Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 189, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 August 1912 — PERRY GWIN HAS EXCITING EXPERIENCES. [ARTICLE]

PERRY GWIN HAS EXCITING EXPERIENCES.

Camp in Mexico Attacked and Plundered by Insurrectos—Difficulty in Reaching United States. ■ . ■■■ I Perry, the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Gwin, of this city, who for the past several months has been working in the Mexican mountains for the Maderia Lumber company, wrote ah interesting letter to his parents, telling of his experiences. He is now in El Paso, Texas, with headquarters at the Y. M. C. A. Under date of August 2, he writes, in part, as follows: Well, I am back in the States after a very exciting time trying to get out of Mexico. I finally did get away in a box car and I got out just in time, for the Mexican Northwestern railroad has stopped running trains. Things got so bad that we had to close up our camp in the mountains and “beat it” enmasse. The Insurrectos came into our camp and took all our provisions and horses and they took everything that I had on my back, even took my pipe and all my smoking tobacco. The Mexicans that were working became very insolent and would not work unless they felt like it and they had two American foremen arrested by the Red Flag captain and fined for cursing them because they would not do what the Americans told them to do. They stole $75,000 from the Madera Co.’s store, in fact they cleaned out the store. While working in the mountains I passed 159 covered wagons loaded with Mormons from the Mormon colonies at P&fy-} eco and Garcia. They made a pretty sight as they came winding down the mountain trail, but it was also a pitiful sight Most every wagon had from four to eight little children in it and woipen and children were crying, dirty and tired. They had left the fruits of twenty years’ hardships in the wilderness to the ravages of the Rebels; they were breaking up home ties, and giving up everything that they possessed and going to a place of safety. They had been robbed, some murdered* outraged and subjected to' every possible indignity. They had their fire arms taken away from them and had no means of protection, so they are now in El Paso camping in vacant lots, lumber yards, hallways, etc. There were three babies born to the Mormons on their trip across the mountains to safety.’* , Perry states that the people in El Paso are worked up to a white heat over the actions of the Insurrectos and that millions of dollars worth of property has been destroyed by them and many lives lost He thinks it is only a matter of time until the intervention of the United States government will come.