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Feb. 15. | — | Armed Mexicans held up camp of Freeport and Mexican Fuel Oil Co., at Camalote, carrying off Lonnie Morris, a driller, holding him for $1,000 ransom. Morris finally freed without payment being made. |
Feb. 19. | — | Launch Thendra, carrying F. C. Laurie, attacked in Chijol canal and riddled with bullets. Boat property of the Cia. Metropolitana de Oleoductos S. A. |
Feb. 21. | — | Launches Thendra and Houp-La attacked in Chijol canal. Pilot and one passenger wounded. |
Feb. 21. | — | Horconcitas camp of Mexican Gulf Co., held up and pumper robbed of $329. This is 34 miles from Tampico. |
Feb. 21. | — | Ed House, paymaster, the Texas Co., killed and 14,000 pesos carried away by armed Mexicans with Federal army equipment and rifles. Dr. Brisbane and Paymaster Minnett both wounded. Forty men in attacking gang. Hold-up in outskirts of Tampico; party taking money to pay off workmen. |
Feb. 22. | — | The Texas Co.'s Obando camp robbed of 2,500 pesos; several shots fired. |
Mar. 1. | — | Bandits ran workmen of Tierra Amarilla camp, the Aguila Co. out into brush and took supplies and $175. |
Mar. 1. | — | Bandits entered Potrero and made off with property worth close to $1,000. |
Mar. 5. | — | Oil camp at Tepetate held up and $1,340 in gold and currency taken; bandits wore uniforms of soldiers. |
Mar. 7. | — | Bandits again raided Potrero, robbing everyone from superintendent to Chinaman. Losses of Aguila Co. and men estimated at about $2,000. |