El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-11-12
FIGHTING WAY
AMONG YAQUIS
American Secret Service
Man Relates Experience
in Mexico.

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/ that morning where they had cut a
! Mexican 70 pieces and looted the
place. that all the innaoitanls nag
] lied and that he was trying 10 le4ln
! daughters would be killed. probaoly
with torture. before they could gel
I We Lose our Road in the Desert.
This was certainly most cheerIui
news for a man hopelessly lost u
I Mexican desert at dead Of night ana
( surrounded with bioouthlrsly saw
agesi The chauffeur was frightened
7 stiff and refused TO 90 further
/ Trusting the muzzle Of my revolver
{ into his ribs 1 said:
Take yoUr choice: 90 to Heaven
OF the railroad. but 20 quick!
feur preferred the railroad accord
/ ingly he set out in the direction in
4 dicated by the Mexican.
About $50 o'clock IN the morning
( we found the railroad and started
Z along Il toward Hermosilo. we nae
not Travelled far before we came TO
a gully some 90 feet deep which
: seemed to block the road comp .etely-
While we were struggling to IND
{ way across this we saw fire ABOUT
/ three kilometers away.
it Colonel. that is the Faquis That
Is the way they build their grass
fires" said the chauffeur
We redo~hIed our efforts TO get out
7 Of the gully. As soon as We were
I free 7 got out to examine the tele-
graph poles TO try TO find out where
We were. A mile board, or rather a
kilometer board indicated that we
must be six kIometers from Carhoa-
We started out again. but soon came
10 q second gully that required
fun half hour TO cross. Once across
we had a god view Of the fire. ana Z
could even see 10 figures seated
around IT, Beyond any doubt theg
must have been aroused by the noise
Of our motor and had arisen TO await
Soaring the Tnauis.
our only hope was to throw q Big
BLUFF so I told the chauffeur to drive !
for dear life while began firing my /
Winchester IS fast rs I could work
the lever 7 wanted to create the I
Impression IN the minds Of the Taquis I
that there was big escort with the /
car shan probably never know I
what those Indians really thought. I
but I do know that we were not I
lnolested. IN crashing through the :
DruEh we had puncture and went ]
into Carboa on three wheels and one /
spark plug. the other plugs having /
All the houses IN town were aliEht I
and their occupants awake and /
areatly alarmed bv the sound OF the 4
firing, for they believed theT were 4
In for an attack BIZ the Taouis We I
told wat we had seen and we're as
slred that the 1aquls we're ali about i
the piece.
As a Mexican colonel, 7 wrote an
order for the chauffeur TO com
mandeer some spark plugs from the
Only Ford In town and at s o'clock
started for Hermosillo. so miles away
over an exceedingly rough road
When the road faded out we hacked
our way through the brush with
m7chetes. only 20 get TANGLED up in
a r-nliy from which we we're able 70
ext ricate ourselves after an hour an
An Encounter on the Road.
We saw three men on horeback
coming toward MS
.'Fanuisi" exclaimed the chauffeur.
Under the circumstances there was
but one thing 20 90. and We did It. /
After We had fired a few shots one
OF The men fen from his horse.
Another Farui dismouufed and tax
ing the wounded man I'D behind him.
rode of with the third man as fast
as he could tt that time there was
a standing offer by Gales ~ $40
each Tor the bodies Of Faquis. but
7 offered no protest when 7 saw that
500 disappearing. Money was no
ohiect TO ne Just then.
The chauffeur needed no urging TO
step on IT,. but his utmost en-
beavers could not Foad the decrepit
oiq rartletran into any exhibition Of
spirit Our Eait would not have been
II funeral procession.
-'a-NAIANH NN NHaAINr 10 q "IINEIl .ANNL
house. where some 30 LeEIcans were
lounsing ahout They said re were
row out Of the facul country and
mat we could reach Hernosillo IN an
hour ,l ane q half They did not know
Two and a FaIf MILES m Hour.
we reailV do arrive IN Hermosillo
about o'clock n the afternoon. COW
l.li re last 90 miles Of our sour
ley n 10 hours The average speed
Tor TIE entire trio Of - hor-s was
less than two and half niles an
1our- Cquslderlug that the greater
-. q lne way lay throu4h coun-
~ INFESTED by saTaEes, ] s.-1mit that
ms sneed was rot excess We.
called on governor Gales imme-
-le tely eiter arriving IN Hcrmosillo.
y ,i ilea PAD ree,ounted 5risfy the in
laents OF the journey Gales flushed
Flfn amer IS he exclaimed.
Aal- SlnWiertz was crazv TO send
'ou on such DANGEROUS ride with
Ut escort You are certainly q man
u nerve admire you for it,
General. I have come to try TO set
le that trouble down there
A Guilty German
know an about it, 7 must say
nat ScnWiertz has most decidedly
Exceeded his authority 10 ff-e al
I exioans and to try to XIII 0'Connor
Z is wonder he was not killed when
Q many Tired Q,CoHnor has been
ere and has told me the whole
tory. shall investigate this. Won
1aT be sure.
"schwiertz Is as guilty as o'Coanor
1ar as know AND as TO- speak,
ns spanish, he can speak the Ian-I
'ua~e vel enough 10 do crooked
ork. There is Fori car IN the STA
or mere that Schwiertz stole and
enr % be sold for 5000 There are
ready SO storaTe charees on g. be-
Z use no 1uver could be found.
ave proof that he stole 81 sarlrz n
re which he ordered sold for $40
e Giant know the v@irre Of fha sfufF
NH 'aN Marks obtained $500 for
: re doesn't know nor care about
ne value OF anvthf-~ SO lone 40 ne
IN get Few dollars or hf--s.If INT
cen quiet ana say nothing. am
o.nF % send man 20 Fl Clara -
et n.S hooFs. want Won to 20 and
se Sorie no. - CnnvrfVrt 1919 nv
-e~lure Newspaper Syndicate.
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STRESSES GOOD RELATIONS
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