Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1916-03-20

hree today with her 10 months old
baby and told how she had hidden for
two days in the shaft on an abandoned
mine near Cananea from Mexican ban
dts. Mrs. Rogers husband is inter-
ested in mining property near Cana
nea, but was away from home when
the little colony fed on the approach
OF the bandits.
Fled to Abandoned Mines.
The whole country around where I
was living" said Mrs. Rogers, was
filed with abandoned mines, the shafts
OF some OF which had been sunk 1000
| feet or more. Most OF the American
men were away when we heard of the
approach OF the bandits. We fed TO
one Of the abandoned mines. carrying
whatever food We could snatch up.
/ one OF the men took my baby and we
crawled down an abandoned shaft by
| ladders until we reached the LOCO foot
| level Here we remained for "a hours.
! Finally. as we heard no shooting.
I one of the men Vcntured to the sur
I face. He reported everything quiet and
we returned To our homes. We had
| hardly reached there, however, when
| we again heard that the bandits were
/ coming.
Sat in Darkness and Prayed.
This time we went down to the 1.5OO
! foot level. where we remained another
/ way. We were in a little slope about
I ten feet GUaTe, we had no lights of any
l kind. and / had only u couple of cans
! of condensed milk to feed my baby.
4 We just sat there on the floor in the
! blacliness and prayed At last we could
| stand it no longer. I think we would
| have all gone mad If We had stayed
/ there. we crawlcd up into the sun
! shine. There was no sign of the ban
I dts and we made our way safely to
/ Cananea, where we got a train"
Used British Flag for Protection.
Mrs. Rogers declared that the Amer
lean flag, FAR from commanding the
! respect Of Mexican bandits. actually
melted them to outragcs The only
nag that offered any protection, she
said. was the British nag.
J. u am bitterly ashamed -Iu admit il
she said, but whenever trouble started
we began 10 hunt for Union Jack
1t was by no means a bullet proof
shield, but IL was the only flag l ever
| saw the NeNicans paid any Difference
7 TO- There was young Englishmau
| who committed suicide where / was
] The MCNicaus thought he was an
American and they hurriedly dug Q
shallow hole and We're going to put
him away without ceremony when the
officer i'm command overheard someone
say. j wish We knew where his mother
is 50 we could notify her. She IS some
where in England. out / do not know
where The officer stopped the burial
land asked If the suicide was an Eng
iishman. When he learned that he was
he ordered the body preserved anG
tried for four days 10 get in touch with
an English consul
Another refugee who reached here
! today had travelled 2O0 miles through
Mexico on n motorcycle in search o1
safety. He was employed on the o. T
ranch in eastern Chihuahua
Escaped on Motorcycle.
There were three Of us on tn,
/ ranch" hI said. when we heard tha
. q band Of Mexican soldiers were goinl
TO pay us a visit. We were told they
We're CaTTauZa followers, but we die
, not stop to inquire into their polite.
or anything else about them. / Jumped
, on my motorcycle and Travelled abOu
/ ten miles I'm g- many minutes. Then
got lost and wandered over the COun
+. try for hours. trying TO find the border
= Twice / was pursued by mounted Mex
leans, but my cycle was too fast fo
them. ! was fired NJ a couple of times
, but the bullets went wild. My gasO
: line was almost exhausted when / saw
/ at last the Rio Grande.'
, / Refugees continue to arrive here ant
: at other points along the border daily
\ but the majority of them refuse q
E discuss conditions in Mexico, as the,
! fear their property in that countr,
( would ne destroyed If they aroused tn
! resentment of the MpxicauS