The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-04-27
pE4TEN ON THE SOLES
uFR FEET UNTIL THE
ZONES ARE BROKEN.
trO CONDITIONS HORRIBLE

I.,ted Farms, Houses Burned
a. stock Stolen and Frequently
Ra..ving and Headless Bodies of
ors Are Seen on Every Side.
any Stories of Cruelty
,1yEsTON, Texas.-F'orty-sev-
Ia.seugers, all but one citizens OF
!. Tnitpd States, who arrived this
.,na from Vera Cruz on the
NV Texas. tell of alleged torture
o.sassination of Americans in
.onnbIic. All the refugees left
Ionds, homes, furniture and eV-
Ibing they possessed except mon
Eor their passage and the clothes
tbeir backs. Among the entire
Dbor there are only four or five
have trunks.
an American Murdered.
II Tsh tells of the murder OF
mprican citizen named Wait.
Mr. Wait was a neighbor to me-"
Mr. Tsh. "He had sold several
If cattle and hidden the mon
hand of desperadoes came to
hacienda and demanded money.
ing TO get it they deliberately be-
5ad him with their machetes,
Id his cattle together and drove
oH There are many instances
like this.
|We lived in a little settlement
re a colony of eleven American
lilies had founded the town of
burD. All Of these eleven fami-
]. left because we we're afraid to
ain longer, knowing we would all
killed or tortured.
II am sixty-four years old. I went
dexico one year ago, put all | had,
65O. in land and improvements
lie. and today I have only this
owing his two hands) and the
hes on back"
Stories of Cruelty.
bin T. MCGEE, a wealthy planter,
went to Mexico two years ago,
lrned to America minus more
b twenty thousand dollars, and
behind land, cattle and live
k
Ir. McGee tells of cruelties prac-
"a on an American woman now
the hospital at Mexico City.
The bandits visited the home of
& Shay, one of my neighbors, a
k before I left the settlement"
81 Mr., Niece, and demanded
ley and guns. He gave them
I've dollars and one gun, saying
was all he had on the place.
The bandits then left, but re-
bed to Shay's home and demand
more money and arms. Not be-
given the money and guns they
"a Mrs. Shay, tied her down, and
Pm beating her feet. Mr.. Shay
bis son, to stop the torture, gave
81 guns and $500 in money to the
eradoes, who, after a final beat
q OF the woman, left the place.
Shay was badly injured, and
lad to be carried to the hospital,
leXico City, where it was found
d nearly every bone in her feet
Oeen broken. She is in a seri-
81 condition.
Bandits Everywhere.
Enat has been true of the Shay
~ mas been likewise true of
Is OF other Americans, and by
lug there we took our lives in
hands. The bandits are every
r. The Mexican government is
@oIe 10 quiet these bandits, and
y americans believe that the
80 FORCES so dislike the Ameri-
1HdI tney would rather permit
UU.lsandage than try to stop it.
lever furales are near the ban
81 fred" 10 81 0i'
% men who rode horseback into
t tb after abandoning very
:. lucy possessed except their
! and their guns tell of meet
81 lour armed bandits in a narrow
en- route. - 9 n'i ="
o rs only reason we are here"
OIe Of the men, "is because we
lucky enough to beat them
Useless to Resist.
y .yirywhere you go except right
h '+ t. cities you will find de-
farms, houses burned, live
5o stolen and, in many instances,
ii o%,g and headless bodies of
e bs Ugaens are left lying about.
s sns are in such large nun.
'uu SO scattered over the int