The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-06-25
HOW u. S. WOMAN
DEFIED HUERTA
MRS. REYES DECORATES MA.
DERO'S GRAVE, GIVES HUER-
TA.S son TALKING TO,
AND FINALLY ESCAPES

Vera Cruz. Mex.-Mrs. Mary Rey-
es is back again under the American
flag, after having given a son of
President Huerta the talking to of
his life. With her she brings four
pretty daughters.
Mrs. Reyes went to Mexico twenty
five years ago and is the American
widow of a Mexican who was once
wealthy. Her four daughters have de-
Hghtful little lisps, calculated to
drive a white suited young navyman
half mad. The girls learned steno-
'graphy, after the family fortunes
waned. and in good American style
they jumped in after their fathers
death and made for themselves and
their mother a home that was one
of the brightest and most interesting
in Mexico. ~
Aided Deputies to Escape.
When President Madero was assas-
mated Mrs. Reyes agreed with Presi-
dent Wilson that Huerta the assassin
ought not to be recognized.
l. Mrs. Reyes began to speak her
mind, wherever she went. The Car
ranzistas, who were working secretly
in the city, at the risk of their lives,
sought her out and told her to be
careful.
Pm going to talk and think as |
please" said Mrs. Reyes, in American
style. The Carranzistas in the capital
began to depend mor and more on
tne american woman and her daugh-
tiers for aid in accomplishing secret
and difficult tasks. For instance.
It's Mrs. Reyes own secret how she
dideft, but 1t Is known that fourteen
deputies who had been marked for
death by Huerta were spirited away
from her home, at various tihieSd. TO
safety. And every time a deputy went
TO safety the wardrobe of one OF the
girls a minus a gown or a street
dress. JGteiuoou Wir Rsh# fsE
What She was There For.
The crisis for the Reyes family
came February %, not because that
.1s W~ashington's birthday, but be-
cause tits the anniversary of the as
sassfnatienl of Francisco aMadero,
who was almost an idol with the Rev
es girls and their mother. On that
Sunday afternoon Mrs. Reyes, taking
her liberty and it might have been
her life, into her hands, went I'd the
ferenoh cemetery, where Maderos lies
buried, and carrying a great Bououet
of roses. she stalked her wayethrbugh
the lines of Mexican soldferskand nj
rales to the door oftthe Madero fam
lily tomb and placed tfeLfoses there
Carmen, her daughter, who was stand
ing beside her, suddenly felt the
touch OF a hand on her shoulder. The
girl urned and found herself facing
IN (rnnrUn .vyrHn~fn tI-
assassin.
What are you doing here?" he
asked, i%nsolently.
We're here to mourn for the good
man your father murdered"
Told Him Other Things
The words came like so MANY
shots; spoken right into the face of
the assassin's son; delivered in the
presence of grim soldiers; heard by
scores of %by-standers who were secret
~ mourning. 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
n said the day would come when
ms father, who had seized the pre-
sidency by murder, would be an out
cast. She said she hoped the day
wasn't far away, either. and then she
wound up by saying: Now go home
and tell your father what an Ameri-
woman, who isn't afrait to talk
t0lks about him."
After the incident secret service
men haunted them and their home.
even their servants, they discovered
were Huerta spies. There was one
white man" in the Huerta vel
ment, who called one of the girls to
his office and said:
your mother and you girls had
better get out of the capital as
soon as you can. Huerta is %planninn
to arrest her."
And so the plucky little American
woman with her four daughters. left
their hon one evening. got to the
railroad station without being oh
served, and twenty-four hours later
were under the American flag at
Vera Cr,,1 No a.