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Show Accused of Uobbory. Asm,lT... -S.pt . 17 Chief of To-l.ce To-l.ce .:.,,, p.,.,.,. , ,.,,,;,,, Moxl,.,x and l.iei.i, ;,..,,! ivi,M.,-l Kodrmuox of iho MOMC.lM f,.,,..;, ;,,,,- ,,.,, ,.,. ,.,-,,,,, on orders O.-i.or.U Murgma. accused of i.-niplvuy , ,- ,-,.,-,., ,.,,Mn.,.v f , luxp.in otii.o ,.r the IVim-Mex oil com-I'.ini. com-I'.ini. :in Aniern-an corporation It Is announced i ofiidal udvic-s reaching Washington lodax. I'r.icticallv all the n-.cml.ers of lhe r.-bher hand, numberlng t. nly-eiglil m all. have hc-n arrested and the pi is mors, without cvcepi i,,. the d sn.itches -..,1,1. have ,1. clured under oath that Lieutenant Colonel Kod ri e mv. as in command of lhe band ai th,. ,, ,,f ,hl, robbery n,,,l pc-sonaMv d' reeled the work. in,, robbers secured about J in naa jM gel, I. of nlKol, .1 is s.inl ,-bief ,,f 1'ollce i'erei- recoiled $-.o, The arrests were tin- result of Conroal Murguia's promHe ol support to the o l men if Uiov culd prove that iiiii soldier or ,-lvil 'official parucipaled in any way in the freulient robber' es of Americans in lhe oil regions A number of oi'io'als of iho ,-U companies m the Tampico and Tuvpan uislrlcts Uuickl- rounded up the robbers, most of them s.-ldiers. and turned them over to Mursuia. Thev then told him of the coniplicitv of the police chief and the nrinv officer, who ere then confronted by the arrested robbe-s. The latter did not retract their charges when brought face to face with '.!-o accused, and tien-er.il tien-er.il Murgia placed both of them under arrest. |