El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-05-14
RELEASED BY A
SPANISH GIRL
The Adventure Of An Ameri-
can RaiIroader At
JimuIco
BRAVE MARIA GONZALEZ
plans And Executes A Jail Delivery
That Challenges the Admiration
OF All RdilrOaders.

James A. Howard: an American rail-
road conductor, reached here yes
:erdsy from Jimulco, Mexico, where
the machinations, ingenuity ana cum
ming OF heroic young Mexican woman
named Marie Gonzalez, assisted by her
brother and sister, succeeded in the
darkness of night in libe rating him
from the horrors and solitude OF q
Mexican carcel or dungeon. A freight
train was in waiting near the Jail and
Howard was hurriedly taken aboard
and his escape accomplished.
The conductor was iccarcerated In
the dungeon for an accident over
which he had no control. His train
was pulling into the Jimulco yards at
a high rate of speed. A Mexican
brakeman was on the head end of the
train. To decrease it's flight Howard
turned the emergency valve in the
cabeose, causing sudden and quick
jolt and she native brakeman, who was
foolishly and csrelessly sitting on the
bra Ike, was hurled to the ground. Heidi
not fall between the cars, however, but
sustained broken arm as the result OF
his striking the ground heavily.
Howard, as guardian of the freight
train, was held responsible for the oc.
currence and was Immediately and
nnceremoniously hustled off to the
Jail. After remaining in Jail several
days Americans and sympathtic Mex
q day set for the hearing. No good
result or immediate satisfaction was
accomplished. The same day the
American received visitor in the
person of Senorita Maria Gonzalez, q
polite, demure Spanish girl whom he
had got acquainted with q short time
previous to his Incarceration.
Howard, through a long residence in
the Mexican republic, had become
thoroughly efficient in the language
and between the lattice bars of the jail
Senorits Gonzalez made the startling
announcement that, in cooperation
with her brother aud sister, she had
perfected plans whereby to break
down the barrier that separated them.
"The suggestions and proposed plans
were purely voluntary on the
womau's part" said Howard, land her
unfiinching interest was inspired
through womanly sympathy"
At 1880 q. m, the same night q
freight train was scheduled to leave
for the north toward the States. The
heroic young woman informed the con-
ductcr and crew of her intentions and
plesdingly requested them to be In
readiness to receive the escaping pris-
ouer. She then instructed her young
er sister to guard closely the imme-
diate vicinity OF the jail while she
quietly but with agility rushed to the
round house where her brother was
employed in the mechanical depart
ment of the Mexican Central.
The brother, after becoming acquain-
ted with the circumstances and all
connections Herewith, secured q strong
crow bar from the shops and In the
darkness he and his sister in a round
ha uf ri ri
who was standing guard in close prox-
unity to the Jail.
The standing freight train had re-
ceived running orders from the train
masters Office and was ready to ny
when the American was placed In their
change.
Marie had q revolver and q knife
brother and youngest sister at
given signal from Maria
stole up to the Jail door, few
hurried words in Spanish were inter-
changed, the pistol and knife we're
handed to Howard, and the hazardous
undertaking began.
The girls brother placed the bar in
the lock and succeeded in wrenching
it from its hold, releasing the Amer
lean.
The brosher and his sisters then
carefully and Ruardedly led Howard
safely to the waiting train and thereby
effected his escape to the United
States.
In relating his narrowing adventure
and the work OF the noble girls and
their brother tears actually filed the
rsilrosder's eyes.
Mae Gonzalez is but "A years of
age and her sister nineteen. The fam
lily while not necessarily poor are liv-
ing 10 peacefuluess and contentedness,
the father having small ranch on the
river near town.
Believing there ia nothing too good
for our customers, caused US to pur-
chase q full line of "Sweet-Orr's'l
Union made Trousers, Overalls and
Sack Goats. The Union Clothing
Co.
Sparks From the Engine
Frank Tyra car cleaner in the Santa
Fe yards s laying off.
The G. h. shop employees are con-
templatiug an outing two weeks from