The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-19
DR. URRUTlA FLED TO ESCAPE DEATH
 BY HUERTA'S MEN
Gonstftutionalists Determined To Seat Carranza As
 President.
Wilson Outlines To American Delegates Plans For Se-
 curing Peace.

Vera Cruzs May. 1s-Dr. Aureliano TJrrutia. ex-rninister of the interior. who arrived in this city yesterday as a fugitive, declares that he left the capital because she feared assassina'-' tion and in thes belief that a revolt would shortly occur in the city of
 nI left the capital he said, .for two reasons. The first was knowl- edge of a. plot among General Huerta g close political supporters to assassin ate me, they saying I knew too much Second there has been planned gem eral revolt of the people and the army.
 q would not be surprised to receive now at any minute news of an up- rising against Huerta, of whom the people and the army are determined Ito rid themselves. did not want to be in Mexico City when this occur red"
 Twice arrested and hustled through the streets by American soldiers and hissed and threatened by his coun- trymen, Urrutia was forced to face yesterday some of the indignities to which he subjected others while he was high in power at the capital He expects to sail for Europe at the first opportunity
 Tn support Of tf1e sentiments Of the crowd, which stood before his hotel and shouted, etLet us witness that American justice be done. General Funston has been asked to order Ur- rt1tia's detention until such time aS they have at Mexico City a new gov whom charges against the ex-minister can be filed for crimes perpetrated it is alleged. while he was minister of the interior.
 There appears little likelihood that Urrutia. will be held At one time General Funston did tell him to leave as soon as possible but, AreIentfng. sent word to him he might remain in Vera Cruz temporarily
 Urrutia professed at first that. his only desire was to remain here under protection of the Americans, that he that to remain at the capital wan to face the anger of Huerta- Before night, however he had decided that he would not stay.
 After he had been taken to a hotel from the police station where he was Edetained after his arrival Urrutia Ecrossed the street with his wife and eight children to lunch at cafe. American soldiers accompanied him.
 While some of them stood i'm the
 were preventing the intrusion of am gry natives who muttered threats and openly denounced -flin1.
 Antonio Rivero de Ia Tore, editor of E1 Dfctarnen, who was the leader
 of tEles demonstration against Dr. Ur-
 rutia, is still held at police headquar- ters charged with disturbing the peace.
 He has become a popular hero. The Urrutia. incident has served to demonstrate in a striking manner the
 widespread anti-Huerta sentiment in
 Vera Cruz. Most Of the fugitivee from the capital are welcomed by the residents of Vera Cruz but they found
 it. difficult to separate Urrutia from the Hureta regime, no<withs tandfng
 the public dropping of the man by the
 provisional president.
 Why, it would appear that they think I am stiH working for Huerta, " lsaid the fugitive as he paced up and down his room in front of his wife
 whose eyes were red from weeping. They refuse to believe that l, too, am in danger of my life from that man. Some of them think am down
 here on some sort of secret mission
 for Huerta and others that I am here l connivfng with some plot or other twith the rebels. assure you that I am doing neither am trying to get away from scenes and situations that have grown hateful to me and which are plotting the record Of my
 eouniry.
 s.Not since the 10th of septernbe, lhave had anything to do with the