Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-04-30
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DETAILS OF HAPPEN
INGS PRIOR To AND FOLLOW
INGTHE FLAG INCIDENT DUR
ING MONTERREY BATTLE
MONTGOMERYS ESCAPE
MONTERREY AMERICAN WHO WAS
SENTENCED To BE SHOT By
MEXICAN FEDERALS TELLS
HOW III HAPPENED.

Thrilling stories of events that pre-
cc,cd and followed the incident oi the
anti American demonstrations IN Mon
lterrev last week. and the heroiSm "i
Americans ia standing up for their nag
were brought in bv u second party oi
refugees that reached Brownsville last
night from Monterrey. Among the
refugees that arrived was NJ. j. Mont
romcrv. The American who was srii-
fenced "a be shot by the fcicrals bnt
whose life was saved when the fcdcrai>
evacuated the city To the constitutional
lists.
AMONG those who came in and their
destinations are: Mr.. and Mrs. q. ID
Fiizs:mmons. Corpus Christi; Father }.
b. McIoy. Larcdos Mr. and Mrs. >. =.
Townsend. Racine. Wis: Mrs =. -
Nurphy and two daughters. Browns
Vile: Miss Nav Powell and four broth
iers. Herbert. Malcolm. Thco and Kalph
Powell. San Antonio. H. NJ. Compton.
New Orleans: NJ. T. Montgomery. Pitts
burg: y. Kaerchcr Youngstown. ONO;
Mrs. q. ID. CARA aud daughter, Browns
Vile: DIR. and Mrs. q. '. Lawrence. f"rt
Worth. Texas and Montgomery. Aia-.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. T.. Jones and child.
Omaha. Neb. Mr.. and Mrs. %. i.
Thames cleveland. Ohio: Mrs. +. q.
Moore. Brownsville.
4 Mexican federal officer instructed
Theo Powell 10 remove m American
flag from his front door. He persistent
ly refused to do so. and later a troop oil
federal cavalry was sent Ia the house
10 remove the flag and to get young
Powell However he was not i"unh,
having hid in the home Of a Mexican
friend. where he remained for four
Idavs. his brothers not knowing ms
whereabouts lie showed MP ~ his home
when the consiitutionalists entered the
city
\ Rev. Joiner refused Ia give up his
American flag in spite of the faci tha'
a Mexican officer showed revolver I'M
necessarily close to his person. The oi-
fiocr finally gave up his efforts to have
Rev. Joiner dispose Of the flag ana had
one Of his men do il for him.
Nr. Montgomery. the Pittsburgcr who
was sentenced Ia be- shot on a charge oi
Having assisted the constitutlonaii>ts'
said he was tortured time and time
again by threats of death M certain
times bv his taller. hut none of which
were carried out. lie was thrown into
n dungeon in the penitentiary' where NJ
was not permitted TO have blankets or
anv covering. nor a cot. lie was even
denied trial. until he finally. through
she assistance of "A guard who had once
been in his employ. advised his lawyer
of his whereabouts. The lawyer and The
manager of the street railway company
with which Mr.. Montgomery was con
tnecte,l both Mcxicans. risked their lives
in his behalf.
Mr.. Montgomery secured possession 81
the papcrs that recorded his continent
"a the penitentiary. and which showed
also the names of three other Amefi-
leans. Thomas Gamble Hay. Walton n.
Kaercher and 4. 4. Stewart. the latter
secretary of the Young Mems Christian
association. These three men were
ltakcn from the u NJ G. a. by the al
being detained on the charge Of having
shot two men. They were marched
Through the streets like convicts. anS
thrown into the penitentiary on April
20. r,maining there until they were re
leased by the constitutionalisis on April
"a. All three of the men were surprised
al the charge made against them. n
they had done no shooting during the
battle.
In telling ~ his arrest. jailing and
lsentence 10 execution, and the cvenfs
that led up 10 il. Mr.. Montgomery said
10 a Herald man shortly after he reach
ed the city last night:
There is private telephone line
from the ear barns my headquarters to
the bath honse at Topo Chico. | was
In the managers office when my assist
lant came in aud informed me that Car
ranzisias were at Topo Chico. This was
lou April II, the Friday before the b.