The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-04-27
CRUEL TREATMENT
OF AMERICANS
IN MEXICO
Are In Grave Danger Of a Worse
Fate
NO FAVORS TO WOMEN
Rum Maddsned Mob Dragged Ameri-
cen Women and Children
Through Stree: to Prison

Vera Cruz. April 27.-More than so
Amerlcans-men. women and child
ron-who we're trying to leave the
country. were taken from a train at
Aguascalientes and imprisoned in
the smelte- there. according to advic
es received here Yesterday.
A drunken mob az Encarnacion en-
tered the train and ordered all Amer
leans ont OF the cars. stating they
we're to be killed. While the passen-
gers we're parleying with the drunk
en- men. there appeared a small par
Is OF Mexican soldiers, whose officer
protested against the summary execu
ton OF the Americans. lie then
drove the refugees into the rear car
which was uncoupled from the tram
and left standing on the track. Lat
er this coach was taken to Aguasca-
nentes. where American Consul Sch
mutt. Railway superintendent Thorn
as and O number OF railway employ
es we're added 20 the number OF cap
tives. all Of whom wore locked in
tho smelter.
Another party of American refu-
gees fleeing from a town in the state
OF sAguascalientes were driven from
the train and marooned at the sta
ticn OF Trinidad.
American Consul Canada has noti-
fed the state department that many
American refugees have been taken
from trains and imprisoned at Agu-
ascalientes by Mexican soldiers. Be
sides Americans the consul report
saws other foreigners have been de-
tanned. most of them having been
employees OF the smelters at Aguas-
calientes. Protest against the action
was made to Consul Canada by Al
fred Doerr, president of the Ameri-
can smelling and refining company,
who succeeded in reaching Vera
Cruz from Agusascalientes. The
state department at Washington
through the Brazilian ambassador,
has asked that the American citizens
imprisoned be released.
Later it was learned that Consul
Canada reported to the state depart.
ment that the Americans and other
refugees held at Aguascalientes haa
been pulled from a train about TO
leave for Vera Cruz by a mob and
that local police iuterfered and res
cued them. They we're then held IN
the smelters none being permitted
to reboard the train Consul Canada
also repeated about 500 American
refugees from Mexico City had arriv-
ed at Vera Cruz up to Saturday
Right.
Mr.. Doerr. according to Consul
Canada's report on the Aguascalient-
es incident, gavo the names of more
than 80 Americans. mostly women
and children, who were on the train
and are now in the smelter. where
they are held for protection. He
said that when the party was first
dragged of the train at Incarnation
the mob demanded the lives of the
Americans and even went so far as
to produce priests who might hear
their confessions before they were
put to death. Troops who were on
duty dissuaded the mob from VIC
lence at that stage, segregated the
Americans in one car and managed
TO get them to the smelter, where
they are confined.
Another party Of about so Ameri-
cans boarded the same train, Which
lett Aguascalientes. but were thrown
of the train by the train crew at
Trinidad, where, at last reports they
were stranded with no hotel and no
accommodation of any kind.