Show EL S DC CONSUL l lIN IN N MEXICO I Wm m. m O. O Jenk Jenkins ns American Ameri Ameri- can ean an Consular Agent in I Puebla Mexico Captured Cap Cap- Cap I hired Ransom Asked y Oct 23 W W William 0 O. Jenkins American Amer Amer- ican icah consular agent at Puebla U Mexico ico vas ras b by p fn bandits last Fri Friday ay at u l and i I being h held d tot for t the sl elute e de department s adhe ad- ad dh d- d She h he American embassy mb on OR Inquiry It b been informed by the Mexican to fo foreign office that the g government I would take all aU possible steps to effe ette ef- ef fe te t the liberation of or Jenkins Jenkins- The American n eR n embassy has b be bean n auth authorized to detail HaU a a. member r bf of Its staff t to Pue Pu- Pu e t to 0 assist In obtaining the tho agents agent's J release l bOUND bO ND AND ND GAGGED Th d department dispatch quotes the Mexico City newspaper Excelsior as reporting g th thin that t the bandits entered a factory owned o by Jenkins Jenkin g gagged and Ind nd tI tied tho w watchman l forced the sate safe I and add robbed It ot of pe peeps o and then t 1 td k J aW away Y with them The bandits are reported t to have hate t told ld Mrs Jenkins that they AS were ere rebels and andi i would 0 hold her husband for tor pesOs peeps ransom Th They laid ald Jenkins I not b bd be harmed If It there was no noI I attempt to pursue the abductors I An Ani i American business s associate late of ot JenI Jenkins Jen- Jen Jenkins I kins has confirmed lh newspaper I ot story FRESNO FRESNO Ca Cal Oct 23 A A dispatch i I v tr ra s B received yesterday y by John W W. i Jenkins of or Lemoore Cal from his a at l P Puebla Mexico o stating tit th that t Mr Jenkins' Jenkins son Oscar was abI ab- ab I 1 fled Sunday Su day night by three masked and was being held for tor O b b ran ransom om The dispatch stated Mr J kins tire life Was as hot not considered c in danger ang r and nd that they hoped for tor fa- fa or rable ble news s today or tomorrow PLUNDERED HOUSE Mr Jenkins said his son Bon resided at Puebla miles mUes from Vera Cruz J o. o He is a I. I merch merchant nt and hosl hosiery ty n manufacturer and has been in Mexico A ce e 1901 lie He is Amerl American an consul at n additional telegram from Miss lIss I ue J dicing stated the bandits had altop alto also p 0 the house and secured 60 60 1 Recent nt letters received from from Oscar r rj Jenkins j gave ga the information that he heY het Y t aware of ot the presence of ot the theba ba alt element In the Vicinity or of orl rat l h hes s lh that t were ero under hIs hia charge b t-a t he anticipated no trou- trou that source and did not conId con- con Id r he was It II In personal danger father rather said the ransOm deded deded de- de ded would be paid He lIe has hils up p led t d to Secretary of ot State Lansing Senators G Stephens and P l' an an an and Johnson for assistance Kho ye years jears ca ago Jenkins was kid- kid by bandits who demanded d 25 25 o. o Ills His relatives at that time paid the mon money y Jenkins is said eald to be a a. F |