Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-11-01

word that the Ward liner MORO cas-
tie had been detained at Vera cruz
while Huerta's agents searched Tor
eight rebellious members of the Leg
isiature of the state of Vera Cruz. I'm
til the MORO castle arrived here. to-
night. only those aboard knew that
two of the eight Deputies had eS-
capped arrest. These men, Adolfo Do
mingue and Miguel \. Cordera, say
they will stay in New York until
Mexico becomes a safer home for the
opponents of Huer.a.
Mrs. Lind said that her husband
had expected to come home after the
Mexican election. Now she didn
know when he would come.
I'VE expected that the MORO Cas-
tie would sail from Vera Cruz said
Mrs. Lind, 'at o'clock, on the aft
ernoon of Oct. 20. Then Capt. 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 rea-
son for detention was that the gov
eminent wished to search the ship
for eight state legislators from the
city of Jalapa. They arrested six OF
these men, but they didn't find the
others; and I'll tell you why. While
the search was going on the friends
of these two men learned that l was
about and they came with tears IN
their eyes begging me to help them.
| said Here's the key TO my state
room Take it.
THAT was all they needed. ! pass
| ed the night on deck and the two men
! in my room. The detectives gave up
the search and from ashore. When
the ship was released and we sailed,
at O'Clock the next morning.
! The wife of the special envoy Is a
house wifely little woman with quiet
manners and a low voice, but her eyes
flashed as she asserted:
II couldn't bear to think of those
men being taken ashore and banked.
| just had to do somethink for them. "
Two other Americans aboard the
MORO Castle, George Hebron and
John Kane, employees of the Ameri-
can Smelling and Refining Co., also
1 had an experience with Dominguez
and Cordera.
| Through l.. C. Frisbie, an American
| who was returning home, after 80 years
residence in Mexico, the two Mexican
| deputies said that they owed their es
cape also to the fact that the Mexican
law does not permit the arrest of a mem
Der of the State Legislature on an erdi
! nary warrant The six deputies takef
| off the steamer at Vera Cruz were hello
| on summons from the district 1udg'
| charging rebellion. but no such sum
mons had been issued for Domingucz anC
| Cerdera, and BY insisting upon tneii
| rights they gained time to hide in Mrs
| Linds stateroom. These men insisted
| that while conditions in Mexico wer'
| chaotic, Interference by the United States
| would only make matters worse. THE,
| believed the quickest way to restor'
| peace in Mexico would be for the gov
eminent to grant amnesty to all rebe
| and hold a free election
MIR. Frisbe said that Mrs. Lind wa
| the only person aboard. SO far as b.
knew, that approved President Wilson
Mexican policy.
William Blair Flandrau. an Amcricai
| mining man. also expressed disapprova
of President Wilson'S attitude. Nj
Flandrau and his wife are bound 10
their home in St. Paul. Mrs Lind wen
to pas sthe night with them at a hote
here and will accompany them, tomor
row, as far as her home in Minneap
oils.
Mrs. Lind said she and her HUSBAND
had received courteous treatment every
where.
we had very pleasant trip" sh
said. i don't remember any time whel
We feared for our safety"
Capt, Harry A. Huff of the Morr
Castle, made light Of the alarming re
ports that reached this country whel
the steamer was detained
we were supposed to be in a lot o
trouble, he said. but we were not"