The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-05-10

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ssa al tins trsxnwxy tsrnssnAl ana had
/ walked twsnxy 1--we rallies n6rthnNrd
before he dared ayrear on the road.
tnres. maybe sfey were kaued.
FrArk e. Moreheuse and X. r. Eos
ter, Of FL paso fths owners OF the
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St-s - II Z laft5t-sg tEssg All were
preparing to SO down 70 Boquiiiias
: MA FQtp INC sseFAd
Town EIectrf8ed
I AT $50 the town was electrified
whsn dusty car chrgged In with
Halter and Coy In II,
As Halter went up and down the
street the3e was a general rush for
TIRE auto Morshouse jumped high
ard shouted for Joy and when Halter
told him the boys We're safe he Rugged
the superintendent and they laughed
aa4 cried Ln~etAes---.----,~-------
The seven men who were first pris-
oners and then captora were Carl Hal
ter, superintendent; DR. Homer Pow
ere. formerly OF Fort Stockton, p. r.
Hasorouck tcorrsct) ossayer; w, n,
Butter, y. r. Mcknight. George Scott
ard Austin swaysa.
Captured Saturday Morning.
The stors 81; the escape vss a thrill
& tE& ffef~ #ttsF - FfFGAN 10 AsE7sQ-
mel NAtividad ivarez, comprised the
we were captured last Saturday
morning about II O'clock at the tar
minaI on the Mexican side opposite
Boquiilas A bunch Of fourteen ban
ate commanded by Lieutenant Colo
rel %atic!dad Alvarez, comprised the
party that surprised us
later another small group OF ban
dts came by the place with Deemer
and Payne
Wagons Allied with goods from
Deerner's store were In the. process
ston that left the Mexican terminal
late that day.
Colonel Al Wares had orders 10
take along an automobile truck that
belongs 10 me. Six Americana the
Colonel ana four gsaidee got aboard
the automobile and started out.
Deemsr and Payne went on ahead
with the wagons
''The Colonel told me that we would
be taken into the district around Tor
aud then sent back to the border.
The road that we took 1T the be-
ginning of the trip south was hard
one and advised the Mexican officer
that the machine would not make II.
lie consented to detour This delayed
Us several hours, 30 that by Sunday
morning we were not far from the
bor4er
Fairy on Sunday morning we
started. through the Canyon Road call
cal fGrte OF Thermopylae Road The
road was terrible ana we made very
slow time. Meanwhile, the wagons
and their bandit escort had gotten
ahead, leaving only US. the Colonel
ard -four guards with the machine.
Prisoners Get Hungry.
We had not been given anything
10 est and Sunday afternoon we were
heac.Y exhausted When we wen. inte
camp that Might've we're only about
twenty-five miles south of the border.
one tire was gone from the ma
china The next morning we started
nut and the road was uphill for sew
eral miles We all had TO get out and
pRah the machine
I'VE hal already agreed among our
selves that when the proper moment
came we would attempt TO escape
from the guards
Well our machine stalled and I
+ told the colonel he would have TO get
mules to haul us out. He sent one 81
tho bandils- ahead 10 get !aalpLfraFa
4 the advance party, and also sent one
10 a ranch about Ave miles back That
we We're All out trying TO push the
truck up the steep grade.
Then ~ prearrang signal was
given. The Americans stepped back @
foot and as the Mexicans were help
ing to push, we jumped them ane
grabbed their revoivers from theil
holsters Then we knocked then
down.
"Onlv one showed any fight III
Fuahed for Hashrouck who had grab
bed his pistol. iIasbrouck commanded
him 10 stop and aimed the pistol. Blu
the Mexican kept on coming Has
brouck pulled the trigger but the re
voiver failed TO explode.
THE two men clinched and rolles
TO the ground in a moment though
one Of us had beaten the Mexican int
nonresistance with the butt Of ei,
shooter II was all over in ten min
utes. We tied the prisoners, put then
in the machine and rushed for TIL
border THE three men are now pris
onerr Of Sheriff Walton at Deemer'
place, near Roquillas.
"All OF the men in our bunch are II
good health and none the worse TO
their experience.