The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-25
SMALLPOX AND HUNGER
ABROAD N CAPITAL
Refugee From Mexico City Gives
Graphic Description of Awful
Conditions Existing There.
KILLED FOR pRoTECTtN. HOME
With Flag of His Country Waving
Over Hiu John McNanuS, Amcri-
can. Died ian Defending His Homo
T~,m Raecally Invaders.

New Yuak, March 2t,--Btsck
smallpox and Starvation are
snsosbrr4pg the City of Mexico,
there Is no city water left no
food for the starving. no street
cars. the bakers and dairymcn's
shelves arr. bare. and their shops,
Hike all other stores In the capital,
are closed and barred. Through
the streets lawless swarr,s of
Zapati>tas and NiIiSias yell In
suits at women and ~boU and
rob hy day well a. by night
That. at least, is the way the latest
Of refugees t. reach New York from
tho Mexican capjtai---Mrs Mary Bur
ton. an English gentiewnuan, who
lived here for years but for ten years
past has been teaching IN Mexico
City in a private school for daughters
Of the Mexican rich---desCribed condi-
tioRs in the NJ xican ga pithl, when
Mrs. Burton fed under fire 10 the
seacosst with her four small children
and maid.
Fer four years. Mrs. Burton says
John Il. McManus. the American
killed tn his house in Mexico City by
Zapafas soldiers on March II. last,
supplied her ard ho~ babies with milk.
ard she knew HIN iHtimat, ~. He
lived only a short disiause from Mrs.
Burton's nome In the American
colony
Killed Cor Protecting H'nne.
Ai1d Hin" ~ ". nor N'HFd &ot
revenge" declared Mrs HURON. II
know that he never Killed any of the
revo1utIonists but taaI he WAS riddlcd
with builets 10y ZapAiistaS, although
the American flag was flying from his
mouse Simply because ne resisted
WhFil theE broke Ih(" has place 10
rot IL
Mrs. Burtah. VINO. with hor niue
ones. Is staying Tor a fe" days at the
ifotei Bon Ray IS fS2' cla''S bitteF
against the Catholic party IN -dexico.
she hastened to aud nat lnasHucE
as she Is &'auoch tathohC atfStti
net bittefh'S * IL MOI a&sdhSt thf ~aio-
94ic thufch' bui a~dthst Fiefles ana
3thtth AS 'hofNiddals EahuEa ~ d i'"-
I-bcst party "hpS@ nh4ht1.i ana "thel
L"rhs "3 sotp"ft 81 tHe Nliiis'@h am
- % tstaS' H.'e gay :, - ,HF oHiI tI''n-
,hat He4"s tue rowing o"i''S 81 fSF"'
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nou,t kno,, v.hv They I,toht
The soldiers, VINO ars more ignnra nj
than the paoplo Of The Stnres could
nelteye uo%sitIe don't know why the,
ire nahiiag. But they murder and
steal right aud left, ard the only way
tn. lriehtfa state of affairs can be
atva.Thtcaca out row or ever-anc
il must he done no9 lis for the
h1t"" ftatfS 70 step IN
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r.. 80 ~, ,[r,,a r.st,'s ~,
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5ag ~ ..4,, ,Ttl,tr., -, ~. .,ra A., ,,a,
ms MON fssr,x ~. trntts5 ss,ate,
.ides ,e,tt 90 in,,e g., y 800 t,t,a,.
,rajI,. =, nncs
,sft4t f,eether ,yltb nil American ".
ana etf,lrs af ,4o,rstlne ia Afeytra
sho,,,a rather SO 1ar. yeilso, ta),e ~,
ne f.s.tisc Of mn sdacat.a man liz.
tSarranza. ,et.u ~ a.i the Nexicar
lea s.a mas urowa, i.;eat4 vba M,
mad. som tffar. :aaard IlNtne IN,
Mexican p.pttle. out 81 the depths o.
{anora ecc hv systematic eaucsttun
and alone among all the warrins
Mexican luaatr< has rsealiis he'd rtue