Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-05-30
MORGAN KILLED
BY SIX BANDITS
ALL WELL. ARME D
American Manager of Amer
lean Owned Plantation and
Assistant Bound and Then
Murdered in Brutal Manner
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Washington, May 29-The state
department has reported to George
G. Wright of Kansas City. Mo-, owner
of the Chivela plantation in the state
of 0aXaca, Mexico. details of the muir
der Of Edward e, Morgan, American
manager of the properly, and his as
sistant, Ruiz. The crime was commit
ted in the early part of April The
victims were unprovided with any
means of defense. They were set upon
BY six or eight men armed with rifles,
their hands We're tied behind them,
their Threats were cut and each was
shot three times, Morgan also was
stabbed through the body The Off
cial advices were set forth in a letter
to Mr. Wright, the fun text of which
is here given:
Department of State Washing
ton, d. c., April 16. 1919.
Mr.. George G.. Wright, 1214
Grand Avenue Temple Building,
Kansas City, Mo.
Dear Sir:--In further reply to
your telegram of April 8, in re-
gard to the murder of Mr.. Edward
Il. Morgan in Mexico, ! have to
inform you that / have received
from the consul at Salina Cruz
telegram dated April l, 10 a. M,
in substance as follows; The
murderers were six or eight men
armed with rifles. Witnesses saw
them but assert that they did not
recognize them. The Threats of
both Mr.. Morgan and Mr.. Ruiz,
his assistant, were cut, and Nor
gan Was stabbed through the
body. Each was shot three times.
Their arms were tied behind
them an dthey had no chance to
escape The law Of Mexico for
bids the shipment OF remains
from that country for seven years,
but the president of Mexico has
power TO waive this requirement,
and did so i'll another recent case.
The military authorities are show
ing conmendab4e zeal III their eff
forts to appreiehd the murder
ers
Il am,
For the acting secretary Of
state:
tSigned) ALVEY A. ADEE.
Second Assistant Secretary
Family Was in Texas.
Due to the unsettled conditions lnI
residing at Houston, Tex. and was not
on the plantation when the murders
We're committed
Mr.. Morgan had been a resident of
Mexico for many years. He was kind
to the natives, understood them and
was generally liked by the people liv-
ing in the country about the Chivela |
plantation. There is a colony of 500
natives on the property and the Amer |
lean manager invariably came to their |
assistance in times of great need, Re- |
turning to the plantation in 1916 afterl
a lengthy enforced stay in the United |
States because revolutionary condi- !
tons had made it impossible to work
the property, he found the colonists
in q desperate situation. On making
n trip of inspection of the plantation
he noticed that on passing the homes
of the colonists none of the women
appeared, He learned on inquiry or
their men-folk thar the women had so
little clothing that they were ashamed /
TO be seen. At his own expense, Mr..
Morgan saw that cloth was provided
to clothe the entire colony.
In letter to the National Assocla-
ton for the Protection of American
Rights in Mexico, Mr.. Wright says re-
garding the murder of Morgan;
THE state department advises that
l appoint a representative to look al
ter my interests at ChiVe'a. While ful-
" approaching any suggestion from
the department, ! would have very
small regard for the life of my fellow
man to send an American there to
take charge, knowing that we are not
allowed firearms for ourselves or for
the natives who assist us in defending
our pronerty y