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Show William 0. Jenkins Is Under Arrest For Conspiracy j MEXICO CITY. Sunday. Nov. 16 !(Dy the Associated Press.) Dls ; patches from Puebla today assert thai William O. Jenkins, American consular agent at ruebia, although technically Minder arrest charged with false state 1 nients in connection with his recent abduction by the bandit leader. Fed erico Cordova. b order of the s ate's attorney, Is given freedom of the en tire city with no bail required, the of-flcers of-flcers accepting his word he will not leave Ruebia until court proceedings are oomph I ed Jenkins, following his arrest, requested re-quested to be lodged in jail until the matter was finally settled, but the of- Ificials refused It is expected a preliminary pre-liminary hearing will take place Mondavi Mon-davi I MEXICO CITY. Nov. 17 William ' O. Jenkins, United States consular agent at Puebla, Was placed under ar real Saturday and held under surveil-; lance in his home following charges' by officials at Puebla that Jenkins was not abducted by Federico Cordova, the bandit leader, but was in conniv-ance conniv-ance with him. according to information informa-tion received here last night. Advices received in Washiiu'inn from Mexico City November 7 stated ' that Consular Agent Jenkins had! he en cleared of all suspicion of com plicity in his kidnaping by Mexican' bandits on October 17. The judge investigating the abduction, the dis-p dis-p itches added took occasion to praise; Jenkins as a friend of the Mexican people and a respected member of the , community in which he had lived for j a number of years. Jeukin was hehl for $150,000 ransom ran-som and the United States government, govern-ment, demanding his release sent what I wai said to have been the Strongest note ever dispatched in a dispute be tween the two republics. Jenkins was released on October 26 after hi personal per-sonal attorney, Senor Mestre. had paid the ransom to the bandit leader. An official statement issued in Washington Wash-ington on the abduction of Jenkins said that e would have to effect his own reimbursement of Ihe money paid to ihe Mexicans who kidnaped him unless un-less he could prove that the Mexican usernment was negligent in afford ! ing him proleciien Ills standing as 91 an ofllcial ol the United States gov- a ernment had no bearing on the mat 'ter, It was stated. J -nn |