The daily morning oasis., 1920-06-19
Alleged Custom
Continued from Page One)

t his office. he showed me tele-
;raphic order from the Director OF
ne Nogales Customs House, Mr.. Al
onso Sanchez Gavito, asking that |
70 arrested, and saying that an Of
Ger of the Nogales Customs House
vas on his way to bring me back to !
re border city a prisoner. And al |
hough said order was arbitrary in !
ne extreme and illegal, | did not at
,empt to seek protection by lega! pro-
"eedings in Guaymas, thinking that
j would be granted to me in Nogales.
n response to my urgent kilograms.
As luck woul>' have it, this aid could
lot be transm tied to me on account
# the day being Sunday; and not
having received an answer to my tele-
gram in Guaymas nor on the way up
notifying me fiat said protection had
zen granted, decided to evade the
igilance of my guard by quitting
lie train at Casita, so as not to give
II. Sanchez Gavito the pleasure OF
cling me, even though my act might
an hours behind the iron bars of a
prison CELL / wish here to call at
olition to the fact that, as l after
or,ls learned. this Mr.. Gavito boast
publicly of having me in Jail; and
eep indeed must have been his
'harein when his employee returned
/ it'll the information that l. his prls-
/ .,cr. had disappeared and could not
| lie found.
The vigilance exercised in guard
IT my house after this was more
| han inouisitol1aI, as Mr.. Director of
/ he Customs House displayed great
/ fray of force and authority during
| he hours of the day and night b!
| keeping my home surrounded not
My By four Customs House guards.
ut bv armed soldiers from the gar
ison. l leave the comments of this
roceeding to the consideration of the
public.
On Monday, June 14th. at P. M.
was granite provisional suspen-
ion OF the charge by the District
Judge, and shortly afterward an
automobile was sent to Casita for
me, arriving there at eleven that
night. The neyt day, Tuesday at
time o'clock in the morning, accom-
! panied by my attorneys I presented
/ myself voluntarily at the tribunal of
.he District and requested the Judge
20 take my first deposition, and ask
ag the court 10 receive and compare
excessively the documents proving
lat the firm OF Julio Pinn & Co., had
! aid to the cent the export duties on
t'.c articles mentioned in the charges
f the Director and consigned through
. Customs House of this place
Having fimAned taking my de-
position about noon, the Judge of the
District appointed the hour of 9 P. |
VI. for meeting at the offices of |
Julio Pinn & Co, with the Clerk of |
the Court and the Prosecuting At |
orney, in order to examine and re- |
GIVE the documents referred to in
my deposition, and which l offered as |
evidence Of my innocence In accord |
;nce with arrangement with the Dis |
:rict Judge and the Prosecuting At |
torney, I WAS NOT INCARCERAT-
ED FOR A SINGLE MOMENT, thus
depriving Mr.. Director of the Gus
IONS House, Sanchez Gavito, of his |
opes of throwing me into jail, said |
Iunctionary having speeded my ar
lest and proceeded by every possible
means with tho CELEBRITY of man
Blinded by his personal animosity or
6y his declared inability.
Among the documents and books |
If account presented by me to the |
District Court is the copy Of the let |
ar. sent by me to the Administrator |
{ the Customs House, with which |
aid functionaly OUGHT TO HAVE |
Il E Ed THE LA w
SUIT AND WHICH LETTER HE |
fNSIDIOUSLY NEGLECTED, and
IL