son of John West Thompson, released
by Mexican bandits on payment of
1000 pesos.
Murder of Theodore Patterson,
manager of the. Aranzazu copper
mine.
Statement of DR.. and Mrs. Charles
T. Sturgis that they were held prison
ers by Mexican bandits for eight
months, during which :time Mrs. w.
H. Keenright, the mother of Mrs.
Sturgis, was starved to death.
Two American army aviators. Lieu
tenants H.. C. Peterson and Paul H.
Davis, held captive by Mexican bandits
and released on payment of $500
ransom.
Mrs. Adele S. De Niemeyer. of San
Francisco, an American, reported that
her husband, a Mexican. had been
killed by Mexican bandits on train
near Salina Cruz.
r. A. Gonenaga, an American citizen,
and a native of Porto Rico, kidnapped
and held for ransom by Mex -an
bandits near Mexico City.
Leslie Webb. an American citizen,
slightly injured during an attack by
DdHullS OIL d lTuCh tram.
I Bandits raided the Tuxpam office
of the Pennsylvania Mexico Fuel com
pany and stole $4,000 pesos.
| Joseph NJ. Gnffey, of New York and
a party in launches, fired upon by
bandits and robbed near Tampico.
Albert Won Hoffman, of st. Louis
held up and robbed of $4,000
! Adam Schaefer. an American citi-
] zen, murdered by Mexican bandits.
/ A. P. Hennessey. an American motor
truck driver. and four Mexican sol
diers, who accompanied him, killed. by
Yaqui Indians.
Murder of Herbert S. McGilI. ar
American citizen, Chicago, Ill, by
Mexican bandits. After being wounded
from ambush he was beaten to de- Il
and his body thrown into the Coaps
river.
Louis Hibner an Austrian subject
killed by Mexican government troops
at his ranch near Paraiso, who mis-
took him for an American.
A ransom of $4,000 paid Mexicans
for, the release of DR.. ]. w. Smith. al
American mining man, and E. Mon
son. Believed to be subject Of
| Sweden.
Finding and Identification of tht
bodies of Lieuts. Cecil H. Connolly and
Frederick B. waterhouse of the United
States army aviation service at Bahia
Los Angeles. Southern California
When patrelling the Mexican border
they were forced to land and when al
most dead from starvation and thifs
were killed by Mexicans.
Release of Lindley. Harper -Spiller
an American citizen. who was kid
naped and held for ransom near Vers
Cruz. SpiIier was released on the ap-
lpearance of a substitute hostage fol
Whose release 5000 was paid.