Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-08-31

the life of my mother, if he had been
disposed to carry out his threats; for
the poor creature had died three days
before my return. and my husband
was so feeble that he could scarce
ly move. They had even carried away
mothers remaining clothing while
she lay sick, so that. her bed dress
was made to do service as shroud.
, There was no coffin and the body was
laid away in a shallow grave, incased
only in palate, or straw mat
Denied Freedom as Reward.
When Mrs. Sturgis first claimed her
freedom, as the reward of her two
month trip. Ca v Mayor refused,
saying that she had not earned re-
return from his general. He also add
ed that he was going to give her and
the doctor three months more OF i'm
prisonment because of the friendship
rama. But on February 1S last the
doctor and his wife were given a
horse and few tortillas and
machete and told to go where they
he could not walk. So the plucky
woman placed him on the horse and
took the machete in her hands and
cut away through the jungle; They
place and arrived there more dead
than alive. However, their neighbors.
the Indians, were kind to them and
they were soon restored to a degree
of strength.
Fathers Grave Desecrated.
The old home was sadly changed.
Three days after the Cal y Mayor visit,
band of Carranzistas under capt.
Jose Oropesa appeared on the scene
and helped themselves to everything
left. The rebels had taken the horses.
and provisions, clothing, money, etc.
But there was still much left for
Oropesa. He got 275 cattle. $50 goats,
many hogs and chickens and 500
farming implements. barbed wire,
window glass and other articles with
which the place. was stocked; ana
this. mind you," says Mrs. Sturgis'.
by government troops. Worse still.
they even desecrated my fathers grave
apparently thinking they would find
money in it. His body had been placed
in a vault above the ground. They
and then chopped open his coffin. leav-
ing his bones exposed until our re-
turn"
Ultimately DR.. and Mrs. sturgis
found their way to Tuxtla, the CAPT
tai of the state of Chiapas. and from
there, with the aid of the American
authorities, proceeded to the United
States, arriving at New Orleans, IN
July last. DIR. Sturgis is now with
relatives in Michigan, while, as Mrs.
Sturgis says, she is in Washington TO
do all that I can in procuring 1ustice
for ourselves and in supplying infoE-
nation concerning the unbearable
conditions in Mexico"
German Propaganda at Work.
Mrs. Sturgis remarked frequently
upon the cooperation of the rebel
forces with the Carranzistas, and also
related the particulars of visit to
the rebel camp by a man giving the
name of Antonio Naylor, who was re-
ceived as an agent of the German
government There was great pow
WOW after his arrival. at which he
told Cal y Mayor and his followers
that a combination was being ar
ranged in which Mexico, japan and
Germany would join to attack the
United States. They were to raise an
army of 100000 men. always in
conversations relating to this visit
Japan and Germany were mentioned
in the same breath. and all the rebels
seemed familiar with the thinner
mann note" she said.
Asked if she had suffered any per-
sonal indignities at the hands OF her
bandit captors Mrs. Sturgis replied
that she had not, except that she had
been treated as a slave and Knocked
on all occasions. mo word was too
vile for their tongues" she said, but
none Of them touched me-"