Show DEMANDS OF AMERICAN FROM JAIL AT T Ambassador Wilson Serves Ultimatum Direct on Governor Gover Gover- nor of T Tamaulipas 1 MEXICO CITY Sept 21 Ignoring 21 Ignoring tho the usual channels of or diplomatic Intercourse in intercourse In In- the thc American ambassador Henr Henry Lano Lane Wilson has made a peremptOry peremptory peremptory per per- demand on Governor Guerra of ot the state of ot Tamaulipas for tor the Immediate release from Crom the Jail at Tampico of W. W C C. Nichols an American fruit grower er Nichols wa was arrested six months ago on a a. charge of ot having killed a bandit Caballos whose apprehension apprehension apprehension hension the authorities had attempted for many months month The embassy was authorized by the administration at W Washington to employ employ em em- ploy whatever means were considered necessary to bring about an amelioration Lion tion of ot Nichols' Nichols condition Ambassador dor Wilson declares he will secure his release even If It It should become necessary sary sarv to land marines from the United States cruiser Des Moines which Is Continued on Pa Page e 4 4 Column 2 2 DEMANDS RELEASE OF AN AMERICAN Ambassador Wilson Th Threatens to 10 Land Marines at T Tampico and Free W W. C C. C Nichols Continued From Prom Page One now In port at Tampico with marines marines ma ma- rines aboard The American ambassador regards the treatment accorded Nichols by the tho Mexican authorities as persecution and has so stated in his message to the governor In support of ot this belief bellet he points to the tho fact that a Mexican has confessed In court to being the slayer of at Caballos Cabanos This confession was disregarded disregarded dis dis- dis I regarded by the court which declared 1 It was prompted by belief bellet on the part of ot the witness that a reward had been offered for tor dead or alive The Mexican was sas not arr the process process pro pro- cess against Nichols was continued on onan onan an aim appeal from the sentence of ot eight years years' Imprisonment Imposed upon him by the Tampico court The Tho appeal is being heard before th the court at Ciudad Victoria the tho state capital The Thc Jail In which Nichols Is lg confined Is Is filthy and overcrowded Ambassador dor Wilson has been treating the tho matI matter matter mat mat- ter tel for several months diplomatically I but has met with delays and accomplished pUshed little In his note to the governor governor gover gover- nor the ambassador reminded him that his message e was not official but that It was to bo be considered none nane the less authoritative He demanded that Nichole Nichols Nichols Nich Nich- ole bo be placed in surroundings more sanitary and In keeping with the tho usage of at civilized d countries pending the tho proceedings against him which Ambassador Ambassador Ambas Ambas- Wilson suggested bo be hastened The killing of Caballos occurred near Tampico Nichols had been vested with authority to arrest the desperado which he succeeded In doing He was taking hm him to Tampico on a a. train when In tho the confusion at the crowded station the captive escaped Nichols and a a. big crowd pursued him Nichols admits firing firing fir fir- ing Ing- but tho the evidence showed that he fired In tho the air The body bady of or Caballos Caban os was found round later several hundred yards from the spot with a bullet through the heart heart- Nichols Nichols' high character has been at attested attested attested at- at tested by a petition signed by American residents of ot Tamaulipas which was sent Bent to the embassy begging In intercession |