Tooele Transcript Bulletin | 1913-05-23 | Page 2 | Americans Have Close Call

AMERICANS HAVE CLOSE CALL face firing squad of soldiers and Es eg jape ape with their lives donna texas D J crockett son soa of david crockett ot of day city texas and great grandson ot at the historic davy Cro crockett clett has escaped to this side ol of the rio grande after facing a firing squad of mexicans at rio bravo brava Al mexico exico six miles from here crockett rockett and two other americans along with six mexicans were taken prisoners while watching the battle battla between constitutionalists and huerta soldiers at rio bravo a few days ago the three americans and the six mexicans were placed in line aga against irist a stone wall and confronted with a biging squad ot of soldiers at command to fire the six mexicans dropped un d der e a hall ot A bullets ballets the americans americana w wro ro secret ecret directions having b been en given the executioners execution ers notto shoot them young crockett and the other two americans were permitted to escape and they lost no time ahne getting to this side ot of the river