Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-11-14
HUERTA AIMS TO
DRIVE AMERICANS
OUT OF MEXICO
Refugee Just 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
IBy Latest NALL

NEW Y0RK-Bringing back a
story full of insults to Americans in
Mexico at the hands of lawless sol
diers who. he says, are the followers
fof 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
nothing 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
1t 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 Sin several sections.
1t is only too true that the Huerta
administration has no love, for the
Americans, and believe a determin-
ed effort is being made to ultimately
drive Americans and their interests
out Of the country" says Graham.
Resort to the "Frameup" In Mexico.
I'm order to deport an American or,
to rob him of what possessions he
has in Mexico he is made the victim
of a .frameup involving him with the
Carranbaistas or Constitutionalists.
All Huerta followers believe Ameri-.
cans are entirely sympathetic with
the revolutionary movement. While
in the City Of Mexico such a frame
mp. was instigated against III. G.
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.
Goth 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 us to
Vera Cruz
"The success we had in leaving
Mexico City was due to the fact that
we all spoke Spanish well and were
well tanned. We were finally discov.
cred, however, and we're oVertaken 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
lis men to go through our packs
which they did like wolves, and Sc
cured $1,000 in American gold, which
we had got together among US for ex-
pense money to the states.
Told They Would BE Shot.
Elafed~wis1 - SUCCESS, the lieu
tenant informed us we would Ae Sa6SI
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 sight of how American pigs
should be treated in Mexico Each of
US had a six-shooter, which of course
was taken away. As we stumbled
over the rocky trail in our peon san
dals we We're prodded and struck by
the swords of the soldiers to quicken
our pace to that of their horses
AT the first 'eantina' of the village
to which we were marched the tent.
ente' halted his men. and they drank
aguardiente bought with our gold. As
a matter of fact it was this aguardl-
ente 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
Us to expect to die unless we imme-
1iately gave information as to where |