New-York tribune., 1920-02-04

tract of 1900 acres in the State of
tamautlpas, came to light in the tes-
tlmony of w. A. Schultz, now a refugee
in Ell Paso Schultz told how twenty
hve or thirty Mexican soldiers, one an
officer. spat on him and stoned him as
he passed their barracks one day in
1915. On another occasion when he
went to Tampico to ask military aid
OF General Navarette, Carranzista COM
mander. to capture the slayers of an
american named Sawyer. colonist.
Navarette told him, the witness said
We are going to clean out you damned
Americans anyway
1--WE were offered every guarantee
of safety in 1908 and established our
colony" Schultz testified. I'VE got
along all light even after the revolu-
tion began with every one but the Car
ranzista troops, and they took every
thing.
my wife and | operated small
hotel, and from time to time we were
forced to feed at least 500 of these
Carranzistas.
I'VE left Mexico because our houses
were sacked and everything stolen.
1--WE went back in 1916 because we
were assured by both the Mexican and
the American governments that condi-
tions were safe. Then we were or
dered out again by our government"
Schultz left Mexico by way of Vic
toria. city between Tampico and
Monterey. Here, he testified. he saw
Ceionel de la Rosa, of the Carranza
army, drilling soldiers, and was told
thrt these troops were to invade the
United States.
Diabolical Crime Charged
The diabolical crime of Mexican
bandit to get revange on an American
railroad official, as the result of which
nine Americans and more than two
score innocent Mexicans perished in .
burning railway tunnel in February,
l'l4, was related to the committee.
4. +. Eek, All American railroad con-
tractor for the American-owned North
western Railway of Mexico, was the
witness. His own son was brutally
murdered on another occasion.
Castillo, the Mexican bandit respon-
sible for the Cumbre railway tunnel
murders, is alive to-day and in the
State of New Mexico" the witness tes-
tilted. The men who killed his son arc
dead, killed by the proper authority"
Eek told the committee, but the com
mittec did not press from him the full
story of how the Mexicans died.
An American railway official named
Gilmartin, the witness said, had been
paying the Castillo bandits money for
alleged protection-for their promise
to not burn bridges owned by the COM
pany.
They had burned many bridges, and
] had been rebuilding them for some
time" Eek said Finally Gilmartin.
through no fault OF his own, had been
delayed in paying Castillo $4,000. In re-
venge for this Castillo captured a train
of empty cattle cars and forced the
train crew to run the train into the
Cumbre tunnel and set it afire The
tunnel, q quarter Of q mile long, was
lined with timbers, and it readily be-
came a furnace The wind was such
that smoke issued only from one en-
trance, and toward evening a passenger
train entered the opposite mouth of
the tunnel. No one ever came out
alive. Among the dead was an Ameri-
can mother and her six children"
Castillo Set Free in United States
What happened to Castillo?" asked
Senator Smith.
He came to the United States, was
arrested, and finally set free by United
States immigration officers the wit
ness replied.
Eek related now MS son. seventeen
years old, an American companion and
q negro were ambushed by Mexican
band after their automobile broke down
in Northern Mexico. The son had sent
word to him to come to them and
bring some gears Eek testified. "They
were killed on October 20, and l found
and buried their bodies on December
8, 1914. My sons companion had been
shot, and my son and the negro had
been dragged to death with horses and
mutilated. All of them had been
stripped of their clothing.'