Show c S t. t I 3 r r CONsul S SILLIMAN c N ND W AT VERA CRUZ GRUZ I t 6 I 1 MAINTAINS e MAINTAINS Jr 17 s SILENCE JE 1 CE ON ONI ONIS L HIS S j j EX- EX r 1 r P ERI D REPORT ITO TO STATE DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT I 2 o Intimates ti e T That f Ta Tales Tales 7 L of His is i Facing i Firing Fiting Squad q d and of f. f Other Indig i ties Rep rt to o Have S Been Suf Suffered ered ered W Were We're re Overdrawn 1 v vVera 2 V Vera ra Cruz John Cruz John John iIi R R. Silliman J American an vice vice- vice consul at Saltillo iio arri arrived ed R TU Tuesday sd from Mexico City He e declined ed to discuss s his his his' experiences peri- peri 1 e cubes ces during his his imprisonment o until n il r after he had ade his is official report to made toj t Washington n. n 1 Mr Mi- Mr Silliman aD intimated nt that t the I 1 tales of facing a a firing squad and of other indignities iti he was was reported to have su suffered ered were ere much overdrawn er r J He said he ha felt it was his d duty ty to J j report fully at Washington before making public c a detailed d account of ot his imprisonment and his release bythe by by- bythe f the British vice vice- vice consul consul at Saltillo The trip from Mexico City from Saltillo Sal Sal- tillo was int interrupted rr sev several ral t times n s bY by skirmishes between small detachments detach detach- p ments meats ments of pf constitutionalists t and difed federal r l 11 garrisons at points along th the route The train on consul l trave traveled ed was pr preceded eded by y a a. a tr troop p tra train n V which h h was was fired on repe repeatedly t l and W which e 71 was delayed d by torn torn up u sections of the track I Mrs s. Silliman is still in Saltillo under under under un un- der ilie the protection n of of the British con con consulate I I l su t 1 I Her Ir l husband feels no no anxiety t r regarding g h her safety ty f Mr Silliman n w walked ked across across the the three mile ile gap gapin in the railroad d although horses were pla placed ed at his disposal J He apparently is in good health On Ol h his s. s arrival at t th the Vera Vera C Cruz uz end end of the the g gap p he w was s m met t by his son |