The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1919-11-15
OFFICIAL REPORT ON
MEXICAN OUTRACES
Details Of Various Deprada-
tons and Robbers Told in
Summary Just Compiled.

WASHINGTON. - Six employees were
murdered and more than $7l,09o III
American gold stolen from oil com
panies operating in the Tamplco OIL
region during July, August and sep
TENDER, according to an official report
lust compiled, it was learned this
week. Six bandits implicated IN TWO
of the outrages were arrested ana 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 well. On September 20 a
camp at Comale was raided by 4oo
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 FL Tlgre IN
the presence of his wife, the two being
the only persons in the camp at the
time, and stole money and properly
totaling more than 5000. August ~
three masked bandits entered Cara
patas and robbed Americans OF money
and jewelry totaling more than $'Oo.
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
and Tepetate Neither man knew a
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
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 2c a Mexican army paymaster.
two officers and assistants comman-
deered the launch of one OF the oil
companies, and after it was loaded
with tequilla 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 $1,000. On August l two
CarraRza soldiers robbed an American
at Zapotal of 5000, clothes and other
valuables. On August 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
ease the guilty men are in their hands,
together with unimpeachable proof of
their guilt"
Seven men robbed the camp office
at the Alvarez terminal on August IA,
the report further says, taking Mexi-
can gold equal to S11.722 in American
money from the safe and personal Of.
fects of employees valued at $3.50. The
company complained so vigorously
that the military authorities arrested
three men whe confessed, duplicating
lieutenant colonel of the federal
army who was detained. Two OF these
men were. publicly executed August
II. On September IL, the camp at
Panuco was robbed of $72 in gold.
On September 20 the pumper at the
Pazzi pump station was killed.