Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-18
TELLS OF WAR
IN OLD MEXICO.
loontInued from Fir.t Paes.l

Continued from H1rsf Fage1
from which 1t was originally stolen"
In charge of the work of dam con-
struction in progress in Santa Rosa
Liza was Mrs. Fuller's father-in-law,
William B. Fuller, consulting engi-
neer, and member of the firm OF
Johnson & Fuller, Nassau street. New
York city.
The elder Fuller had closed a road
which the firm had built in Mexico
and had caused to be erected sign
in Spanish, which read: Notice.
Passing Prohibited"
The sign was up only a few days,
he says, when along came General
Luis Herrara heading an army OF
rebels Upon seeing the notice he
walked into the office of the firm and
announced that he had imposed a
fine of $4,000 for the action of the
firm in closing a public road. An
attempt was made to Side-step the
fine by the statement that the cashier
was out and therefore the safe could
not be opened. Upon hearing this.
General Herrara Immediately in
creased the original fine to $4,000.
Cashier Knew Combination,
But, general" protested one of the
members of the firm, 1.-The safe cannot
be opened, since the cashier is the
only one who knows the combina-
ton"
Then you will bring your mechanic
here commanded General Villa.
The mechanic was produced, and, at
the point of revolvers, was induced To
open the safe. Thinking he might get
around the orders, the mechanic pur-
posely broke the combination, but the
ruse wouldn't work. He was forced
to remove the door of the safe," said
Mr., Fuller,
I'VE had feared that the rebels
would take all the money in the safe,
and at the time there was more than
$4,000. But to the surprise of every
one they took only $4,000 and left the
rest remain.
I'VE were at our wits end" says
Mr.. Fuller, trying to devise schemes
of getting money into the works to
make up the payroll. We knew we
would surely be robbed IL they could
find money on us, and we were Obliged
to pay on the set date, otherwise we
were in danger of losing our work.
| men, And that was the proposition
that confronted us.
I'VE tried every conceivable trick,
and more than once outwitted some
of the Mexicans who were lying in
wait to rob us.
"One time we got the money in by
concealing it in the tires of the auto
mobile Another time it was hidden
in double doors of the auto, built ex-
pressly for the purpose; another time
in the roof, and still another time in
the gasoline tank.
THE last time we attempted to get
money into the works we concealed II
| IN the automobile lamps. But we had
ontwitted the rebels so many times
that on this occasion they were des-
perate, and, after they had practically
| smashed the automobile to pieces In
an effort to find the money, finally
! threatened the life of the chauffeur,
| They stood him up and were giving
him his last chance to save his life
when he consented to tell the where
| the money was concealed. Otherwise
I'm sure, they would have never
found OUT
when a Mexican rebel loots 9
store he makes a thorough job OF
| it," said Mr.. Fuller. HE cleans the
place out completely taking even this
| shelves. Then he marches In hit
mules and horses and makes stable
out of 1t. He'll do the same thing
with a residence, and l have seer
some of the most palatial residence;
in all of Mexico turned into stables.
THE city of Las Babisas was
| destroyed to make room for the dam
which the Mexican Northern Com.
pany was building" said Mr.. Fuller
"a number of the people was opposed
| to the wiping out of the town, and
these people were backed up by Cen
eral villa When the rebels took
possession of the city General Villa
visited the headquarters of the Mex
| lean Northern firm and demanded
that the city be rebuilt and put in
exactly the same condition as 1t had
been before the work of destruction
was begun. But he got interested in
an automobile we owned and com
promised by going off in our machine
as his property. Somewhat cheaper
than rebuilding a city," he COM
mented.
Mrs. Fuller started for the States
during the dry season. On more than
| one occasion the party ran out of
food and drink for twenty-four hours
at a stretch. The party was so
| thirsty that at one time during the
trip they drank the water out OF mud
puddies. Upon reaching the Rio
| Grande at Ojima the party found the
stream too high to ford An obliglng
Mexican offered to take the party
over on fiat boats at the rate of $50
a load, and as there was no other
means of getting over the price was
agreed to.
1.-TWO weeks later, when the second
party. of which Mr.. Fuller was a
member, came along, the Mexican
was out of business. The stream was
low enough for them to ford 1t.
| The pictures accompanying this
article were brought from Mexico by
Mr.. McCauley and by the Fullers
The first picture shows the magni-
| tude of the work the New
ark man was engaged on. The
dam was so strongly built that the
rebels made no effort to destroy It,.
They could not haul sufficient dyna-
mite to open the concrete. Picture
No. 2 shows the rebels blowing up
railroad bridge.
| All of the other pictures were made
| by the Fullers. The pictures show
scenes along the route and how the
refugees made their way to the
Texas line.
DR.. Agnew's Death Mourned
by Paterson Health Board