Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-04-23
AME ER|CANS ARE
FLEEING MEXICO
Refugees From Vera Cruz
Tell of Butchery of United
States Citizens
USELESS TO RESIST BANDITS
One Man Tells of Unbelievable
Outrages Practiced on
Foreign Woman.

| Wy NltClttl ItSStu w lie 10 New Mexican
! Galveston, Texas, April 2S.-Forty
seven passengers, all but one citizens
Of the United States, who arrived to.
| day from Vera Cruz on the steamer
Texas told of alleged torture and as
sassination of Americans in Mexico.
All the refugees left their lands,
homes, furniture and everything they
possessed except enough money for
passage and the clothes on their
backs. Among the entire numnor
there were only four or five trunks.
Many Americans Murdered.
NJ. H. Ish, one of the refugees told
of the murder of an American citi-
zen named Wait.
Mr. Wait was neighbor of mine" 4"
said Mr.. Ish, "He had sold several
head of cattle, and hidden the money.
Failing to get it, they deliberately be-
headed him with their machetes, herd
ed his cattle together and drove them
off. There are many instances just
like this.
I'VE lived in a little settlement
where a colony of eleven American
! families had founded the town of
Sanburn. All departed because we
were afraid to remain longer knowing
We would be killed of tortured.
Il went to Mexico one year ago,
put all ! had $3.50 in land and impro-
vements there and today | have only
my two hands and the clothes on my
back. Before leaving, We filed our
claims for damages with the Amer
lean consul in Mexico City"
Outrage Practiced on American
Women.
! John T. McGee, a wealthy planter
who went to Mexico two years ago,
returned to America minus more than
| $4,000 and left behind land and live
stock. Mr.. McGee tells of alleged
cruelties practiced on an American
woman, Mrs. Shay, now in the hos
pital at Mexico City.
What has been true of the Shay
family said Mr. McGee, has been
& likewise true of scores of other
Americans and by staying there we
! took our lives in our hands. The
bandits are everywhere and the Mex
j ican government is not able to quiet
them. Many Americans believe the
Madero forces so dislike the Amer
leans that they would rather permit
a the brigandage than try TO stop it
, Whenever rurales are near the ban
dts disperse but there rarely is a
shot fired
/ Deserted Farms and Dead Owners.
Practically every man on board the
Texas had a similar story to tell of
experiences in Mexico. Two men who
rode horseback into Vera Cruz. after
abandoning everything they owned
tell of meeting four armed bandits in
a narrow pass.
The only reason we are here" said
one of the men, ''is that We were
lucky enough to beat them to it. .
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the largest cities, you will see desert.
ed farms, houses burned livestock
stolen and in many instances the de
caying and headless bodies of their
owners are left lying about.
Useless to Resist Bandits.
THE bandits are in such large mum,
he int 10
rior that to resist them is useless
We Americans had to give up every,
thing to them when they came to the
settlements, no matter how well ar
med we might be.
''Sanburn, the place where the re
fugees say some of the alleged afro
cities occurred is in the state oi
Vera Cruz, thirteen miles northwest
of Santa Lucretia. 1t is on the Vera
Cruz and Isthmus railway across the
Isthmus of Tehuantepec and is listed
as a railway and telegraph station.
Rebels Threaten San Bias.
Tucson, Arizona, April 23.-Sar
Bias, one of the most important towns
in Sinaloa, from railroad standpoint
is now threatened by rebels, accord
ing to information reaching here to
day. 1t was stated a large band O
revolutionists had encamped near the
city. San Bias is the junction poin
of the Southern Pacific in Mexico, the
Mexico and Kansas City, and thu
Mexico and orient roads,
Battle Expected Soon.
Tucson, Arizona, April pa bat
tie between Federals and rebels neal
Culiacan, capital of Sinaloa, is ex
pected here today stated General Ra
mon Iturbe, commanding 400 Fedora
soldiers, was marching upon Culiacan
with the intention of wrestling the cit.
from the rebels. and that column o
the revolutionists had left the cit.
to intercept the advancing Federals
, FederaIs Take Bavispe.
!. FL Paso, Texas, April 23.-Informa
, tion is given cut in Juarez that Ba
, vispe which was taken by a rebe
{ command sent out from Juarez
{ week ago, has been re-taken by tn
s Federals, were expected to march UP
s on Casas Grandes. No casualties.
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