Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-27
DRINK RADIATOR WATER.

phllNh nAItH oh WA En-.
Another note told how they drank
the water from the radiator of their
airplane and how they tried unsuccess-'
fully for two days to catch fish for
food.
The bodies were brought here on the
United States torpedo boat destroyer
Ward.
Mexicans who killed the aviators are
known to both the United States and
Mexican governments. Steps are being
! taken to capture them, it was said.
| On Oct. 49, an expedition left San
Diego for Lower California and the
scene of the crime The party included
Major Bratten, attached to the 25th
! infantry at Nogales Ariz, two other
| army officers and officials and SOL
diers from Lower California. j. Allen
Richards, a mining engineer, who first
reported finding the bodies, accom-
panied the expedition
Major Bratten in his Geographic re-
| port to the adjutant general in WASH
ington had the following to say:
! THE Aaron Ward arrived at Bahia
/ Los Angeles at 3:15 p. M, october 10.
We Immediately went ashore with
Richards acting as guide and in few
moments had discovered the grave.
The bodies had been disturbed, the
skulls being found under some brush
about 10 feet distant from the bodies.
THE bodies were then disinterred
and the formal inquest started.
GOES UP GULF.
There was absolutely no question
that the bodies were those of Connolly
and Waterhouse."
The officer then told of the party s
going up the gulf to Gaudelope bay,
20 miles to the northward, where the
plane ploted by Connolly and Water
house was discovered on the beach.
1.-The two airmen had made a per-
feet landing" he continued, "but
Mexicans subsequently removed the
motor from the fuselage, stole all the
ammunition for the two machine guns
and carried away other equipment
, The motor evidently was too heavy to
carry away, and it was found nearby
The wheels, engine, machine guns
compass and other equipment worth
salvaging were taken aboard the
Ward.
I'VE took notes of all the messages
scratched on the fuselage and wings
the first one of which was made five
days after the men had landed. II
. this the men told how they had lost
| their way how they had tried unsuc'
2 Icessfully to signal passing boat, theii
1 lack of success at catching fish anc
the growing hunger which rapidly wal
4 making them weaker. ON the last weel
of their vigil both men scratched fare
well messages to their mothers. A
that time the mon must have beer
near starvation.
n AvlAToRs PICKED UP.
September 6, the aviators wer
, picked up by two fishermen from tn
> Mexican slopp Esperanza, who rowe
5 them in a canoe to Bahia Los Angeles
1t Is doubtful if Connolly and Water
!, house We're given anything nourish
= ing by the fishermen. Just what tn
two aviators did between the time the
. landed at Bahia Los Angeles, Septem
. Der until they were murdered tn
;, night of September II, is not know
!. definitely. 1t is a pathetic fact, how
:, ever, that Waterhouse and Connoli
p could have secured food and shelte
= at the, Los Flores mine. IL miles
= the southwark, if they had had tn
> strength to traverse the rough noun
: famous trail that led to this refuge.
:, Through Investigations conducte
\ Jointly by ourselves and the Mexica
II court officials we found that Water
house and Connolly had been muI
| dered by two fishermen from til
| Esperanza. waterhouse was Stable
to death, evidently while asleep. Cor
| molly was killed by terrific bio
II from some instrument which fracture
his skull. He also was stabbed. TT
evidence shows the motive evident
was robbery. The Mexicans, howeve
secured only few dollars.
AFTER the murder the Mexican
| covered the. bodies lightly with san
III A few hours later. the morning
September ~, to be exact, the bodi
were discovered by Capt. Jack Ro
! OF the American schooner Troja