New Britain herald., 1922-06-30
'b|ELASkI WIGGLES
 OUT OF DARK CAVE
New York Man Tells Of His Escape
 From Bandits

Mexico City, June 3o.-A. Bruce
 Bielaski, New York oil man and for
 mer officer of the Department of Jus
 tice showing plainly the marks of his
 four days of Imprisonment by bandits in the mountains of Morelos, returned to this city last night and told of his capture and escape. He said:
 Mrs. Bielaski and myself, accom- panied by MT. Barcenas, a Los An geles attorney and his wife, left Mexico City for a visit to the Caca- huamilpa caves. We stayed over Sat- urday night at Cuernavaca and on Sunday started for the. caves in a hired car.
 "A short distance out our car was suddenly confronted by a party of men armed with rifles, who ordered us out. We were taken across some fields short distance away, searched and the ladies then ordered to return to the city to secure 10000 pesos. They were commanded to send the ransom back by the driver of our car by o'clock that night. Barcenas and I were marched through rugged mountains for several miles and spent the night under close guard.
 Troops Scared Bandits
 Monday troops were sighted evil dently searching the country for us. The bandits were greatly disturbed and decided to release Barcenas. ordering him at the same time to bring back ransom for me. was taken further into the mountains, placed in a cave in the mountainside and kept under close guard. was given neither food nor water from the time of my cap lure until late Monday night.
 "The bandits. fearing an attack by the troops. threw up a nasty rock fertilization in front of the entrance to my prison. When no word of ran som had been received by Tuesday night my captors said they could wait no longer and threatened to kill me next morning.
 the confidence of the bandit leader by joking with him and showing him feats of strength. I even showed the bandits how to operate the camera they had taken from our party. In do- ing so incidentally l secured pie ture that will serve to identify my 
 "As a result of this good feeling which I succeeded in creating the bandits grew more careless. That night, Tuesday the man guarding me fell asleep. I wiggled out of the cave on my back and made my escape in he darkness
 T reached Tetacala, in the State Of Morelos, the old Iapatista stronghold, 1t o'clock Wednesday morning. l re- ported to the first Mexican official l dispatched troops after he bandits. I also met there a Mex can engineer who had graduated rom a United States college and who poke English. He very kindly furn- shed me with money, clothes and ood and sent word of my escape to Tuernavaca. A car later was sent to ,ring me to Mexico City"
 Worn Out By Trip
 Mir. Bielaski was greatly fatigued vhen he arrived here. His clothes we're almost in shreds from the night rip through the mountains. The ountry where he was held a prisoner the most rugged and isolated in the yhole of Mexico and extremely difl- ut to traverse.
 When the party was held up Mrs. ,arcenas told Mrs. Bieaski to put CT rings in her mouth" and in this ray their valua ble diamonds were aved. The money spent by the Gov rnment and by MT. Bielaski's con- any was not paid the bandits be- ore his escape, and thus it also was