MEXICO

Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 5 August 1924, Page 9

MEXICO

EXTRA EDITION.

SHOOTING OF MRS EVANS. WAS PROMISED PROTECTION. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT Received Aug. 5, 11.5 a.m. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4. For several weeks before Mrs Evans Was killed near her Mexican hacienda she was forced to live in an embattled estate, despite assurances from the American Ambassador, Mi* Warren, that she would be protected and had nothing to fear, according to a letter from Mrs Evans to her sister here. The letter was written on July 27, and said that she was forced to stay in the town, owing to the fierce threats of the Mexican agrarians. She stated that the Federal General Montes, an enemy of her family, had been placed in charge of the military district in which the hacienda was located on July 15. The water supply was turned off by Federal orders. An appeal to Mr IV arren brought the reply that she was m no danger. Her plight became desperate after the British Charge d’Affaires, Mr Cummins, was compelled by the Mexican Government to withdraw his protection as the result of representations made by Mexico to London. A force of four natives, led and drilled by a war veteran named Camp, assembled at the hacienda, and held the natives at bay recently. Camp was obliged to leave, which may have nrompted the shooting of Mrs Evans'— Reutei^' Received Aug. 5, 11.25 a.m. LONDON, Aug. 4. Mr MacDonald announced in the Commons the murder of Mrs Evans, but did not reply to a question as to what the Government intended to do. —Sydney Sun Cables. MRS EVANS FOREWARNED. ENQUIRIES AFOOT. Received Aug. 5, 1.10 p.m. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4. Mrs Evans, in a letter which her sister received two days after the murder, asserted that a band of Mexican troops had started from Mexico City “to hang the senorn.” News of the threat was brought to her by a friend, and the letter stated that while friends were in an ante-room they overheard attaches say that they had a special order pertaining to Mrs Evans signed by President O’Bregon. “They intend to march to San Pedro, and hang the senora on one of her own trees. My friend said: ‘Don’t let them get you. That’s what I have come to warn you of.’ I don’t think they will get me, but lam very cautious. I am sending my maid to Mexico City to bring men so as to have a little protection. I don’t mean to fire on them if they come, but will try to hold out until the American Ambassador sends someone to help me.” MEXICO CITY, Aug. 4. President O’Bregon personally ordered the civil and military officials in the State of Puelba to undertake an investigation into the slaying of Mrs Evans, and instructions for a minute enquiry were also forwarded from the Departments of Foreign Relations and Interior, while the British Vice-Consul, Mr Hardaker, at Puebla, is reporting directly to the Consul-General, Mr King, at Mexico City, and the United .States Consular agent, Mr Jenkins, is collecting information from the American Embassy.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.