The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1913-11-06
MRS, JOHN LIND IS
GENUINE HEROINE
SAVES TWO MEXICAN LEGlSLA
TORS FROM HUERTA'S
MEN.
HID THEM IN HER STATEROOM
While Troops Patrol Ship Two Refu.
gees Stay in Hiding in tIer State
room and Succeed in Escap.
ing Detection.

New York, Nov. 3.-Mrs. John Lind.
wife of the special ambassador to
Mexico, arrived here on the steamer
Moro Castle in the role of genuine
heroine.
Mrs. Lind brought two Mexican leg
islators, who owe their liberty, if not
their lives, to her quick wit and gen,
erosity. To save the two Mexicans
from arrest at Vera Cruz, Mrs. Lind
hid them in her stateroom and sat up
all night on deck until the boat left
port and the officers of the Huerta
government had gone ashore.
Huerta Detained Vessel.
A week ago the cables brought word
that the Ward liner, MORO Castle,
had been detained at Vera Cruz while
Huerta's agents searched for eight
rebellious members Of the legislature
of the state of Vera Cruz. Until the
Moro Castle arrived here only those
aboard knew that two of the eight
deputies" had escaped arrest. These
Cordera, say they will stay in New
York until Mexico becomes a safer
home for the opponents of Huerta.
Mrs. Lind said that her husband
had expected to return home after
the Mexican election. Now she did
not know when he would come.
Mrs. Lind Tells Story
1--WE expected that the Morro Cas-.
tie would sail from Vera Cruz" said
Mrs. Lind, "at o'clock on the after.
noon of Oct. %. Then Captain Huff
was subpoenaed to testify regarding
the flight Of DR.. Francisco Vasquez
Gomez, who had sailed on the MORO
Castle five months before Later we
learned that the real reason for our
detention was that the government
wished to search the ship for eight
state legislators from the city of ia
lapa. They arrested six of these men.
but they did not find the others and
I'll tell you why.
"While the search was going on, the
friends of these two men learned that
I was on board and they came with
tears in their eyes, begging me to help
them. I said: Here's the key to my
stateroom. Take it, That was all
they needed. I spent the night on
deck and the two men hid in my room
until the detectives gave up the search
and went ashore. Then the ship was
released and we sailed at 5 o'clock the
next morning."
The wife of the special envoy is q
housewifey little woman with quiet
manners and low voice, but her
eyes flashed as she asserted:
II could not bear to think of those
men being taken ashore and hanged
just had to do something for them
Americans Have Experience.
Two other Americans aboard the
MORO Castle, George Hebron and
John Kane, employees Of the American
Smelling & Refining company, also
had an experience with Dominguez
and Cordera. There were rumors that
Huerta's agents stayed aboard until
the ship reached Progreso on the
Afternoon of Oct. %. The first nigh,
out of Vera Cruz, Mr.. Hebron said
that Dominguez burst into their state
room yelling in Spanish: They're
after me! They're after me-" He
bron ran on deck and into the arms
of squad of Mexican soldiers.
Are you an American" they Ge
manded. Hebron said he rag ant
they made no attempt to detaia him
when returned to ny state
room," the American said, Il found
Dominguez inside with the dool
barred"
The soldiers left the ship At Pro