Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 140, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1919 — Mexicans Strip Hun [ARTICLE]

Mexicans Strip Hun

Villista Bandits Then Turn Him Loose on Range. a tang Winds Up Frolic by Making Things Lively for German Ranchman. Chihuahua City, Mex. —Sauz, a town on the Mexico Central railroad not far from this ci,ty, has been the scene of another adventure, this' time of a- German subject, if Germans are still subjects. Sauz already is notorious enough because in Spanish It is pronounced exactly like “souse.” The Villista bandits, Martin Lopez. Ramon Vega and Epifanio Holguin, were having a frolic in Sauz one day this week. Their trip primarily was to call on a German ranchman by the name of Neiman, who formerly was with the large German wholesale house of northern Mexico, Ketelsen & Degatau. . ' When the Messrs, Lopez, Vega and Holguin called at Neiman’s home the German apparently w’as not at home.

Lopez was chief of the band, a group of 20 horsemen with sugarloaf hats on their heads and glistening bands of cartridges over their shoulders and around their waists. It was the siesta hour. So he stationed his men to watch for the return of the German and lay down on the bed to sleep. Before dreaming of whatever a bandit dreams, Don Martin gave these orders: “My boys, find those two Mexicans who work on this ranch and shoot them at once. Only take them far enough away so that the shots will not wake me up. If you catch the German patron do not shoot him. Merely take everything he has; I mean everything, Including his socks, and then let him go. Bring me his clothes. He dresses well and w T e are about of a size. Ido not want to kill the German. • His race is very valiant. If you see any Chinese shoot them, though. The Chinese are cowardly, peaceful people.” But before the generalissimo dropped off to sleep he .felt the bed move under him. - Neiman, covered 1 with dust, appeared on his hands and knees. “Mi general,” he said, bowing. “Con su permlso.” Lopez called back his men and told, them to carry out his orders. Neimai» was stripped to the skin and “turned loose On the range.” It was a warm day. - .