Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1911-01-03
,DAR|MG NEWSPAPER
Correspondent
Takes Long Chances to Secure News
Of the Revolution in
Mexico.
[speeIaI 10 The BRYAN Eagle. ]

lSptcldl 10y Inc bryan IuSic.J
San Antonio, Texas, Jan. ga sol
der of brtune-not the kind, how
ever one reads about in novels--re-
sides near slarfa, Texas. This man,
q. S..o'Reilly, has played part in
many adventures. For number OF
years before coming TO Texas, in re-
Spouse TO the call and allurement OF
ranch life, he was Chicago news
paper npn, serving in various capac-
tiles, from taking care of a run to
trimming the copy of other reporters
rat: the desk. He served in these ca
pacities on the Chronicle previous to
the suspension Of that paper and sub
sequently on the American and Exam
liner.
But Chicago newspaper life, exciting
as II is at times, did not contain
enough Of action-that kind of action
with the thrill in ito suit him, so
he sought Southwest Texas, getting
possession of a ranch of 5000 acres in
what is known as the Pecos valley.
He took to ranch life with relish and
was soon familiar with the devious
ways of the broncho, knew the trail
of the deer, the haunt of the coyote,
the lair of the mountain lion and the
manners and customs of the lobo wolf.
O'Reilly's latest adventure was
trip two weeks ago to the camp of the
insurgent forces in Mexico, where he
made arrangements to return later in
the capacity of a correspondent for
leading American newspapers. Local
ing the insurgent camp was a most
dangerous undertaking, and meant in
its accomplishment ride of two hun
dred miles over uplands and through
mountain passes alone. After making
his arrangements, he was provided
with a guide and returned to the
Texas side OF the Rio Grande river,
crossing the stream at night, avoiding
the rurales on the Mexican side and
the rangers on the Texas border. Co.
ing to his home near Maria, he spent
one day with his wife and two chill
dren, and came Immediately to San
Antonio to provide himself with the
credentials showing that he was an
accredited newspaper correspondent
so that in the event he should land in
some Mexican prison he would have
something to show he was not an
American aiding and abetting the
cause of the insurrectos. In San An
tonic he secured appointment as a
regular correspondent of the Asso-
ciated Press and left Immediately, &C.
companied by Mexican insurrecto
who had come to this city disguised
as laborer to serve as his guide. The
two made their way into Mexico,
reached the camp of the insurgents,
and O'Reilly has begun to let his
stories leak through and be given pub
licity at the nearest American tele-
graph offices.
To get his stories published is the
problem that O'Reilly has to solve.
These have to be carried by messen-
ger in some instances a hundred and
fifty to two hundred miles. But he
has already shown that he can find the
way and is capable of earning the
handsome salary paid by the news.
papers he is taking so much risk to
serve.
While he is in the thick of dangers
in Mexico his wife and two children
are sOjourning at Sanderson. near the
Mexican border, and it is said that
the wife receives word from him in
the form Of personal letters two times