The weekly Iberian., 1919-11-15
OFFICIAL REPORT ON
MEXICAN OU.TRACES
Details of Various Deprada-
tions and Robbers Told in
Summary just Compiled.

Washington - Six employees were
murdered and more than $71,S95 in
American gold stolen from oil com
panies operating in the Tampico oil
region during July, August and Sep.
tember, according to an official report
i just compiled. it was learned this
week. Six bandits implicated in two
! of the outraees were arrested and two
/ of them publicly executed.
/ Carranza soldiers were implicated In
some of the outrages. the report stat.
1 ed, although in sOmn Of the camps
of the resion the federal soldiers were
behaving we'll On September % a
/ camp at Comale was raided by 4O0
/ Carranza soldiers who stole all the
clothing of the foreign employees and
drove away the last mule III the camp.
On August II the repo1, shows two
masked bandits killed the head car
penter at camp near El Tiere in
the presence of his wife, the two being
the only persons in the camp at the
time, and stole money and property
totaling more than 5000 August l9
three masked bandits entered Cara
patas and robbed Americans of money
and jewelry totaling more than 500.
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
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 Mex n regulations. On July
an attempc 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 26 Mexican army paymaster,
two officers and assistants comman.
deered the launch of one of the oil
companies, and after II was loaded
with tequilla and beer took it to Palo
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 $12.219 in cash and clothing, /
an automobile and food supplies worth |
approximately $17O0 On August / two
Carranza soldiers robbed an American
at Zapotal of 5000, clothes and other I
valuables. On August 4 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
was recovered. The report
Of this incident says
"This incident stands by itself in
that in the majority OF the robberies
previously the authorities
always had the excuse that the guilty
parties could not be found In this
case 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 $11.722 in American
money from the safe and personal ef-
Fects of employees valued at $3.50. The
company complained so vigorously
hat the military authorities arrested
.hree men who confessed, duplicating
| lieutenant colonel of the federal
army who was detained. Two of these
men were publicly executed August
Il. On September II, the camp at
oanucO was robbed of $72 in gold.
On September 90 the pumper at the
'azzi pump station was killed