Show MEXICANS RELEASE AMERICAN AIRMEN TWO AVIATORS CAPTURED B Y V BANDITS FREED FREED- UPON THE PAYMENT OF RANSOM t V Had Lost Their Way Vay After They Had V Been Forced to Land as Result of Engine Trouble and Were Taken V Prisoner by Bandits Marfa Texas Lieutenant H II G 0 Peterson one of the two AmerIcan American aviators avi- avi held by Mexican bandits for foi 15 ransom crossed the border bolder to the American side early Monday morning Shortly after Lieutenant Peterson crossed the border Captain Matlack returned bringing with with- him Lieutenant Davis V Capt Captain ln Matlack brought brought- back with him him one one half half the ransom money He said after Peterson had been released Davis was brought forward by the bandits and the two mounted Captain Matlack's horse The bandits demanded demand demand- ed the remainder of ot the ransom morie monr mon mon- ej e- r and Capt Captain in Matlack and Davis answered by riding rapidly away The aviators lauded landed on the Ameri Amen American can side of the river Lieutenant Peterson Peterson Peterson Pet Pet- erson said Upon their arrival at t Candelaria a a. week ago Sunday their engine developed trouble and they were vere forc forced d to land smashing their landing gear and fuselage in doing so The two aviators then tried t to find their way to the nearest army camp and became confused confused- They walked and swam down the Rio Grande duning durIng during dur dun ing Monday Lieutenant Peterson said an then hired Mexican burros after Peterson developed a n fever They had started for Candelaria when an armed Mexican ov overtook them and made them prisoners They were unarmed They were overtaken by a band of ot I armed b bandits Lieutenant Peterson I Isaid said and a crowd of ot people from from a little town They continued on their forced journey until Friday night when the bandits forced the aviators to write messages demanding ransom ransom- and nd telling of ot the death threat |