The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1913-12-24
SRlPWRFCKED, IS
HELD PRISONER
Minot Man IN the Party Of
Americans Detained on
Mexican Soil.

Mimic, n. D., Dec. 24.--Karl Stoudt.
q we'll known young Mi11ot lawyer,
has: received an. interesting letter
from George Graves Of San Diego.
formerly Of Minot, who is a present
= refugee Of: war with some friends
Young Graves &Ad his friends were
shtpwFecked- in yacht of the coast
Of Mexico. and were obliged to enter
Mexican. territory. where they have
been detained by the. rebel and federal
authorities. He writes to Mr.. stoudt
as follows, from Rancho del Matanvi-
tos, Lower California, Mexico.
was about to take"a little trip some
three months. ago. ell, believe me,
! have had some experiences since
then. We started out in a dandy lit
tie yacht and the first month we had
q dandy time. Just cruising around
different little foreign ports and ex-
ploring all the islands lying off the
small island which, was literally alive
with seals and we took some GOOD
movies OF them. Shortly afterwards
We struck q big storm while about a.
hundred miles at sea and it was some
stofm--waves sixty and seventy to
q hundred feet high, and a terrific
gale: 1t was pitch dark and the waves
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1t were nothing. 1t blew down the lib
and ainstal and sen US bobbing up
and down with the wind, about forty
miles per. With the sails down we
had no control Of the boat and We
went teGlinE along until about mid.
night. when the wind subsidized. To.
ward morning we were In a complete
island Of Ccrros, a barren island, UNI
inhabited by man or beast. but hav.
ing a natural spring. The storm had
washed u casks of water from the
deck 30 two of the. crew started for
water in i small row boat which we
carried. They did not come back for
two days and we hadn't had a bit of
wind for sailing during that time and
surely expected they would be
lost. The next day a slight breeze
arose and We sailed toward shore,
Found the two men lying on the sand
almost gone with thirst, hunger and
exertion. Their roWsboat had been
wrecked on the rocky shore and /
guess q few more hours and they
would be dead.
Well. we got our water. set sail
and in a few days were sailing off
Scanimons Lagoon. about three miles
at sea we hit a sandbar, causing our
boat to leak so badly that We had to
beach and abandon II. We then set
loot LOT the nearest exican town but
found; h . officials so hostile towards
americana that We passed on. Well.
to make a very lonS story sl,rot. We
nave been wandering around the last
two months going from ranch to
ranch trying to e]ude the federal and
reoe! soldiers, who are Ill around ue,
ana believe me. they show no respect
tor a white man, You see, We have
not even been where We can write
or wire to the L. S. or any American
consul. II you get this It will have
been mailed from Magdalena bay. as
We are sending a. Mexican runner
there will mail for the states. Ex-
pect to. get relief shortly. as we arc
putting everything in the hands OF
u. $. Dist Atty. aud American con-
sui at Enesenada. Real refugees Of
war.
Maybe when you get this I will be
pack In U. s. on an American gun:
boat. so drop M a line in s. D."