New-York tribune., 1919-07-22
Ranch Attacked by Bandits;
Mother Brusally Treated,
and He Escaped Only
by Flight Eslio the Jungle
Widow to See President
She Leaves fer Warrington
TO Bring Outrage Before
tie Attention. OF Officials

4 broken little woman in black and
siXteen-year- boy who had no
interest in the glitter and hustle If
New York sat in the corridor Of the
Hotel Pennsylvania yesterday and
again lived through the tragedy OF
June 16, when band Of Mexican ban
dts killed John w. Correll on his
ranch at Colonia. near Tampico.
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, 1t was q story tha. had
been told in Washington last week,
and viii Re told to President Wilson
as soon as his health will permit On
the strength of it. J. & 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 tnat persuaded Mrs Correl.
government the story of her wrongs.
Charles Frederick Carter, OF the asso-
ciat;on, has assisted her throughout
her journey, and escorted her back to
Washington last night
Can Make No Difference"
Mrs. Correll only shook her head
and raised her eyes brimming with
tears for an instant in answer TO the
questions of international relations in
volvcd in her story.
at can make no difference for me-"
she said
Joe told the story sullenly, bitterly,
with flashes of hatred
II went into the jungle, and was 60
ing to cut a club and 60 out ana fight
them all, he said at one poin'. "Of
course, ] knew that gang could Kill
one boy like me, but didn't care.
had seen my father dead"
bandits who surrounded his fathers
ranch were led by a captain who spoke
Spanish English and German. There
were tifty-three in the, gang. After
searching the house for ammunition
one led the boy Joe to the front porch
and shot at him.
He stepped back ten PAGES, levelle /
his rife at me and fired" the boy said.
81 lodged back into the doorway lust in
time and the bullet passed about
eighteen inches from me.
lie Had 10 d. It
81 ran through the house and out on
the back porch. All this time | had not
seen my father or mother, who had
been driven out back of the house
when the Mexicans arrived. Several
Of the Mexicans lcvelled their rifles at
me through the window and ordered me
to bring out all the food and clothing
in the house. had to do it, Then
they made me give them my cartridge
belt
after this | 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 again. ! lodged bac't
into the house and ran out the back
way, while tho Mexican ran around tf.
house to head me off. l ran for TIE
jungle. A bullet passed over my head
second bullet passed through the
collar Of my jumper as l leapcd into
the Jungle.
after about an hour my mother
came out Of the jungle. She was weak,
but still able to walk. She was afraid
10 stay in the open, so I got canteen
Of water and we went back and STAYED
in the jungle another hour By tha.
time the neighbors had arrived.'
Treated With Brutality
From the few broken words OF Mrs.
COrrell and a written statemcrt com
posed by a son-in-law with whom she
stayed III the first days after tha trae-
edY. and now in Nj. Carriers posses
sion, 1t was leaned that the Mexi-
cans reated Mrs. Corrcll with savage
brutality, threatening 10 kill her if she
disobeyed their commands and bruis
ing and beating her until she, too,
finally made her escape into the Jungle.
The mother and son stayed with rel l.
atives until word of the assault reached
the Tampico Office Of the Association
for the Protection of American Rirhrs
IN Mexico. They returned to their old
home in Ada, Okla, on July c. Mrs.
CorreN is the mother Of eleven chill
dren- There is one son in the United
States navy, nine married daughters
and thirty-seven grandchildren. The
Corrells came originally from Ten
nessee.
Mr.. Garter said last night that there
is an American graveyard at Colonia.