Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 May 1909 — NO LUCK IN EMERY CASE [ARTICLE]

NO LUCK IN EMERY CASE

Claim Against Nicaragua Marked by Death and Assassination. Washington, May 11. The approaching visit of Pedro Gonzales of Nicaragua with instructions for the settlement of the disputed Emery timber cutting concession claim, recalls the singular fataljty which has attended persons identified with the matter. Both of the Emerys, father and son, original holders of the concession, are dead, and on Sunday Judge William L. Penfield of counsel for the Emery company passed away. A number of the Emery employes have been ambushed and assassinated.