The Mena weekly star., 1919-11-13
AMERICAN LIVES
CHEAP IN MEXICO
Report Shows That in Tampico Field
Six Americans Were Killed and
$4,000 Stolen During
Three Months.

Washington, Nov. Six employees
we're killed, and more than $4,000 in
American gold stolen from oil com
panies operating in Tampico oil re-
gions during July, August and Sep
tember, according to an official re-
port just compiled, it was learned to-
day The bandits implicated in the
outrages were arrested and two of
them publicly executed.
Carranza soldiers were implicated
in some of the outrages, the report
stated. altho in some of the camps Of
the region the federal soldiers were
behaving we'll" On September 23
camp at Comale was raided by 400
Carranza soldiers who stole all of 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
carpenter at camp near FL Tigre in
the presence Of his wife, the two be-
ing the only persons in the camp at
the time, and stole money and prop
erty totaling more than 5000.
August 10 three masked bandits en-
tered Garrapatas and robbed Ameri-
cans Of money and jewelry totaling
more than $500 On August 10 Luis
Guitterex and an American named
Kenneth De Lacey were robbed of the
company payroll amounting Of $4,000
between Soledad and Tepetate. Mel
Their man knew payroll was to be
sent Gatil ten minutes before they
started, but the Mexican government
officials had been previously notified in
accordance with Mexican regulations.
On July 4 an attempt had been made
by seven armed men to hold up men
carrying the payroll at almost the
same point but were outwitted
Continuing, the report says that on
August 26 Army Paymaster Antonio
Legaspe, two officials and assistants,
Communicated the launch of one of
the oil companies, and after it was
loaded with tequila and beer took it
to Palo Blanco, where they enter
tanned some notorious women of the
town for five days. When in druk-
en- orgy they set fire to the launch.
Bandits raided the camp of Guaya-
balillo and stole more than $12,219 in
cash and clothing, an automobile and
food supplies worth approximately
81 700. On August at Tejatete
$1,700. On August l two Carranza
soldiers robbed an American at Zapo-
tai Of 5000. clothes and other valu-
ables.
On August at Tepatete a group Of
robbers held up two Americans III 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 Of this incl
dent says:
THE incident stands by itself in
that the majority of the robberies per-
petrated previously the authorities al
ways had the excuse that guilty par
ties could not be found. In this case
the guilty men are in their hands, to-
gether with the unimpeachable proof
Of their guilt"
Seven men robbed the company Of
fees at Alvarez terminal on August
Ia, the report further says, taking
Mexican gold equal to S11,722 in
American money from the safe and
personal effects Of employees valued at
$500 The company complained so
vigorously that the military authori-
ties confessed. duplicating Lieutenant
Colonel Barnabe Rodriguez of the
federal army, who was detained Two
Of the men were publicly executed Au-
gust H.
on September u the camp at Pa
nuco was robbed Of $72 gold On Sep
TENDER 20 the pumper at the Pazzi
pump station was killed