Evening star., 1920-01-15
0UTRAGES
BY THE MEX|CANS
Hid Daughters for Days, One
of Witnesses Tells Senate
Committee.

+ SAN ANTONIO, Tex. January 10 (Dy
the Associated Press).-Additional ac-
counts on the hardships endured by
! American settlers in Mexico since Car
rama came into power were given
/ the Senate subcommittee 1nFestisat-
ing the Mexican situation toaay ps
, three women. Mrs. Mary Wright, mrs.
! Willis and Mrs. Baily. residing In
(, widely separated regions of Mexico
/, told of murders and outrage MRS;
Wright describing how she concealeo
! her daughters for days in order 10
keep them from the maraud1ng Mex1-
cans.
r. w. Warner the organizer or the
Atascador, colony. also was a witness.
His account of the vicissitudes or the
American farmers on that properly
was similar to that of G. h. Blalock,
who testified yesterday about the deV,
astation of the "Blalock colony ana
adjoining property.
All of the witnesses yesterday were
unsparing in their condemnation OF
the Mexican government. One of
them. James J. Britt. lawyer OF
Tampico. who served in the war
against Germany. declared that Amer
lean life was worth more in the Ar
gonne than it is today in the country
about Tampico.
Lays Deaths to Carranza Men.
Britt entered the United States only
two days ago. He is one of the men
who assisted in caring for the bodies
of +. j. Roney ans Earl Boles. who
were killed December 30. Britt ap-
peared confident that the men were
killed by CarranZas soldiers.
'.The bullets we took from their
! bodies were those used by the gov
ernment soldiers he said
! He told the committee Americans
stood guard over the bodies until an
autopsy could be held. I'VE had one
experience of neglecting that phase
| he said, when James Wallace was
shot. l know for fact he was not
drinking man. They had poured
tequila into his mouth and over his
! face in order that the odor might
support their claim"
| Reference to the K;iIing of Gabrielle
| Porter. whose father lives here, was
made by the witness.
who was he?" inquired Senator
! Fall.
This answer characterized the bit
terness of his entire testimony.
Confirms Stand Against Legion.
Britt confirmed the recommendation
attributed to Secretary of Finance
Luis Cabrera that the 400 members
of the American Legion in Tampico
should be deported.
what are you going to do?' asked
! the chairman.
/ 1--WE won't get out if the United
States government stays behind us"
| he said.
| Says Men Dragged to Death.
| r. NJ McBee. a cattleman from a
border town. told a dramatic story of
! the killing of Lee Sharp and Clarence
Sellers. They disappeared from
ranch just across the border from Del
Rio Ten days after they had dis
appeared their bodies were found.
Their condition was such as to con-
vince the men on the border that the
boys had been dragged by mounted
men until dead" he said.
"BlalOck Colony" Disappears.
The story of the disappearance OF
the "Blalock colony" was told by q.
Z. Blalock, it's founder. He said 1t
| once comprised about 100 families,
all Oklahoma farmers of very moder-
ate circumstances. He told of the as
pirations to acquire and develop their
own homes, and how the suggestion
from the American consul at Tamplco
caused them to leave in 1914. They
| had been in Mexico since 1908.
| Telling of five murders of Amerl-
cans, he said there was no show OF
punishment given in the majority OIL
cases.
MIR. Fall Not to Visit Mexico.
Senator Fall will not go to Mexico.
| The invitation of Secretary Luis Ca
| brera has reached him. The chairman
| does not consider it requires an an