The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1920-04-10
MEXICAN OUTRACES
UPON AMERICANS
Charges Steadily Piling Up
Against the Carranza
Government.

Washington. - Twenty-fOur OUT
RACES upon Americans in Mexico are
listed as follows since December
last:
December 9, 1919-Consul Boyle OF
Mexicala announced the brutal and In
human treatment of w. K. Milton,
discharged American soldier, who was
taken to Calexico, Cal, suffering from
broken bones, cuts and bruises.
December 5-Mexican bandits raid
ed the Clareno ranch on the American
side of the Rio Grande, near apata'
Texas, 1ooting the store and stealing
number of the horses.
December 13-Frank Huge, manag-
err of the ]. NJ. Dobies ranch near Mes
quiz, State of Coahuila, kidnapped
and held for $4,000 ransom.
December 1S-H. V. Leonard and II.
O, Martin, members of the crew OF the
submarine tender Pokomoko, arrested
November u by Mexican authorities
and confined in jail at Mazatalan, Sim
aIoa for more than two months.
December 26 - William F. Ogel, an
American farmer living near Juarez,
Mexico, reported missing by the Amer
lean consul, Edward A. Dow.
January 6, 1927 ]. Roney and
Earl Bowles, American oil employees,
killed at Port Lobos, in the Tampico
district.
January state department an
nounced the killing of Gabrielle Porter,
an American employee Of the Penn-Mex-
Oil Company, by a Mexican federal
army officer at Tuxpam, December
q, 1919.
January 9-Mexican bandits raid
and loot the store of F. G. Wall, an
American, at ColOnia, Juarez.
January 1O-Lisandro Gonzales, kill
ed bv Mexican army officer, Camar-
20, Mexico
January 1t-State department an
nounced the robbery Of the Aguilar
Gil Companys pay roll, amounting to
100000, at Tampico. The paymaster
was murdered and three men wound
ed.
January 28-Two army aviators,
Lieutenants E. F. Davis and G. E.
Grimes. who were forced to make
landing in Mexico, were held for sew
eral months before being released.
February 2-Major Walden and
Lieutenant Wolff, army aviators, fore
ed to land near Nacozari, Sonora, de
tanned by Mexican authorities.
February State department an
nounced the abduction and holding fol
ransom of Wilson Welch Adams al
Zacatecas.
February 25-State department an
nounced the kidnapping and holding fol
ransom by Mexicans of Barry Hogarty
an employee of the American Metals
company, at Matimi.
February 28-Ransom NJ. Zardenta
an American citizen, killed at Tampi
co on February II. He was an &C
couutaut fer the Buckley Oil Company
February 2S-Mexican bandits raid
ed the store Of Alexander Frazer a
Montana Camp, Ariz., and wounde
= his brother.
February Estate department al
nounced the murder of Augustus Mo-
rill, So years old formerly America
? consul at Manzanillo.
March 1-R. A Corcoran, superb
= tendent of the Santa Gertrudis min
: at Pachula, murdered.
March 4-Gerald Brandon, CORE
spondent of the Los Angeles Times
expelled from Mexico City as "pe
: nicious foreigner"
s March 5-Peter w. Sommers, a
n American citizen, captured and hel
for ransom.
March 5-Joseph Williams, a
+ American mining engineer employe
Q by the American Smelling and Refi
r ing Company at Paducana, carried o
@ and held for ransom by Pancho Will
s, March 9-Patrick Foley, an employ
u of the Magnolia Petroleum Compar
a. at Tampico killed by bandits.