Eureka Reporter | 1907-08-02 | Page 4 | Mayor Was a Smuggler

MAYOR WAS A SMUGGLER men H gh in C v c and social life of juarez involved in scandal el EI paso texas silvano montemar mayor of the city of juarez and one of the most influential citizens 0 of the state of chihuahua has digap feared juarez has been in a fever of excitement since the capture of a party of smugglers and the arrest of aver dver thirty persons including six of the most prominent business men of the town tuesday night the federal au an thorit thorntie tho ritie leq seized fourteen cars con signed as coal to mayor montemayor and found that five of the cars were loaded with dry goods clothing shoes etc A thin layer of coal covered the merchandise in each case monte mayor s warehouses goods and pa pers were mere seized also as was mas the large mercantile e of ket teson degelau