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Show Former Mayor- of Juarez Is Seized With His, Companion TRIED TO BUY GUNS .FOR REVOLT, CLAIM Fake Hardware Store to Be Opened Near Border to Supply Army ST. LOUIS, May 1. One of two Mexicans under arrest here today, ac-I ac-I cording to police, said he was Manuel M. Prleto, mayor of Juarez, Mexico, from 1914 to. 1916, and that he camo to St. Louis recently to 'purchase arms for General Alvara Obregon and the armies revolting against tho Carranza. government. Prieto and a man whortoday as- sorted lie was Raymond RMorfln, of I El Paso, were arrested yesterday on j suspicion when It wa learned the were in posossion of ?27,00. They gave different names then and" asserted as-serted they were hardware dealers of j Douglas, Ariz. Morfin, police say, I has not deviated from his original I story. I Prieto, acording to police, asserted he was formerly ' a member of the i Mexican congress, and came to Che United States two weeks ago ,and withdrew with-drew ?3d,000 from Uiortited.stSawsl NatIo3 ai-bh'n'k-cttougla'snpii vnaso -arms and ammunition. v He acted on his own initiative and not on orders of Obregon, police say, ho emphasized Morfin joined him, he is reported as saying, and after purchasing tho arms they intended tA) open a hardware hard-ware store in El Paso tin d. furnish the articles to Obregon through it., The3 were unable to purchase the arms, it was said, because of inability to furnish fur-nish business references. Both men are held for government agents. |