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Show FELIXDIAZ I i REFOBEE I liscapes From Mexico Through the I Assistance of tlio American I Consul . - ; . CLAMBERS OYER IIOUSU TOPS, I . '', .&' H - ... Convinced His Life Was in' r Peril- Boards American .; ' H Gunboat " L'H i H Vera Cruz, Oct. 28. The fact U Gen, Diaz and two of his sup- porters were refugees on board . B the Wheeling was not discovered by the Mexican authorities unlil ; I this morning. The (light took v- place after midn'ght, the three,. . I men taking the risk of an excur- H sion over the house tops, which H were guarded by armed men, .,. . I into the American consulate. & H Tt was late last evening when I'H Gen. Felix Diaz became con- mI vinced of the advisability of pi seeking American protection. - He sent from his hotel to the I United States consulate and in- !'' formed Consul William W. Can- , I ada, he had received informa-, lH tion that his life was in peril."14 fU He told the consul that a num- JB berof his adherents had been , pH put in jailv." ' ''.' Gen. .Diaz; was accompanied tov f fl 1 Hw.iMjdrfftaJbaTo8e Sandoval';,- 7 quested profectiuT lor tllW " ' l"M selves. I "H |