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Show oo ROBBERS OF 00. COMPANY CAUGHT Chief of Police of Tuxpan and Mexican Federal Army Officer Under Arrest. V.'ASHIXCTOis-. Sept 1 7 ihlrf 0f Police Agaplto Parcz of Tuxpan. Mexico, Mex-ico, and Ucutenant-rolonel Ifodrijrurz. of the Mexican federal army, have tf j arrested on orders of General Margiiia, accused of complication in the recent roo-bery roo-bery of tho Tuxpan office of the Penn-M Penn-M . Oil company, an American coner-rn. it waa announced in confidential advices reaching Washington today Practically all the members of the robber band, mini berln 28 in all. have been arrested, an.i the prisoners without exception, the dispatches dis-patches said, have declared under oath that Lieutenant-Colonel Hodilpuez Ml In command of the band at the time of the robbery and personally directed the work The robbers secured about $40,000 rrold. of which Is said Chief of Police Perez received $2,500. The arrests xverc the result of General lAarfUla'l promise of .support to thf oil men il Ihev could prove that any soldier or civil official participated in any way in the frequent robberies of Americans In tho oil regions. reg-ions. A number of officials of the oil ompanies in the Tamplco and Tu.xpati districts oulckly round, d up the robbers, most of them soldiers, and turned them over to Marg-uia They then told him of the complicity of the police chief anu the army officer wb: were then confronted confront-ed by the arrested robbers The latt?r did not retract their eharpes when brought face to face with the accused and Gemml Margula placed both of them under arrest. oo |