The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-06-26
LITTLE WOMAN
TOLD DICTATOR
HER OPINIONS
Enemies of Huerta We're Openly
Aided by American Woman
and Daughters
FORCED TO FLEE TO
TROOPS AT VERA CRUZ
Mrs. Mary Reyes Told Son of
Ruler That Her Father Was
Guilty of Staying

VERA CRUZ, June 20 Mrs. Mary
Reyes is back again under the Amer
lean flag, after having given son of
President HneFta the talking II OF his
life With her she brings four pretty
daughters.
Mrs Reyes went to Mexico % years
ago and is the American widow OF
Mexican who was once wealthy. Her
four daughters have delightful little
lisps, calculated to drive White-suit-
ed young nayyman half mad The
girls learned stenography, after The
family fortunes waned, and IN good
American style they jumped IN after
their fathers death and made for
themselves and their mother home
that was one of the brightest and
most interesting in Mexico
When President Maderc was as5as-
sinated Mrs Reyes agreed with Presi.
dent Wilson that Huertd, the assassin,
oiSht not to be recognized
Mrs. Reyes began to speak her mind,
wherever she went. The ,'arranzistas.
who were working secretly in the
city at the risk of thor lives, sought
her out and told her to be careful
"l'ln going to talk and think as
please" said Mrs. Reyes, In American
style The Carranzista$ in the capital
began TO depend more and more on the
American woman and her daughters
for aid in accomplishing secret and
difficult tasks. For instance, it's Mrs.
Reyes own secret how she did ii, but
liz is known that fourteen deputies
who had been marked for death by
L
home, at various times, TO safety, And
every time a deputy went 10 safety
the wardrobe of one of the girls vas
minus a gown or a street dress.
The crisis for the Reyes family
came Feb. %. not because that Is
Washington's birthday, but because II
is the anniversary of the assassination
Of Francisco Madero, who was almost
an idol with the Reyes girls and taeir
mother On that Sunday afternoon
Mrs. Reyes, taking her liberty and II
might have been her life, into her
hands, went TO the French cemetery,
where Madero lies buried. and carry
ing a great bouquet CT roses, she stalk
ed her way through the lines Of Next
can soldiers and rurales TO the door
OF the Madero family tomb and placed
the roses there Carmen, her daugh'
ter. who was standing beside her, sud
denly felt the touch OF hand on hen
shoulder The girl turned and found
herself facing George Huerta, the son
OF Maderos assassin.
What are you doing here?" he
asked, insolently.
We're here to mourn for the good
man you father assassinated"
The words came like so many shots
spoken right into the face of the as
sassins son; delivered in the presence
of grim soldiers; heard by scores OF
Ibystanders who were secretly mourn
ing Mrs. Reyes told George Huerta
some more things, too; she told him
that he was as bad a man as his
drunken father. She prophesied; she
said the day would come when his
father. who had seized the presidency
by homicide, would be an outcast. She
said she hoped the day wasn't far
away, either, and then she would up
by saying Now go home and tell
your father what an American woman,
who isn't afraid to talk. thinks about
him.
After the ir cldent secret service
men haunted them and their nome,
even their servants, they discovered,
we're Huerta spies There was one
white man" In the Huerta govern
ment, who called one of the girls 10
his Office and said:
"Your mother and you girls had bet.
ter get out OF the capital as soon as
you can, Huerta is planning to ar.
rest her"
And so the plucky little American
woman, with her four daughters, left
their home one evening. got to the
railroad station without being OBJ.
served, and "a hours later were under
the American flag In Vera Cruz.