The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-04-23
BRUTAL TREATMENT
From MEX.CANS
|. .nerican Youths Are Released From
Jrarez Jail and Tell of Harsh
Treatment Shown
Them.
PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
Armistice Of Five Days is on and
There Will be No Fighting
Until Time
SINGER PEACE
NEGOTIATIONS
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[Gate City Leased Wire Service.l
Ell PASO, Texas, April 22.A story
of brutal treatment which lasted for
two months almost without cessation
was told tonight by Lawrence Con
verse, of Glendora, Calif, Edwin Blatt
of Pittsburg and Richard Brown OF
New York: the three American youths
who were released from the Juarez
Jail this afternoon. where they We're
held incommunicato for weeks, The
boys, who were originally kidnapped
| by Mexican rurales on the American
side of the border on the charge oil
being insurrectos. We're met at the
| Jail doors by Mrs. Converse, Law.
repce's mother. and brought to the
! American side where they held big
/ reception at the Sheldon tonight.
I'VE were treated brutally by the
/ rurales who kidnapped us from this
side of the river said Converse. who
acted as the spokesman for the trio.
They told us they were American
deputy sheriffs and that we We're lln
der arrest for violating the Unitel
States neutrality laws. When we
realized they We're dragging us toward
the Rio Grande, we resisted and they
cursed, beat and kicked us, and
/ struck US repeatedly in the tace.
They dragged us across the riv-
er where we We're given into the
.hands OF the Mexican federal cavalry
which was lined up on the opposite
side OF the river waiting to receive
US.
We were marched to headquar-
ters of General Navarro, where we
met the general and Colonel Cuellar.
Then began fifty-two hours of the
/ most brutal treatment | ever expect
to experience. General Navarro order
ed ropes thrown about our necks and
we were told that we would be shot IL
I the morning. We were not told wha'
| the charge was against us except thai
5 we had been aiding the revolution
9 lists We denied this and demanded t
see the United States consul, bu,
even this privilege was denied us.
OF uSdlly luISS uhyo We "SiN
held incommunicato and were com
|. PEELED to suffer living death. The
first night we slept on the damn
~ ground with nothing to cover us. w
had nothing to eat for nearly 36 hour
when the United States consul brough
us food and blankets. After the frs
week of our confinement, when we be
. gan to feel sure we would not b
II shot our treatment became better
$ but our food continued TO be poor ui
!. til the United States consul evidentl
A. interferred when our captors treate
4, us more like human beings
e Until early today we had no int
N nation that we were about to be r.
n. leased and we were overjoyed whe
the Jail authorities presented Pres
e dent Diaz' order this afternoon an
= set us free.
n Mrs. Converse and her son wi
i. leave tomorrow for Glendora wher
a. they yil be joined by Blatt in abo'
two weeks. Brown will remain in
y. Paso for the present. The order ft
,e the release of the boys was signed b
AT President Diaz as the result OF pc
IS sonal plea made at Mexico City !
IF Converses father. who guarantee
w that the boys would not return
Is Mexico.