Show I i I I VISITORS SHOT I I BY y RUM PARTY I American Smugglers Have Fortune in Liquor on Mexican Isle MEXICO CITY July 14 Fan Fantastic Fantastic tales lales told of ot the operations of American rum I along the I coast of ot Lo Lower Loer er California reached a climax recently with the publication publication I cation of ed ad advices vIces from Ito Ito- Ro-earlo Ro santo sarlo telling of the unhappy fate of 17 Mexican fishermen who ho fell into the hands bands of ot American smug smug- smugglers smugglers glare The Thc little Mexican Me fishing smack 1 it is related swept by a 11 heavy storm from Its fishing Grounds sought refuge under the tho thoICe Ice of ot tho the Island ot of Sacramento In ba bay Instead of a refuge the storm tossed fishermen were greeted upon landing with a a iol- iol vol volley ol- ol olley ley from the rifles of a 0 score of American smugglers and six of 1 th them m were ere ero wounded Attempting to seek seck refuge in the brush they 1 were halted by a storm of bullets I from a hidden machine gun Then after they had been placed aboard their craft and told to forget ahat had happened an unsuccessful at- at attempt attempt at attempt tempt was mado made to sink their boat with shots from a piece of o artil artil- artil artillery artillery lery mounted on one of the Islands Island s rocky hills According to the skip skip- skipper skipper per Mendoza tho tIlo smug smug- smugglers smugglers have built a small village on the shoto e of one of the CO coxes coves cs that indent the island and stores of liquor worth a fortune were plied piled In makeshift warehouses |