Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1911-02-23
AMERICAN SPIES
TREATED HARSHLY
Harry c. Dell Hurried to
Ensenada to Be Court
Martialed
TWO ARE CAUGHT At JUAREz
Mexican Government viii Sup
ress Insurrection With
Severe Measures.

San Diego, Feb. 23.-Under the
guard of four Rurales, Harry c. Dell
the American accused by the Mexican
authorities at Tia Juana, Lower Cali
fornia, of being a rebel spy, is on his
way to Ensenada today for trial in a
Mexican court He was taken from
the cuartel at Tia Juana last night,
manacled, placed on a horse and the
overland march of 80 miles was be-
gun at once. He was not allowed by
the sub-prefect, Jose Laroque, to com
municate with any of his friends in
! Tia Juana, or on the American side
All American newspaper correspond
ents at Tia Juana were given the
choice late yesterday of remaining at
Tia Juana and going to jail, or re-
turning to America. Consequently,
there are no American newspaper cor
respondents in Tia Juana today.
Two American Spies.
Los Angeles, Calf, Feb. 23.-I4aW-
renee c. Converse, the young Ameri-
can, reported arrested as a rebel at
Juarez by the Mexican federal troops
is the son of Charles H. Converse, a
lawyer of Glendora, California, He
was member of the California Ma
tional Guard, and for time served as
fire warden in the mountains north
of Glendora The other American un-
der arrest is said to be Edward NJ.
Blame of Texas.
Insurrecto Forced to Dig Own Grave.
Los Angeles, Feb. pa Tucson
dispatch to the Los Angeles Examiner
says: The grim spectacle of a man
digging his own grave, as a prelimi-
nary to his execution, was witnessed
| by Al Turner and Loretto Garlic,
Pima county cattle men, who have re-
turned, after chasing horse thieves
from Arizona well into interior Mex.
/ leo.
At Santa Cruz, Sonora, they wit
messed the execution by Mexican fed
erals of a rebel who had shot the
jefe politico. After making him dig
his own grave they stood him against
an adobe wall and pierced him with
FIVE bullets. A letter written by the
insurreeto, just previous to the exc
cution, saying he didn't mind death
but grave digging was hard work" was
given Garlic as a memento of the
occasion.
Rebels swipe Freight Train.
El Paso, Feb. 23-A Mexican ma
tional freight train which left Juarez
on Tuesday has not been heard from.
| It is believed to have been captured
by ipsurrectos south of Juarez. Prep.
parations are being made in Juarez
today to send five hundred cavalry.
men south on a train to meet insur-
rectos.
Reduce Taxation.
Chihuahua, Feb. Ex-Governor Ahu.
mada is signalling his administration
by the reduction and in some cases
the removal of oppressive taxes which
bear most heavily on those classes
least able to bear them. The coach
license has been cut more than one
half and the personal tax of fifty
cents on cocheros has been removed
The governor has also ordered the
removal of water meters. This meas
ure is popular with consumers of wa
ter, large and small.
Uncle Sam Takes Notice.
/ Washington, Feb. 23-As result
of the reports that two Americans
have been arrested as spies at Tis
Juana and that their lives are in jeop
ardy, the state department has in
structed the United States embassy a
Mexico City and the consul at En-
senada to investigate the situation
, and see that the men are given fail
trial