Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-11-14
HUERTA AIMS TO
DRIVE AMERICANS
OUT OF MEXICO
Refugee lust Back from In
happy Republic Says Frame
Up Is Now Being Used
HIS PARTY NEAR DEATH
FROM DRUNKEN RURALES
Escaped as Poems but Had
Money Seized and Prop
erty Confiscated
TBy Latest Mall

NEW NOTWITHSTANDING back a
story full of insults to Americans in
Mexico at the hands of lawless sol
diers who. he says, are the followers
Of Victoriano Huerta, Hereford Ora
ham. newspaper man and magazine
writer. who claims he underwent tor
lures by bandit troops, arrived in
New York last night direct from Vera
Cruz. from which port he left wearing
Eothing more than shirt and trousers.
Graham claims that the situation
in Mexico regarding Americans Is far
worse than has been told in the
States, and has reached point where
lit Is unbearable and almost incred-
ible. His own<experience he points
out as an. example and an instance Of
what Is actually occurring to Ameri-
cans in several sections.
1T is only too true that the Huerta
administration has no love for the
Americans, and believe determin-
ed effort is being made to ultimately
drive Americans and their interests
out of the country, says Graham.
Resort to the 4Frameupn in Mexico.
In order to deport an American or
to rob him of what possessions he
has in Mexico he is made the victim
of q frameup' involving him with the
.Carranbaistas o Constitutionalists.
All Huerta followers believe Ameri-
cans are entirely sympathetic with
the revolutionary movement While
In the City of Mexico such a frame
up was instigated against II. c.,
Ames Of New York, Walter Allan of
Boston, two friends of mine in the
city, and myself. In order to make
the move look genuine, two English
men whom we knew well, Capt.
George Shaw and Ackerson Bent,
Doth mining experts, were implicated.
We were not long in finding out
Mexico City was bad for our health
and we decided to leave. Before we
could do this we heard that an order.
for our arrest, with a trumped up.
charge which looked serious, had
been issued, and we knew it was use
less to attempt to escape by rail We.
decided to leave the city in the garb
of poems, afoot, and with enough pro-
visions on two burros to see as to
Vera Cruz
The success We had in leaving
Mexico City was due to the fact TINT.
we all spoke Spanish well and were
well tanned We were finally diseov-
cred, however, and were evertaken In
the state of Tlaxcala, by lieutenant
of rurales and eight soldiers. When
they had halted and surrounded us
the teniente' called US American
pigs and laughed at us when we de-
manded an explanation. He ordered
his men to go through our packs.
which they did like wolves, and Sc
cured $500 in American gold, which
we had got together among US for ex-
pense money to the states.
Told They Would BE Shot.
Elated with his success. the lieu
tenant informed us we would be shot
IL we did not tell where we had other
money in Mexico City. As none gave
him any satisfaction, he declared we
should be taken to the next village,
where he would delight the people
with a sight of how American pigs
should be treated in Mexico. Each Of
US had six-shooter. which of course
vas taken away. AS we stumbled
over the rocky trail in our peon san
dals we were prodded and struck by
the swords of the soldiers to quicken
our pace to that Of their horses
At the first scantina' of the village
to which we were marched the tent
ente' halted his men and they drank
aguardiente bought with our gold. As
/ matter Of fact it was this aguardl-
snte which ultimately saved our lives.
After they had drunk enough to
make them vicious they stood us up
against an adobe wall and again told |
is. to expect to die unless we imme-
lately gave information as TO where /