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Show MEXICANS FIRE ON AMERICAN IN BALLOON Omaha Lieutenant in Letter to His Wifs Telia of Thrilling Experience. OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 5. In a letter just received by his wife in Omaha, Lieutenant Robert Finley, who was in command of the balloon which last week ascended from the balloon school at Sun Antonio, Tex., and was carried over the Mexican line, tells of the exciting experience ex-perience of himself and his two companions. com-panions. Six Mexicans fired upon the balloon and when it landed eaptured its occupants. occu-pants. A rouh landing was made, one of Fiuley's companions suffering a broken w'tist, and the other a sprained ankle. Tneir captors finallv released them and they walked eighteen miles to the nearest town, where they were thrown in jail. Through the intercession nf an Amer- ican consul they were finally allowed to return to the United States, although under international law. it. is claimed, they miht ha" e ben interned for the rest of the war. Finley is an Omaha man. |