Evening journal., 1919-07-23
BOY TELLS HOW
HEXICANS KILL DAD
Ranch Attacked by Bandits;
Mother BrutalIy Treated,
Son Escape,
WIDOW WANTS TO
SEE PRESLDENl /

DEE / NEOlDEN |
| NEW YORK. July PA broken lit
tie woman in black and>a sixleen-year-
old boy who had no interest in the gilt
ter and hustle Of New York satSn The
corridor Of the Hotel PENNSYLVANIA
and again lived through the tragedy
Of June i6- when a band of Mexican
bandits killed John W. Correll on his
ranch at Colonia, near Tampieo.
With tight pressed lips and shaking
hands Mrs. COrrell sat silent for the
most part and allowed the boy. Joseph
/ Alonzo, son OF the murdered man. TO
| tell the story II was story that had
| been told in Washington hast week
and will be told to Pres dent Wilson
as soon as his health will permit. on
the strength Of il, }. B. A. Robertson
Governor Of Oklahoma, has written TO
the President, demanding Intervention
in Mexico.
1t was the National Association for
the Protection of American Rights in
Mexico that persuaded Mrs Correll 20
come north to tell the United States
Government the story Of her wrongs.
citation, has assisted her throughout
her journey, and escorted her back TO
Washington.
Mrs. Correll only shook her head
and "a sed her eyes brimming with
tears for an instant in answer TO the
questions Of international relations in
yolved in her story.
1T can make no difference for me,
she said
Joe told the story sullenly, bitterly
with flashes Of hatred
81 went into the Jungle. and was go
ing TO cut a club and go out and fight
them all" he said at one point. "Of
course. | knew that gang could kill
one boy like me. but ! didn't care.
had seen my father dead"
According 10 the boys story, the
bandits who surrounded his fathers
ranch were led by a captain who spoke
Spanish. English and German There
were fifty-three in the gang. After
searching TIE house for ammunition
one led the boy Joe to the front porch
and shot al him.
"He stepped back ten PAGES, levelled |
his rifle at me and fred the BOY said |
II lodged back into the doorway Just 1
in time and the bullet passed about |
eighteen inches from me-
81 ran through the house and out on |
the back porch All this time ! had not l
seen my father or mother who had |
been driven out back Of the house /
wnen the Mex.cans arrived Several /
NJ the Mexicans levelled their rifles at /
me through the window and ordered I
me to bring out all the food and cloth 7
ing in the house. I had to do IT, Then /
they made me give them my cartridge
belt.
After this I went back through the
house again saw my father lying
dead on the floor of The kitchen. Then
for the first time ! felt afraid I went
out on the porch, and there ] saw the
Mexican who had FIRST tried to kill me.
The instant he saw me he threw up his
rifle TO shoot me acain. ] lodged back
into the house and ran out the back
way while the Mexican ran around the
house to head me off. ! ran for the
Jungle. 4 bullet passed over my head
A second bullet passed through the
,ollar Of my jumper as ! leaped into
he Jungle
After about an hour my mother
anne out Of the jungle. She was weak
,ut still able TO walk. She was afraid
20 stay in the open. 50 ] got a canteen /
II water and we went back and stayed !
n the Jungle another hour. BY that ;
ime the neighbors had arrived.
From the few broken words Of Mrs
,orrel and written statement com
,osed by a son-in-law With whom sne
stayed in the first days after the trag-
.dy. and now in Mr.. Carriers posses
ion it was learned that the MeXi
ans treated Mrs. Correll with savage
brutality. threatening to kill her il she
Iisobeyed their commands and bruis-
ng and beating her until she, too,
inally made her escape into the Jungle.
The mother and son stayed with rel
tives until word Of the assault reach
d the Tampico office of the Associa-
ion for the Protection Of Americana y
tights i'm Mexico They returned to =
heir old home in Ada, Okla, on July
Mrs. Correl is the mother Of eleven -
hildTen There is one son in the United /,
tates Navy. nine married daughters 4
nd thiry-seyen grandchildren. The I,
orrells came originally from Tennes- r
ee. h
Mr.. Carter said last night that there :
! an American graveyard at Colonia v
lexico, which contains the bodies OF 5
everal Americans murdered by Mex
ans. His association he said, had "
he records Of 1i2 crimes committed a
gainst Americans in that section. and e.
nat since February eleven Americans d
ave been murdered four Kidnapped q
nd held for ransom and thirteen N