The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-11
MEXICAN REFUGEES STORY
TELLS NOISE COWNITTEE 4
DRAMATIC TALE.
says He Mas Arrested Five Times n los
Angeles. Cal. On Trumped ~
charges and served TOO Days In Jail
BITTER Attack on President DlaS.

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WASHINGTON. June ~ l. de Lara. a
refugee from Mexico. recOunted 70 tho
House COMMITTEES on Rules to-day a
dramatic story of his flight from Mexico
and his alleged persecution in the United
States by American and Mexican Officers
Ds Lara said he was arrested ive times
in Los Angeles, cal on -trnmped up
charges and served more than \ hundred
days in jail there Continuing the Mexican
said.
1 have been in jail Eve times since !
came n the United states and have sui
Tered the third degree az the hands Of
ofiusrs. been thrown into a dungeon and
kept Tor DAYS with nothing - eat hut a
rotten potato and neither my attorneys
nor friends allowed 10 sea me. am liable
10 he arrested again any time, and unless
YOU gentlemen help ne they may get
me apd hang me
De Lara characterized President Dia1
"a "A dirty dpspot WIN had destroyed
free speech. free press md the right of
the ballot in MeNico.
More than O.OOO peope have me, vio-
lent deaths for political ~ ,suns since DiaE
took the reins of governU ent in Mexico,
Ne Lara added. He never was elected
President He never ha' been chOSen
Presiden, bv votes II the eople, but has
maintained himself Ivy force The Mex
can Government has caused thousands Of
peranna 10 he killed because they resisted
the existing order II things N that co'in-
try and sought "a restore 10 he poor peo-
pie 81 that country the rights that were
taken from them by force
Da lara appeared before tho com
mIttee 10 urge favorable action on the
Wilson resolution. which provides for the
appointment 81 special committee to
INQUIRE into the treatment of political
refugees who have fed into this country
from Mexico and Of the alleged acceptance
Of money from the DiaE Government nv
American customs and peace oihCeTs
along the border 20 act as secret service
agents for Mexico.
ne Lara. Nho speaks English huently.
was followed clos"lv by the members of
tho House committees.
De Lara told tho committee that there
was q price on his neck IN MeNico because
of his political activities there. lie told
now ne ia ] NNaf'l INNoNN lUNN Jaw NAlFiW
On q political charge and released through
q Misunderstanding he escapet 10 the
t'ritet States through the assistance II
friends.
He recitei how his various arrests had
he@n brought about in Los Angeles
Three times he had been charged with
robbery. he said. the warrants for which
were made ont in blank IN date, time
place and amount II the alleget robbery
Once the charge was for stealing wood
IN Caramel MeNico seven years Prev
o,lsly The last time he Vas arrested was
VII lie snea kin < on the street inllos Angeles
10 a number of his countrymsn Wpom he
was addressing he said, in favor Oi a
rev constitution for Mexico. The charge
against him then was disturbing the
peace and later NJ being an alien anar-
chist without legal rights IN the United
States Ne WAS throWu into a tuuge pn.
he SAID and kept fours days with prarti-
Cally nothing ~ eat He Sait HE friends
we're not permitted 20 s..a him.
He declared thai his attorneys finally
serurei his release on habeas corpus
The charge against him was dismissed on
orders " the Secretary Of Commerce and
Labor
~ ara was aCCOmpaniet ~ the Capt
tnl nv his wife aud thr-" MeNi'an sym
pathiyars he was press1tet Ia the
committee by Representative Wilson n
Pennsylvania, author u the resolution Of
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