El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-20
SAYS AWAIT RS
WERE MURDERED
Visitor In FL Paso Tells Of
Discovery Of Bodies On
Mexico Coast.

posed. but searched them In the
pockets Of the largest man found
pair Of gold cuff buttons and a sllfe
Iieurenanrs bar. In one OF the puch-
cts OF the smaller man 4 found a sll-
yer lieutenants bar and the lnsl5 nia
OF q flyiug officer. MeLicans from the
ship stood around me and sneered a.
1 worked and asked me II these men
were gringo friends Of mine palu
no attention 90 them but dug decent
grave for the American officers ana
buried them side by side. After 7 Cow
cred them M / took the things / nad
found on them and put them IN a TO
baccO sack and hid the sack INSIDE
my clothes. Ihen we loon SNIP -
sailed for santa Rosalia- Ine captain
OF the Mavari warned me not 70 say
anything about the discovery j had
made II 7 valued my lie
I'VE got into Santa Rosalia on sep
TENDER Is. Just outside the sea wall
at this place was an American
steamer. the PROVIDENCE from san
Francisco. ] went aboard this snip
and made a sworn statement 70 the
captain I told him 10 wire the Amer
lean consul at Guaymas. W men ne
found I had reported the matter the
captain OF the Mavari went 70 the
Mexican authorities at Santa kosalla
and reported me
Arrested by Mezieans.
Shortly after had been reported
on two Mexican policemen arrested
me and bulled me around for two
hours. A paper was presented 70 me
which ] was asked 10 sisn 4 reAAsel
and was thrown IN jail was stripped
70 the skin. was left 20 lie 1or 80
hours stark naked on the cement lloOf
Of the santa kosalia jail. This is the
first time I nave told anybody about
this treatment because have not
dared 20 90 so sooner.
Every time the MeXicans came %
feed men they swOre at me and called
me q eringo . I claimed ! Was
German in order to avoid worse con
sequences. ] said I was born In her-
lin After I had lain in jan So hours
I was taken 20 the JusgO menor and
ordered TO sign two papers refused
and the captain OF the port c4lle4 me
damn fool I was finally convinced
that 4 had better sign the papers and
did, although I don't know yet Wnat
the papers were They may have been
Statements that I killed the aTiatora
I was told that I vas arrested for
molestinE bodies before an inquest
= was released and went on a boat
10 Guaymas. The American consul
there sent for me and asked Tor
statement. but was AFRAID 20 give II
I went 20 the assistant general mana
ger OF the S. P. de Mexico at Eupaline5
and asked for pass 20 Nogales- !
was a railroad man and BESIDES lneg
had kept all OF my money at santa
Rosalia- 7 wanted 20 report THIS mat
ter 20 the American authorities put
would not do SO except IN AIneIlo4'
after was out OF danger.
Followed By Secret Service Men.
Two Mexican secret service men
followed me from santa Aosalla 10
Hermosiilo. On the train out or Her
mosiliO Z fell in with man ana ms
wife going 20 Nogales. told Lnls
10
ID TO the American army Officers IN
case anything happened 20 me tnat ]
did nor get across the line. The man
said he was an American consul ana
would do so. While ] was taking 20
the consul two men came IN ana
looked hard AZ me- but did not molest
on arriving IN Nogales 1lr. Rich
ards made a report 70 army oIticera
there who reported the matter 70
Washingtou. soon afterward re-
.ceived a telegram from the state de-
partmeut at washington requesting
me TO report TO Mai R. s BrarlOni
25th infantry, RockWel 1lelQs san
Diego. Calf. by October Il % ac-
san Diego, Calf, by October "a 20 ac-
company an expedition 10 recover the
Bodies" said Mr.. Richarda-
7 went 20 san Diego and reported
to Mai. Bratton at the Hotel GRANT
as instructed. I was taken aboard
f
Aaron Ward-132. We sailed from san
Diego TO Ensenada. where we picked
iup the Judge Of the court OF first
I instance five Mexican soldiers. q
secret service man. two doctors ana
/ two clerks.
AirrInne IS Miles Away
From Ensenada we went around
+ the end Of Lower California and up
{ the gulf one evening. about Oct. ls
we pulled into the Bay Of tbs
: Angeles, or Bahia de los Angeles az
. 10 Is called Leaving the batrleshiI
ouc behind the point the Mexican
. Judge, MAJ. Bratton and another
I major. the Mexican doctor ana my
self went ashore In a power boat
The battleship slowly pulled In be
hind US.
II 4 located Nle grave en- three min
utes after we landed We put a guarg
I over the grave and waited until rhi
next morning 10 eLnume the bodies
The following morning we tool
/ caskets ashore and digging up thi
4 bodies. placed them in the caskets
/ Then we went up the beach IS mile
and found the airplane- We tore 81
down and took It aboard the gun
boat
i a0u che sides ~ the afrn1ana uveri