New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-20
HID IN OLD MINE
TO ELUDE BANDITS
American Woman. with
Her Baby, Spends 2 Days
in Abandoned Workings.

FL Paso. Tex. March 19.-Mrs. Wal
lace Rogers. Of Detroit, arrived here
to-day, with her fifteen months old ia
FAINT, and told how she had hidden,
with her baby. for two days in the
shaft OF an abandoned mine near /, Aha
nea, from Mexican bandits. Mrs.
Rogers's husband is interested in min
ing property near Cananes. but was
away from home when the little col
ony fed.
"The whole country around where !
was living" said Mrs. Rogers, was
filled 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 aed to
one Of the abandoned mines. carrying
whatever food We could snatch up. One
Of the men took my baby and we
crawled down shaft ladders until we
reached the l.OOO-foot level Here we
remained for twenty-four hours.
Position Becomes Maddening.
Finally. as We heard no shooting.
one OF the men ventured TO the sur
face. He reported everything quiet
and We returned 70 our homes. We had
hardly reached there, when We again
heard the bandits were coming. This
time We went down 20 the l.500-foot
level, where We remained another day
We were in a little slope about ten
feet square. We had no lights OF any
kind, and had only couple Of cans
Of condensed milk TO feed my baby.
We just sat there on the floor in the
backness and prayed. At last we could
stand il no longer | think we would
have all gone mad II We had stayed
there. We crswled up into the sun
shine. There was no sign Of the ban
dts. and we made our way safely TO
Cananea. where We got train"
Mrs. Rogers declared that the Mex
lean bandits not only had no respect
for the American flag. but that il
actually melted them TO outrages. The
only flag that offered any protection
at all. she said, was the British flag.
Mcxicans Respect Union Jack.
"I am bitterly ashamed 70 admit it,
@h, sal ii. but whenever trouble starte!
we began 20 hunt for Union Jack +
was by no means a buliet-proof shield,
hut i Vas tho only flag I ever saw fo-
which the Ne.cans had any deferencr.
There was a young Englishman who
committed suicide where 7 was. The
q. / a
and they hurriedly dug a shallow hole
and we're going 70 put him away with
out ceremony. when the officer in conf
mard overheard some ore say: i wish
We knew where his mother Is. % va
could notify her. She is somewhere n
England, but do not know where The
officer stopped the burial and asked il
the suicide was an Engiishman. When
he learned that he was he ordered tn -
body preserved, and tried for four davs
70 get IN touch with ar English consul."
Flees 200 Miles on Motorcycle.
Another refugee who reached here
to-day had travelled 200 miles through
Mexico on motorcycle in search Of
safety. lie was employed on the o. T.
ranch. in Eastern Chihuahua.
There were three Of Us on the
ranch. he said. "when We heard chat y
band Of Mexican soldiers were going 20 /
pay u n visit. We were told they were I
Carranza followers. but we did not stop 4
10 inquire their politics or anything /,
else about them. ! jumped on my 1
motorcycle and travelled about ton |
miles in as many minutes. Then got 1
lost and wandered over the country for /
hours trying to find the border. Twice /
was pursued by m9unted MeXicans,
but my cycle was too fast for them.
was fred at couple Of times, but the |
bullets went wild. Ny gasolene vas al |
most exhausted when ! saw at last the .
Rio Grande."
Refugees continue 20 arrive here anc |
AZ other points along the border. but
the majority OF them refuse to discuss
conditions in Mexico in any way. ~
they fear their property in that coun-
try would be destroyed II they aroused |
the resentment Of the Mexieans.