Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1913-11-06

1--WE expected that the MORO Castle
would sail from Vera Cruz said Mrs
Lind, Eat 4 o'clock on the afternoon
of Oct. 2S. Then Captain Huff was
~subpoenaed to testify regarding the
fight of Dr.. Francisco Vasquez Go
mez, 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 jail
apa. They arrested six of these men,
but they did not find the others and
I'll tell you why.
Tells Of Saving Men.
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. / said: Here's the key to my
stateroom. Take it. That a all
they needed. | 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 a
~housewifey little woman with quiet
manners and a low voice. but her eyes
flashed as she asserted:
II could not bear to think of those
men being taken ashore and hanged.
l just had to do something for them"
Two other Americans aboard the
John Kane, employees of the American
Smelling and 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. rs. The first
night out of Vera Cruz, Mr.. Hebron
said that Dominguez burst into their
stateroom, yelling in Spanish: They
are after me! They're after mel"
Hebron ran on deck and into the arms
of a squad Of Mexican soldiers.
Are you an American" they de-
manded. Hebron said he was and
they made no attempt to detain him.
when | returned to my stateroom,'
the American said, II found Domil-
guez inside with the door barred
The soldiers left the ship at Pro.
geso.
Through l.. G.. Frisbie, an American,
who was returning home after SO
years residence in Mexico, the two
Mexican deputies said that they owed
their escape also to the fact that the
Mexican law does not permit the ar.
rest of a member of the state legisla
ture on an ordinary warrant. The six
deputies taken off the steamer at Vera
Cruz were held on summons from the
district Judge, charging rebellion, but
no such had been issued
for Dominguez and Cordera, and by
insisting upon their rights they gain.
ed time to hide in Mrs. Lind's state
room.
Mexican Conditions Chaotic.
These men insisted that while con
ditions in Mexico were chaotic, inter
ference by the United States would
only make matters worse. They be
lieved the quickest way to restore
peace in Mexico would be for the
government to grant amnesty to all
rebels and hold a free election.
Mr.. Frisbie said that Mrs. Lind was
the only person aboard, so far az he
knew, that approved President viii
sons policy.
William Blair Flandrau, an Amer
lean mining man, also expressed dis
approval Of President Wilson'S atti
tude. Mr.. Flandrau and his wife are
bound for their home in st. Paul.
Mrs. Lind went to spend the nigh
with them at a hotel and will accom-
paHy them today as fGs as her home
in Minneapolis.
Mrs. Lind said that she and hel
husband had received courteous treat
ment everywhere.
We had a very pleasant trip" sht
said. = don't remember any tim
when we feared for our safety
Captain Harry Huff of the More
Cattle made light Of the alarming re
ports that reached this country whel
the steamer was detained.
I'VE were supposed to be in a lot q
trouble he said. "but we weren't.