Bisbee daily review., 1914-05-05
.LAMPAZOS REFUGEES
 TELL OF FRIGHTFUL
 STORIES CIRCULATED

Declaring that the worst feature of ! the recent exodus from the State of Sonora. on the part of Americans, was the uncertainty and the wild ru. mors which were afloat, J. W. Rice, one of the officials of the Bonanza de Ia Plata. at Lampazos, Mexico, spent yestercay in tae district on business and pleasure Rice and Frank U. Borgeson, are associated . in the management of the biz silver property in Sonora and the former | Twas down in the interior probably ! later than any other American who came out of there on the order of the State Department of the United States
 According to both Rice and Borge. son conditions in the Lampazos sec ton Of Sonora would give no indi- cation of the reported ill feeling of the Mexican people for Americans. On the contrary, according to both |men. the MeXicans of their section advised them to stay and protested that they were in no danger what ever
 Borgeson, the manager of the prop erty, came out of Sonora about six weeks ago and has been near the border since that time. Rice, how lever, was at the property and only about a week ago decided to try to get out of the section.
 Lampazos is approximately 100 miles of Moctezuma and the trip be- tween the end of the railroad and the mining camp has to be made over land
 Rice, with the manager of the Lam. .pazos Silver Mining Company. the big Randolph property. started out to- |Eether They hid a great many of their possessions and started When |sCme distance out of Lampazos they .met a Mexican and asked the trav- eler what was the news of the border
 The Mexican told them that inter .vention had come and that the Mex. jeans and Americans had had battle .aJ Agua prieta, in whcih about 1000 Americans had been killed The two .men continued on towards the bor der, thinking this might be a mistake. When nearing the Moctezuma district they saw another Mexican who told lheu Vera Cruz had been evacuated by the Americans. the MeXicaus hay. ing driven the soldiers from the Unit. ed State back to the ships
 Upon the receipt of this news the American mining men decided that i, would not be wise to go into the |tceth Of trouble. Accordingly. they Laslened back in the direction of Lamplzos and with two trustworthy hozos hired themselves out Go the hills where they stayed about foul Cuys.
 With no indication, whatever o0 trouble they decided Co make dasl for the border. They started ou and when they arrived at Moctezums found all quiet The officials at th, mining town gave them every aid pos sible. and extended pass ports fo their use. No stone was placed ii the way of the speedy and saf, journey Co the line. The railroad be A-.r h'A n up HNAW ecu AIbN LNhAlNa Nlll Nacoarzi, the refugees had to ride {, the latter town. They arrived ther just ln time to catch the last trail e cut of theer
 Rice spoke in high terms of thu "a way in which the Constitutionalist ., had treated him, both in Lampazo 1 and on the way out of Sonora. II > declared that the better class of peC T pie in the neighboTing republic, i
 the State of Sonora, were genuinel sorry that the Americans were lea, ing and expressed the wish that the
 might soon come back.
 In speaking of the mining propert
 both men declared that it was, 1
 all truth, a bonanza. Borgeson sai
 that the development of the Bonanz would continue as soon as they coul
 get back Co work The manager sai
 a rich vein of silver ore had bee
 struck, which also carried high lea
 and gold values One shaft has bee
 sunk and a cross cut tunnel hi
 opened a vein of ore which is wonde
 fully rich.
 Rice expects to start back to u
 property this week and Borgeson VI
 also return as soon as he finish
 some business in the United Stat
 which be has on hand