Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1913-11-08
HOW GEN.. BLANC0
REACHEDN 0GALES
IN 1900 MILE TRIP ENADED UNITED
STATES OFFICERS AT NO FEWER
HAN SIN POINTS-LOST SMALL
GRIP.
TRAVELLED AS MARTINEZ"
WAS QUESTIONED ONLY ONCE, 1T
is SAID, AND THAT At SINTON
TENAS-oFFICIAL. PERPLENIED.
tfALLOWED HIM TO PASS.

With the news that General Lucio
1slanco. commander of the Constitutions
allStS forces in Matam0roS. is IN confer.
ence with General NcnuStiano CarranZl
and other Constituencies leaders at
Nogales, there arose in Br w~nsvil!c the
question Of how he reached Nogllcy. cray
cling 100 miles through Tie Jni.cT
States in violation of the neutrality law:
and was questioned only once. That ne
vas at Sinton. Texas, on October -.
At no fewer than a half dozen points
did General Blanco and his companions
General ErnestO Santos Coy and Major
Carlos D~ominguez, pass through points
where United States officers we're sta
toned. but were SucccSSfll in cyading
tht officers at practically every place. nj
Sinton. Texas. il is said that General
Rlanco. through the activity of an agClt
# the federal government of Mexico, was
questioned by an officer. II is said he
gave his name 1T "Martincz,' and stated
that he was on his way to san Antonio
on business.
At Sinton after alighting from the
nortEbound Frisco train III rider to catch
Il q. II. x :. \. train for san Antonio
=" y 'N Ihi'. iphh' 'Ht' Nv h'' 49,
a small grip on the Houston train, and
exhibited G nsidcrable irritation at its
loss. Unless the grip was later rccoy
cred. it is probable that it is now in tho
hands OF the Pullman company offices ~
Houston. and that the report of the Pull
man conductor ON The run gives Il record
Of the finding of the grip.
General Blanco and his party caught
a train for San Antonio ut 100 O'Clock
on the afternoon f October %. reaching
San Antonio and spending that night il
that city. They are said to have left over
the Southern Pacific the following mora
sing for FL Paso.".
Another event on the trip from
Brownsville to Sinton. it is told, r"Sultcd
in cnriching the Pullman porter to the
tlamornt Of SO. which was the size II g
Tip g~iveni't the '%lioPtcr b.; General
Blanco. The porter afterwards told OF
The occurrence i'll Brownsville, stating
that it was the largest tip he has ever
received on the Brownsville t. Houston
run.
4 passenger who boarded General
RJ;Blanro's train ut Bishop, waS IN the same
car with the general, however without
knowing who his fellow passengers were.
He recalled them yesterday, after read
: ing of the mystery Of how General Blan
co reached NogaleS.
How he crossed 10 the American size
is another question of interest in Gen
craI Blanc.'s trip to NogalcS. 1t is not
probable that he crossed the lntcrnatlol-
III bridge in an auto or other vehicle. as
as the road to the bridge was not pass
able at that time. 1t is said that he
crossed i'm u boat at some point along the
river near he city, . ing Immediately to
the Frisco station, where he arrived on
the morning Of October %. just in tim"
70 make the outgoing 800 o'clock train.
Ii he is not already back. General
Blanco is expected back in MatamoroS
daily.
ConstitutionaliSt officers IN MatamoroS
repeatedly have denied that General
Blanco went TO NogalcS. III the eff 'rt eVl-
IDENTIFY to prevent newspaper notorlety
being given his trip and also 10 prevent
his possible detention. At least
the general gave the brownsville. Sih
Antonio FL Paso and other ncwSp per
men the merry "ha-ha," and Travelled
along ummolcstcd.