New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-27
REFUGEES TELL OF
HORRORS ENDURED
Say Rebels Mutilated Foes,
Whipped, Choked and
Robbed Americans.
WOMEN INSULTED
OPENLY IN STREETS
Destitute and Half Starved, $500
Reach GalveStOn-MOre
Expected.
nv Telegraph To The TrIbun,.

By Ielegraph 70 Inc Iribune
Galveston. April 26.-Driyen by armed
bands Of Mexicans from their homes and
from the property which they have been
years accommodating. forced to fee from
their work where good wages were paid,
destitute OF food. clothing and money,
$500 refugees arc here awaiting the pleas
ure of the State OF Texas In disposing
OF them.
Governor Coquitt declared to-day that
they must not enter the state until the
latter part OF this week. They are
crowded uncomfortable, and their sani-
tary surroundings In many instances
could be bettered.
Two thousand of these refugees tcie-
graphed to-day to Governor Colquitt ana
President Wilson saying:
I'VE thank you for being permitted to
stand out I'm the rain. drenched' haf
starved, sick and unprotected
They are disappointed because they
thought they would be sent to their des-
tlnatlons upon arrival.
On all ships boarded to-day the refu-
gees told stories Of cruelties inflicted pS
Nextcans. both rebels and Federals. ana
of priyations insults and injuries the!
have endured since the beginning OF the
Huerta- Wilson dispute. They told of the
eehting about Tampico. Panuco' vera
Cruz and other points.
Mexicans Fired on Ships.
On the Cyclops and the Trinidadian
,,ar. tho refugees who came from Tam
rico Among them was ed. Kline, oi
Marion. Kan. who, in telling oil trouoie'
said:
"We Jared very well until the marines
uera landed at Vera Cruz. though FOR
weeks Mexcans booted at us. When inc
news Of the landing Of the marines came
Americans gathered at the Southern
Hotel and prepared to protect themselves
.po.ters were distributed about the
streets. and from every quarter came the
cry OF Death to the gringoes rederaus
ond rehels united and several shots were
ed into the hotel. We were saved by
Tho comma nder OF the German cruiser
Dresden. who saw the riot and queheo
Il bv training his guns on the Mexicans
and telling them 10 cease or ne Wouiu
fire. - :.
iva were taken aboard ships just In
time Az we left we saw several hunureu
Nexicans gallop up and fire into houses
formerly occupied by Americans. AS we
sailed from the port the MeXicans hred
q, the ship. several bullets struck. and
vr Miller. OF Ohio, was shot through
the legs
p /. Brtton. who was robbed at
Panuco. told OF the fighting there. He
said.
1.-THE rebels rushed into the city AT day
b,eak April 10. and in one hour had capt
rred IT, They took the Federal soldiers
20 the hills. All Huer1a sympathizers
were hanged TO trees, their bodies were
then frightfully mutilated and left Tor
the crows.
Women Bound and Beaten.
NO Americans were killed. but all were
robbed and their homes burned. Boyd
/ Dickinson was tied TO a tree and whipped
Until he revealed the hiding place OF MS
money. A Mrs. Bennett was dashed TO the
he'd and her three children locked IN the
cellar until the house was searched. They
were later released by neighbors.
ED Rigney was beaten senseless and
robbed. Women were choked until they
gave up their Jewery It was dangerous
10 life. and we travelled to Tsmpico,
which is eighty miles distant
Several refugees on the Esperanto told
of seeing three Americans hanged BY
Mexlcans forty miles from Tampico. They
we're accused OF theft and were given no
/ trial. other instances were related where
property was confiscated and foreigners
/ ordered to leave.
Insult Women in Streets.
| c. n. Bell. OF Vera Cruz, gave the
most graphic account OF the landing or
the marines and the fighting which fol-
loved. He acted as interpreter for Ameri-
can officers. and was with them at the
tine OF the firing. At the first volley from
the housetops no Americans were killed.
but later four marines fell in the streets
and many were wounded Mexicans fell
from the windows and roofs by the score,
ard II was the next day before the streets
| were cleared OF dead bodies