The Little River news., 1920-02-04
AMERICAN AlRMEN ARE
 FREED BY MEXICO
AyiatOrs Detained Since Wednesday Released Was
 Called Off.

Called Off.
 San Antonio, Tex.,, Feb. 1.-Lieuts. E. F. Davis ana G. E. Grimes, United States army aviators who have been held by Mexican authorities since We'd nesday last when they made forced landing near Guerrero, were released at Nuevo Laredo this afternoon and crossed the Rio Grande to Laredo, Tex Col. J. E, Fechet, Southern Department Air Service officer, announced here to- night,
 The aviators were released by or- der of Gen. Reynaldo Garba, comman- der of the garrison at Nuevo, Laredo, after a conference with Maj. Julian F. Seanz, commander at Matamoros, who accompanied the aviators to Nue. vo Laredo.
 General Garza and Major Sanez called at the American consulate and informed Randolph Robertson, United
  aviators from Guerrero, where he went to look after the circumstances of their detention, that it would not be necessary to take them before Gen. eral Murguia at Monterrey, according to reports to Colonel Fechet from La redo
 Lieutenant Stoner, an aviator with station, at Laredo was sent to San Rafeal Las Tortillas, 30 miles west of Guerrero, and late today returned with tie airplane of Lieutenants Davis and Grimes, Colonel Fechet announced.
 Laredo, Tex, Jan, 31.-Lieuts. E. F. Davis and G. E.. Grimes, United States army aviators who made forced landing near Guerrero, Mex, Wednes- day because of an exhausted supply of gasoline, tonight are on their way to Monterey, Mex, under military es- cort. They are due to reach Nuevo Laredo, opposite this city, about mid- night, and tomorrow morning will take train for Monterey, where they are to be examined by Mexican mili- tary authorities "as to their reasons for landing on Mexican soil
 Disruption of plans for the return of Grimes and Davis to American soil came suddenly late today in instruc- tions from Governor Gonzales of the state of Nuevo Leon, ordering their removal from jurisdiction of local civil authorities, who had prepared to permit the aviators to return to the United States. The governor ordered that the aviators be brought to Mon tery immediately for examinations" :"
 To Face Murguia.
 Randolph Robertson, American con- sul at Nuevo Laredo, who sent word of Ganzale's action in telephone message from Guerror, said he was ac- companying the flyers to Nuevo La rodo. The party is travelling tonight by automobile on the Mexican side of the border under escort of several Carranza officers, he said:
 Consul Robertson, who went to Guerrero Thursday to aid the return of the aviators, gave no further de- tails concerning Governor Gonzalezs order beyond the statement that the flyers were to be interrogated by Gen. Francisco Murguia of the Carranza army
 Lieutenants Davis and Grimes while on flight Wednesday morning in Zapata county, Texas, became con- fused in fog and instead of proceed ing along the Rio Grande, followed the River Solado, 30 miles within Mexican territory Here they were forced to land because their fuel was exhausted Since Wednesday they have ben stay ing at hotel in Guerrero under sur veillance of civil authorities, awaiting the arrival of expected oil and gaso- line for their plane.
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