Show OFFICERS story of treatment of prisoners prisoner that rivals tales of the spanish inquisition two americans arrested Arrea ted on tho the charge of robbing a bank have finger nails naila torn out by mexican policemen pittsburg police pol fee here have received news of the torturing t or turIng of william moffatt and edward ma ila jonea who ere arrested FAr rested in mexico city on a charge of robbing a bank messenger moffatt and maloney aloney M the police here say were well known to them before leaving tor for mexico two companions escaped the officers hen the Pitts burgers were arrested and the mexican police demanded their names refusing to betray thet their r companions the men allege that they were strapped rapped bt by the wrists to tho bars of their cells while the officials with forceps tore the nails from their hands bands unable to bear the agony the men gave the immes pt fit their companions I 1 I 1 suppose said captain of detectives edwin T mcgough it if it were not tor for the record 0 of the men their torture would mean international oom lions |