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Show DRAMATIC 8T0RY IS ' TOLD BY CON8UL iv John C. Allen and Wife Escape Death In Four Day, Siege by Mexican Mob A dramtlc recital of tho escape of himself him-self and wife from death by a Mexican mob In Monterey, Coahulla, Mexico, was given hero last night by John C. Allen, deputy United States Consul at Montorey. Allen said ho and his wife withstood a-'fdur day's selge behind tho stone walls of a crude Mexican houso- in Monteroy after tho rocelpt of the news of the American occupation of Vera Cruz, while a fronzler mob surged surg-ed outsldo crying, "Dpath to tho Grin-gods.' Grin-gods.' "Wo lived a lifo time In those four days," said Allen tonight 'Tho mob whs crazy wltlf hatred and If they could havo broken Into tho stono houso wo would havo boon killed." . "My wife 'made' mo promlso to kill iicr'hnd then end my own-llfo It thoy broko through our barriers. I had no firearms, nothing but a' butcher knife, but I got It ready fonl never would havo allowed her to falf Into their hands alive. At. the ond ot tho fourth day the federal fed-eral troops wero driven out by the constitutionalist army under Gon'cral Gonzales and tho Aliens loft their fortress for-tress In safety. Thoy with other Americans were given ample protection. |
