Hammond Times, Volume 14, Number 58, Hammond, Lake County, 25 August 1919 — Page 6

Pane Six.

THE TIMES. .Monday, August 25, 1919.

CAPTIVES

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(Continued from pit are one.) bo decided to continue our search for water. At 3 a. m. we found a small Mexican ranch. 'We were given plenty ef water. The Mexican sold us tortillas and coffee for $1. He then directed us to Polaris, which we 'believed was the Polaris on the Rio Grande, hut which later proved to Tolaris on the Conchos river. "We attempted to ywim down this river but were unable to make it because of the current and rapids. We walked

along the bank of the river until 9:S0 Monday night. It was the roughest kind of 'going. Often' we had to pull ourserves over cliffs by our hands. "By 5:30 Monday two airships passed over us. We did our best to attract their attention but owing to the great height at which they were compelled to fly over the mountains they were unable to see us. "We managed to sleep Monday night. We were up at 5:3ft Tuesday morning and after walking until 9 we started to swim down the river. We estimated that we swam 28 miles. Peterson was so hungry he ate several buckeye nuts which later made him sick. Rentario later told him it was a wonder the nuts did not kill him as they are considered very poisonous by the Mexicans. '"While swimming down the river we

were sucked under twice by eddies so

we did not consider it safe to continue. We walked until 10 o'clock in the even ing when we went to sleep with a rock for a bed. We had intended making a town, if possible, but it was so dark that Iieut. Peterson nearly grabbed a rattlesnake, in groping his way among the rocks, and I came, within several feet of another one. The day before we

had killed a rattler after a battle with

him. "We have the eight rattles for souvenirs. 'Up at 5:30 o'clock Wednesday morning, we were again on our way. About 8:30 a. tn. we reached & small village. Sahaco. We purchased some tortillas and arranged with a Mexican to take us to the next town, eight miles, on two burros, for $1". As we were Having two heavily-armed Mexicans approached us. but did not bother us. We were not far from the town, however, when we were surrounded by six Mexicans, all heavily rmrt The leader, who turned out to

b Ttentart.i. questioned US. but let u

proceed, while h consulted with the other. "A Quarter of a mile further, however, we were again nertakn. this time by three of the Mexicans who sent our guide back and ordered us to follow them up an old river bed. We concluded they were Ruing to take us to some secluded spot and rob us. But they treated us very well. We travelled un. til S p. m.. stopping three times, once at a mescal distillery, again at a ranch where we had the evening meal, and once nt a ranch where Kentai'a faced the two burros we were riding for an old horse and a lame mule.

'We camped over night on the m"un-

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after the man Rentaria had appointed as agent refused to go Into Mexico alone, came in after me when he knew armed Mexicans to be lurkinij in a cornfield where they could easily have cut both of us off. on our way back. He knew he had only a lifty-tifty chance for his life. "When I met Capt. JIatlack he told the Mexican agent i he made any noise he would shoot him. I mounted behind the captain and we started out.

"Matlack offered the Mexican agent $1,000 if ho would keep quiet and told him that he would shoot him if ho made any noise. The captain ordered the agent to follow us to Candelaria. Ar we neared the cornfield Capt. Matlack told me that were sure to be fired upon and that at the first shot both of us would jump into an irrigation ditch and fight until troops arrived from Can delarla.

"But the Mexicans didn't fire and e reached Candelaria safely- at 2 a. m. Tuesday and it was her that we first learned that we had been in Mexico as we believed that we had followed the Rio Grande, and not the Conchos. Th latter was not on our map. "Tuesday we returned to Mexico wi'ii K troop, of the Kighth cavalry and ha". been there until the return by ship tr,-day."

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Pitched camp for th night. F.entanaip dropped pieces of handkenhirf s andjj torn pieces of bank checks as we went j to mark the trail. 'We rode until 2 a. k m. Friday. Kentaria had a lot of ! ' amusement rroddins my ifiulft with a , harp stick to make him buck. Peter- j y

son knew a lot about Kansas wncie Kentaria worked on the railroads once, and talked to Rentaria into h near friendship. Rentaria began callir.tr hint Peterson and let him ride without a

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would say 'Alright go ahead then." "Peterson bawled me out for arguinK with Rentaria and Rentaria would then say to Peterson. 'You and me good friends.' We rode Friday, resting during the heat of the. day. as usual. At 7 p. m. we reached a part of a ravine in the mountains. Here Rentaria announced to us that he was holding us for $15,000 ransom, which must be paid by midnight of August 18 or he would kill us both. We stayed here until Mondayafternoon. Rentaria left every night

and came back In the mornings to sleep j I during the day. We were treated very I considerately and had as much to cat, j f

and as good, as did the bandits them- j selves. In view of our lack of knowl-,f edge of the mountains, we decided that f, it would be useless to try an escape as f we would only be recaptured with.n a j ; few hours. But when two Mexicans laid j j down their rifles, about fifteen feet from , .

them. I signaled Tetc-rson and he made a rush for the rifles while I endeavored to overpower the guards. But- they bested me and the other one covered Peterson with his rifle. "Sunday morning Rentaria told us that the telegrams for the ransom had been sent. He told Peterson that If the ransom was not raid he was going to get a shirt and some trousers for him and

take, his uniform back to the Americans to prove that he hHd been killed, but that he would not kill him. He would kill me. he said. Sunday night he left and came bark Monday morning bringing telegrams from our rarents and food which was sent by Capt. Matlack. He was In fine spirits and said the moneywould be raised by ranches bV 1 p. m. At 3 p. m. our guards told us to get ready and we hiked two miles over the mountains to 'a deep canyon where the guards Informed us Rentaria would come for us at 1 o'clock. "About 915 we heard Rentarla's whistle and the guards went forward to challenge him. We were guided on the journey by Rentaria who told us that he would send Lieut. Peterson out first and if the money and everything went right, he would then send me out. "He put Peterson on behind a horseman and rode out through a cornfield, where he met Capt. Matlack. "Rentaria told Peterson he was his good friends.' and got his address, so. he said, he could come to visit him. He expressed the desire to ride with him in his aeroplane Forne time and hoped he would toon see his parent. This was when Peterson brought back to him the $7,500. which Capt. Matlack had given him for his rarsom. "As soon as Peterson had left with Capt. Matlack. I was started on foot with two mounted bandits beside me, back to the mountains and I sympathized with a man being led to the gallows, for I was convinced that some treacheryhad been planned and that so far as I was concerned they were going to put an end to things, as I knew Rentaria hated me. However, in an hour they took me back to San Antonio and Rentaria shook hands with me as M bade me 'good-bve.' H said that if he cv"" saw me again he. would kill me oa sight. A Mexican ajent then took me to Cpt. Matlack. ' l wish to make mention here of the

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