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Show M. BE EXECUTED If FOOND GUILTY Three Americans and One Chilean Under Arrest at Acapulco, Mexico. MAZATLAX, Mexco, May 10, by radio to San Diego, Cal. Three Americans Amer-icans and one Chilean, officers of the Ameriean power scliooner General Mar-iseal Mar-iseal of Han Francisco, which was destroyed de-stroyed by fire in the harbor of Acapulco Aca-pulco on April 12, have been placed under un-der arrest by the .Mexican port officials at thai place iu connection with the loss of the vessel. L'uder orders of General Maviscal of! the state of Guerrero all four are to be brought to trial and if found guilty, it is said, they will be executed. The plight of the schooner's ufficers was inside known here today on advices from Acapulco. "which did not state when the prisoners were to be brought to trial. Itvas learned that the four men, Alfred Al-fred Brow, purser; Will Wig. first mate; C. E. (jogolette, chief engineer, and Frank Horn, assistant engineer, are confined con-fined under comfortable" conditions in the Acapulco municipal palace and have been furnished with counsel by the Mexican government. Following the destruction de-struction of the schooner the eutire crew -was arrested by the port officials, but with the exception of the four officers, offi-cers, all were later released and are now on their way to San Pedro, Cal., on 'board the steamer Chehalis. ! It is not known here just, what basis the Acapulco officials have for believing that the loss of the General Mariscal was anything but accidental. The j schooner. 125 tons and owned by W. ! Loaiza & Co. of San Francisco, sailed j front San Pedro. Cal., on April 2 and ; arrived at Acapulco April 12. While the (cargo was being discharged the hold burst into flames, which completely de-: de-: st roved the vessel. The crew made their wnv to shore and were arrested. Conditions at the port of Acapulco are mi let, according to reports here, but Zapatistas are said to be nctivc in The immediate vicinity, and dissension is reported re-ported among: the local Carranza faction, i The I". S. S. Denver is at Acapulco on J patrol duty. |