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Show JENKINS RELEASE D ETAILSKM OWN Consular Agent Gives Promissory Prom-issory Notes to Procure Freedom From Captors. WASHINGTON", Nov. I .William 0. Jcukins, Amcricun consular agent at Pnebla, Mexico, gave hia personal note, endorsed by five responsible citizens of I'uebla and Mexico City, to procure bis icleaso ,liv bandits who kidnaped him October JO. Tho full amount of the ransom included also an agreement that the. ba: dits keep $25,000 worth of prop-grtjj prop-grtjj stolen from Jenkins' hacienda. Tho first pavment on the. ransori consisted con-sisted of 31,000 pesos and two drafts for $50(10 each in American gold, the balance being covered bv the note. These facts are disclosed in a statement state-ment which the American 'embassy in Mexico City has been authorized to make rniblic, and which follows: "American Consular Agent Jenkins, who was abducted from iiis nouse in I'uebla on the evening of October 19 after his abductors had taken approximately approxi-mately 50,000 pesos in "old from his afe, was released Sunday afternoon last several miles south of Pneoia and two hours later was placed under the arc of physicians in Latin-American hospital in Puebla, "Jenkins was abducted and held by a band of rebels under the command of Vicdorico Cordoba, with whom negotiations negotia-tions for Jenkins' release were opened October 24, Tho negotiation, conducted con-ducted partly in writing and partly in personal conference with Cordoba or with his agents, were terminated last Sunday night atnj arrangements were then made for the release of the. cap-i cap-i ive the lOllowrnp day. "Release was effected ,by agreement by Jenkins to pay Cordoba 1100.000 pesos in addition to the oO.O'O stolen on the nineteenth. On October H8, a. first payment was made, consisting of 34,000 pesos cash and two drafts of $5000 American currency each, a total of approximately 51,000' pesos. "The embassy is informed that sub--erpient payments are to be made as rapidly as Jenkins can secure the funds until the prescribed total is paid. The fulfillment of this agreement was to be guaranteed in writing and was so guaranteed by five responsible citizens of I'uebla and Mexico Citv. "When released, Jenkins was stif-Pering stif-Pering from rheumatism, physical and nervous exhaustion, and other effects of the deprivation and exposure to which he was subjected, but he is improving im-proving rapidly under physicians' care." |