Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-06-11
MORE TALES Of
BORDER RAIDS
TOLD IN COURT
Natives of Mount Clements,
Michp RECALLED With Ac-
count of Lufid and DiSCred-
tied Plan Of San Diego,

| Mount Clemens, Mich, June To-
The story of disorders along the Mex
lean border from the first rumblngs
| of the revolt of Francisco Madero
against President Porfirio Diaz in
1909 down to June 20. 1916, contin-
| ued today i'll the hearing of Henry
Ford's libel suit against the Chicago
! Daily Tribune.
The witnesses were John r. Harold,
an immigration inspector at Browns
Vile, Tex; e. T. Reynolds the chief
inspector in that district, and Norman
Walker, for IL years an Eel Paso
newspaper man. and since 1915 cor
respondent of the Associated Press at
Ell Paso.
Harold was the translator of the
''Plan of San Diego" taken from the
person of captured Mexican in 1915.
The document outlined a plan for an
uprising of MeXicans in border states
and negroes in other states and the
formation of republics.
Attorney Alfred Luckine, represent
! ing Mr.. Ford, as a translation of the
plan was about to be offered in evil
dence, objected on the grounds that
federal judge and federal district
attorney in Texas had investi gated the
that counsel for the plaintiff had had
no time to examine it. Judge Tucker
instructed that the subject be skipped
! until Mr.. Lucking had studied it.
Raids More Frequent.
| Mr.. Reynolds testified that Mexican
raids into American territory became
| more frequent after discovery of the
alleged plot.
Mr.. Reynolds told of a railroad train
which was wrecked by Mexican ban
dts who invaded Texas. October Is,
| 1915. He said all the passengers were
robbed and three killed and five or
| six wounded by Mexican bullets. In
! his Official capacity he testified he
| talked to thousands of Mexicans and
learned that sentiment was strongly
| anti-American among them.
| At another time Carranzistas and
! Villistas battled three weeks for the
possession of Matamoras. Bullets fell
in Brownsville. he testified, and cti-
zens took measures for self-protec-
| ton. Hundreds of refugees found
asylum in relief camp established
at Brownsville.
Mr.. Walker was permitted to tell
an almost uninterrupted narrative OF
his experiences and observations or
border conditions during his residence
in Ell Paso In 1913, the correspond
ent said, Francisco Villa captured
| Juarez from the federals and stray
bullets killed or wounded IS persons
| in FL Paso. Some citizens. he said
| brought their families from the city,
| soldiers from the regular army were
posted at strategical points and many
business houses and residences pro-
vided themselves with means of de-
Tense in case of an invasion from
/ Juarez, which lies just across the river
from the American city.
/ Negro Prisoners Return.
This testimony was replete with
| incidents, among them that of the re-
turn of twenty American negro SOL
Ediers who had been prisoners in the
hands of Mexicans for a month.
/ "They were weak and only half
clothed" said the witness. They were
/ taken to the immigration station and
| 'deloused' and given clothing. Then
the women of Ell Paso showered them
| with flowers. At Fort Bliss, where
/ they were next taken. they were CIV
en- feast of watermelon"
/ He had investigated many tales Of
German propaganda, he said, but had
never been able definitely to authen-
| ticate any of them. He did not know
whether the raid on Columbus. N. NJ,
was due to German propaganda. he
said.