The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1919-11-06
MURDER RANDLOOTINC
RAMPAN IN THE OIL
FIELDS OF TAMP|C
OFFICIAL REPORT TO WASHING.
Ton SHOWS SIN AMERICANS
SLAt GHrERED AND S1l,895 IN
AMERICAN GOLD TAKEN BY
BANDITS AND CARRANZA
TROOPS IN THREE MONTHS.

Washington Nov Six employees
were murd,rcd aud more than $1l,S95
il American gold stolen from oil com
panics operating in the .Tampco oil
region during July, August and Sep
. tcmbcr. according to an official report
just compiled, il was learned today.
Six bandits implicated in two OF the
oulrasrs wore arrested ANA two Of them
/ publicly executed.
| Cirranza soldiers were implicated in
some of the oulrages the report stat
| ed, although in some OF the camps OF
/ the region the federal soldiers were
behaving well" Sept. %, a camp
at Coinae was raided by four hundred
! Carrlnza soldiers, who stole all the
clothing OF the foreign employees and
drove away the last mule in the camp.
August H. the report shows, two
masked bandits killed the head car.
/ pentor at a camp near III Tigye in the
/ presence o.. his wife the two being the
only persons In the camp at tho time,
'and stole money AMI property totallnf
more than $500. August lg, three
masked bandits entered Garrapatas
/ anu lAbD'U tAlllillAbUo VI lIlOll"A anu
| ieWclry totalling more than 500, Aug
ust 10, Luis Gutierrez and an Ameri-
can named Kennel y. Lacey were roo.
/ bed of The company pay roll, amounting
to $1,000, between Soledad and Tope-
tate. Neither man knew that pay
roll was to be sent. until 10 minutes
before they started. but The Mexican
government officials previously had
i been notified in accordance with MeXi-
can regulations. On July 4, an at
tempt mad been made by seven armed
men to hold up men carrying the pay.
days. When in "a drunken orgy they
were outwitted.
Continuing, the report says that ON
August %, army paymaster Antonio
LegaspL two officials and assistants
Communicated the launch of one Of the
oil companies and after it was loaded
with tequila ana beer, took it to Palo
Blanco, whore they entertained some
notorious women Of the town for five
days. When il is drunken orgy they
set fire to the launch.
Bandits raided the camp at Guaya-
balilo and stole more than $12,919 in
cash and clothing, an automobile and
food supplies worth approximately ST..
700
August !. two Carranza soldiers rob.
bed an American at Zapotal Of $780,
clothes and other valuables.
On August, at Tepetat, a group Of
robbers held up two Americans in the
camp at night, but three of them were
caught and turned over to the authori
ties. Much of the stolen property was
recovered, The report says:
This incident stands by itself, in
that IN the majority of the robberies
perpetuatcd previously the authorities
always had the excuse that the guilty
parties could not be found. In this
case the guiiry men are in their hands,
together with unimpeachabe proof OF
their guilt
Seven men robbed the camp office
at Alvarez terminal on August a. the
report further says taking Mexican
gold equal TO $ll,722 in American mon
ey from the safe and personal effects
Of employees valued at $3.50. The com.
runy complained so vigorously that the
military authorities arrested three men
who confessed, duplicating Lieut.. Col.
Barnabe Rodriguez of the federal army,
who was detained, Two of these men
were publicly executed August II.
Sept. Il, the camp at Panuco was
robbed Of s72 gold.
Sept 90 the pumper at the PazI
pump station was killed.