South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-06-11
GEN. HILL ESCAPED
FROM MEXICO CITY
IN WAGON OF PEON
otirring Episodes Told of
Aftermath of Recent
Revolution.

MEXICO CITY. June 10.-One Of
he exciting incidents preceding the
revolt against PRIEST CIrranza was
The escape 81 Gen Banjamin Hill.
thief lieutenant OF Gen. AEaro Obre-
gon. who fed from the capital hid
den In Pile Of sacks in a milk
wagon
Gen. Hill vanished from the cap
ltal on the same night as did Gen.
DbreEon April ] 3. The wagon in
which XIII was hidden was stopped
by the police in the suburbs of the
capital because 10 did not carry "A
light While the driver was brib-
Ing the policeman 10 pass the light
less vehicle Cen Hill dropped out
u the back of the wagon and hid
IN the shadow OF a. building until
the policeman was modified. Then
the general crawled back into the
wagon and continued his flight
Another Mystery Seen.
Mystery surrounding the fate Of
Roberto CeJudo. % testify in whose
trial Gen. ObregOn was summoned
% the capital, furnished one OF
the tragic high lights OF the Car
rama government agents near Nuevo
Laredo on April 80. and the aged
rebel Gen. Guadencio de la Lave.
Cejudo was taken from the military
prison OF Santiago TlaltelocO here,
the night OF May when the Car
rama adherents fed. Whether he
was taken on the Carranza trains
fhe next day and escaped. or whether
ne was executed, together with the
two others. remains mystery. None
Of them have been located although
several other generals. arrested
E.sr F-.fft I'D
20 Mexico City.
CetudO was arrested. with his staff
and SO followers, at Jalapa, V. c..
on March IS, after ne had sure n
dered. received amnesty. been given
the rank of general in the Mexican
army and placed in command Of
district near Jalapa. where previ-
ously he had led a revolt against
the Carranza government for six
years He was charged with sur
rendering merely 10 secure arms
and munitions with which 20 aid
Felix Diaz.
The Carranza government charged
that he had offered 10 aid ObregOn
but Obregon, In an interview branded
the CejudO charges as "A scheme 10
bring him TO Mexico City, involve
him in charges Of treason and block
his campaign for the presidency
Stirring Tales Rccitcd.
The progress of Ygnacio Bonillas,
formerly Mexican am bassador 20 the
United States and CarranZas cam
didate for the presidency. from the
Mexican mbassy in Washington to
camp in the jungles OF Vera Cruz
and back 20 "A prison in Mexico City
was marked by stirring episodes. He
is reported here TO have figured in
a shooting ARRAY which occurred
on March % near Tlalpam a suburb
OF Mexico City, which the papers
supporting his candidacy intimated
was an attempt 10 kidnap him.
The special train carrying him 10
Guadala lara was stopped near the
city by a missing rail. He reached
Guadalajara safely but the incident
was the basis for numerous alarm
ing reports. Then came his flight
from Mexico City with Carranza,
starting May and ending in a
dash from the beleaguered trains on
May IA.
His good fortune saved him from
death when Carranza was slain in
the camp at TlaXcalantogo and he
was brought here 10 be imprisoned
until the provisional president de-
oided nj state.
When Capt Felipe Sanchez Car
rama was captured near TeXcoco, a
suburb of Mexico City. after he had
been Injured while making a forced
landing I'm his big bombing plane,
he shot himself Capt Sanchez was
a nephew OF Pres't Carranza. He
attempted TO reach Vera Cruz via
the air route when Mexico City was
evacuted on May =