Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 209, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1913 — IGNORE U. S. FLAG; CONSULATE LOOTED [ARTICLE]

IGNORE U. S. FLAG; CONSULATE LOOTED

Refugees Returned to States on U. S. S. Pittsburg and Tell of Mexican Outrages. The U. S. S. Pittsburg, on which Ensign James E. Brenner is stationed, arrived at San Diego, Cal., Monday. On board this ship were sixty persons who had taken advantage of the battleship to escape from troubled Mexico, and they brought with them horrible stories of the murder and robberies of in the southern republic. T. L. Findley, on the way to his home in El Paso, Texas, declared that a number of Americans had been killed by bandits while attempting to reach the coast from Durango. Findley’s story is much like that of Perry Gwin’s, except that in interview he goes more into detail. He says: “There was a colony of about 150 Americans in Durango at that time, and they suffered like the rest, all their money, watches and jewelry being taken from them. “The rebels did not evCn respect the United States consulate. They entered Consul Ham’s residence and forcibly took possession of all his arms and ammunition, although they did not molest his personal belongings. “Immediately following this raiding of Durango a number of Americans left for Mazatlan by way of a mountain and never again were heard of. The supposition is that they fell Into the hands of the bandits and were murdered.” 14

C. K. Sigells, another American refugee, corroborated the story told by Findley,-who is suffering from the effects of a bayonet wound received at the hands of an intoxicated rebel while Findley was ill in bed at his home in Durango. Leon H. Morrison, whose detention by federals at Ouaymas occasioned American State Department action, arrived on the Pittsburg. He lives in Los Angeles. The Red Men ha<J a social and smoker at their lodge room last evening. The band played during the evening and several enthusiastic speechesT were made to show that all are thoroughly in sympathy with the big pow-wow movement. They plan to make the coming event a memorable one for Rensselaer. X