El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-27
2O6 Mesa
AME RICAN BOYS ARE
STILL HELD IN
JUAREZ JAIL
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president Diaz will then pardon them
The Mexican Secret Service.

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The Mexican Secret Service.
1t has developed that some peculiar
variety of Mexican secret service men
are patroling the border and have been
responsible for the arrest OF the three
young Americans now confined IN the
Juarez jail on charges Of sedition Con-
verse and Blatt were arrested near
Guadalupe by two officers Of the Mex
lean army, but the officers were assist
| ed in the roundup by uniformed men
who appeared more as inSurrectoS than
federal soldiers. Young Brown was ar
rested near Juarez by the same kind
of riders, and his escort to the city
appeared more like an insurrecto lnFa-
sion than an orderly arrest OF sus-
pect. These men are Mexican secret
service men, clothed as insurrectos SO
as not to brighten their prisoners, as
uniforms might do as they approached
Brown, who served as a Red Cross
nurse with the insurrectos, although
no recognized Red Cross service has
been formed, is serving the regular
period of solitary confinement required
by the Mexican law. But his time OF
incomunicado' ends some time Mon
day, when his case will be entered
in the Juarez court of letters, which
is auxiliary to the federal court of the
state now located in the city of Chi
huahua.
Brown has succeeded in sending
letter from the jail to Dr. 1. J. Bush,
OF FL Paso. Brown asks for assistance,
saying that us blankets were taken
| from him and that he is suffering from
: the cold. He wrote that at the time OF
his arrest near Juarez he held personal
, letters Of various insurrectoS which he
/. had been. asked to mail, and also an
open letter OF Introduction from Abram
inc obi NJ Sac-
ond military zone stating that the
{ bearer was a Red Cross nurse. Brown
; expressed fear in his letter TO DR.
Bush that he would be 'railroaded
without anybody knowing it"
Arrested on American Soil:
Converse and Blatt may be defended
on the ground that they were arrested
on American soil and forced back into
Mexico. They claim to have beep cap
tured on the road between Guadalupe
the Mexican village. and Polvo Tex
The river in that district does not mark
the international boundary at all points,
but the two Americans say they were
arrested near a certain house which
they believe to be a landmark of the
American side. This claim will be in
vestigated by the friends of the lads,
and, if true. PROBABLY will mean their
speedy release.
GIendora Citizens Act.
The arrest and confinement of Con-
verse has attracted much attention on
the Pacific coast where young Con-
verse was well known. A telegram,
signed by 200 residents of Glendora,
the home of the young mans parents,
has been sent to the California con-
gressmen and senators, asking that sec
rotary of state Knox intervene in be-
half of the American boy who is in
the Mexican prison. This message read:
All citizens of Glendora and south
ern California unite in asking you TO
see secretary of state Knox and re-
quest temporary Intervention with
Mexican government for Lawrence
Converse, captured by Mexican federals
as an insurgent in arms This is a case
of foolish and enthusiastic boy whose
father is leading citizen and attorney
here. and family highly respected. Any
time gained will give us a chance to
show a concerted move to procure
clemency. Sentiment here very friendly
to Diaz government, but hasty action
by Mexican government would change
radically
The Mothers Interview.
The Los Angeles Times printed two
column story about the departure of
Mrs. Flora Converse the lads mother,
for Juarez to intercede in behalf of her
son:
IF it had happened three days later
L would have been on my way down
there. anyhow" she said. Il had heard
the news of the terrible thing my boy
was doing, and 1 had already written
my husband that as soon as he could
start home to be with the girls I would
go to Mexico and try to find my boy
If he would not come back with me
then 1 intended to join the Red Cross !
society as a nurse. As long as he stood |
in possible danger of being wounded I |
wanted to be somewhere near him. /;
irresponsible, She Says.
He is just an irresponsible child ]
anyway, and if I had known it before |
he got across the border I would have |
had him arrested and brought home. |
1t is different from war in which our |