Ogden Daily Standard | 1919-12-23 | Page 8 | Frederick Hugo Released on a $1,500 Ransom

FREDERICK HUGO RELEASED ON A JIJORAW WASIIIN-OTON'. Deo 22 l.cdcrlcic Hugo, iIk- Viucriran much manapoi cap-1 cap-1 lured hy bandlta in the recent raid on BIUSQUis, .Mexico and later liberated, wsi released under nn apreemnt to p-i $1 300 ransom within twelve daya .iccord-inr .iccord-inr to Information reaching- the department depart-ment of state. The department announced announc-ed today that instructions had been aer.-io aer.-io the embassy In Mexico City to Insist that steps to rapture the bandits b t;ikn by the Mexican government. The raiders took from SfuSQUlc American Amer-ican propem valued at 5(LO00 pesos, us horses and lnrge food supplieg. according to the report to the department About 100 bandits made the attack. A federal I force of 750 men and si.v machine guns, commanded by Generals P.lcaut and Pci -aldl. was less than 40 miles from hfUsqllifc at the time of the raid, the department's advices stated, and made no effort to roll'-", e the town or co to It until the bandits ban-dits have evacuated the place trams on the railroad lino between j San Luis Potosi and TamplcO, Mexico, arc reported to have been attacked by handits during the past five weeks Ore j train was blown December 17 near Cardenas, Car-denas, state of San Lull Potosi. and ten , passengers and soldiers are said to tia , been killed, the reports to" the state de-pa de-pa itnient said. About 2" person'? are aid to have been killed in a similar Incident In-cident on that line on December C. oo