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Show IH1 FOOLED THE MEXICAN REBELS Leading- Merchant of Mormon Colonies Saved $5850 Out . . .of s6000. . ., Special to The Tribune. EL PASO, Tex., Nov.' lo. There Is exactly ex-actly ?5SoO more money amont; the Mormon Mor-mon colonists today than there would have' been had not Wilfred A." O. Farns-worth. Farns-worth. one of the leading mcrchnntu of the colonics, used his head In outwitting foo rebels, who held him up, together with Orln Itomncy and H. S. Harris and others, oth-ers, who -were solns hacl; to the colonies. colo-nies. Prirnsworth told the rebels that he had hut $100. but could set. the other $50 demanded of him for. tho ransom of himself and his companions He drove off In his buggy, saying that he would be bacU with the extra 100 pesos. He won returned, delivered the money and started back to tin: American side of tho line- After he had crossed the line he reached up to ihe top of his hussy and removed thft SRSoO which was left of 5C000 that lie had In his posocpelon, and told how he had deceived the rebel3 hy pretcndlntr to ko to a friend for ihe money demanded. Apostle A. V.'. Kins ia expected .Saturday .Satur-day to ko over the affairs of the church colony and to dccldu oil a tlnal fcltlemmil of the Mexican colony affairs. It was for tho purpose of brlnginrr tho account hooka to 131 Paso for Apostle Kins' In-f-pecliou that the mr-n wont to Mexico. The claims, nmountln;," to more than a million dollars, which resulted from Ihe Invasion o: the rebels, have not yet been adjusted, but will be bandied by Hcnator Reed Snioct or some prominent attorney. |