Smyrna times., 1929-03-13
flNFR SMYRNA BOY ESCAPES
'f FRlN MEXICO REVOLT ZONE
rrpNER. son OF MRS. NJ. E.
S,pyER OF TOWN, IN TEXAS
From His Mining District at
SOP 'a,ov and Finds Refuge Across
Son'. Ior Into the United States

S1a, @D.Ier Into the United States
Turner, mining engin-
IallS9 n If Mrs. Mary z. Turner Of
Y sorn, y" who was located in Mon
U "y Mayico. now in the battle field
w, n. conflict between the Mexican
:lsraIs and Insurgents, has tele-
slsia saJ "a his Smyrna relatives that
~ g.oosoded in making his escape and
y" 'u1 II Laredo, Texas. Mr.. Turner
~ III to reach the coast at Tam
T,hsre he secured employment un-
,,dar % by the U. S. Consul that all
I.,ssns ~, must leave the city, as a
.a.sbin was anchored in the harbor
L a +o lombard the town. Much
.,t his will he boarded the coal
I'm Cyclops, leaving everything
M lin but the clothes he wore.
\. III III Government reimbursed him
n IL otber miners. Soon after this
rrcIops was lost and was never
!. II heard Of again. Mr.. Turner
u. "a visit his family in Smyrna
4 Probably no former Smyrna
,,n relate SO many narrowing
s.Tsrces as Mr.. Turner. His first
,1.reDee with revxolutionists, as he
fved in various parts Of Mexico
4. 1901. and has had many thrill
,5vantures. AT ole time he work
,sar the Pacific coast in wild
~-r on the Balsas river. Each
h had to ford this river when rid
n his work on horseback and was
,oned to water his horse in the
-,n. until one day he noticed that
orse was much disturbed and on
rrration found his mouth full of
.ss After this he had to seek
rig watering place. Later, on ac-
f illness he had to abandon this
Sim. As the greater part Of the
sGng was done on horseback he
5sd 10 Mexico City for treatment
made the long and tedious journey
Brseback through rough country.
1her time he was raising machin-
from a sunken vessel. Standing |
Tzer up to his waist with a tropi- |
yn on his head he suffered a se- /
attack Of fever and was forced /,
n to give up this job and 60 to |
hmily, who were then living in |
nsO City. On this trip, he went up |
liver in a canoe with an Indian as
Der and Jamaica negro to steer.
tFy passed an Indian village,
z festival was in progress, the |
zn could not resist the teTnpta-
10 enjoy a good time, and jumped
he, leaving them to get on as best
Huld. Another time he had an
-g adventure with bandits. They |
akd the mine wkere he was en-
n about a thousand strong, while
we're only twenty men barra-
y IN the stone office of the COM
The women and children were
ION at the back. The bandits
"a dash for the building under
Of heavy fire, but We're re-
BY the Americans, about sixty
n number being left dead upon
ed Under cover Of darkness a
1'tve was fired up and the Amer
WITH their women and children
aiken down to San Louis Potosi,
llner acting as engineer. Sub
aty they received news from
Nnng mine that they were
ized with an attack of a SINH
A1re. The Z. S. Consul went
asm On a borrowed locomotive
the Central Railroad. They
y The refugees in the home Of a
n Catholic Priest, where they
Ad tor protection. Under oc-
"a tre from the bandits, they
rescued and taken in safety to
LOUIS Potosi. The bravery and
q ne rescue was commended in
y from the Secretary Of State
Aaahington.