Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-01-19 | Page 3 | Dr. W. T. Stell, Reported Killed, Escapes after All

DR. W. T. ST ELL, REPORTED KILLED, ESCAPES AFTER ALL COH'.MBCS. X. M. . Jan. IS. Dr. W. T. St-ll, ,m Anu-rican physician of Guerrero, w ho was reported executed by t ho Villa troops that entered the town October hist, reached the American lines several days iiLYt, av-.'orvlin to arrivals here from Vci. o p V'tin the Cr.rranzn garrison evacuated fcrr;errero. Pr. Ptell took refuse in the ihi-t'nev of ;m abandoned vhurch with its Meha n nn.stor. For six weeks iS tell subsisted on bread and water smuggled in by a I'ai'nfiM native servant. Several 1 i i ncs the rebels sen n-hed the premises, but failed to find him. Two weeks a so the. servant bribed a Mexican wagon driver to carry the doctor doc-tor to 101 Vaile. Hidden under a seat i!:e entire journey, be appeared only- at liiuhts. S'pwnil times Villa bandits t o ; 'ed the wacn to n k for food . A nierii'a us artivini; here also report t b.n the town of Sa n Lorenzo, twenty-