Ogden Daily Standard | 1913-09-04 | Page 10 | Tells of Time in Mexican Jail

oo TELLS OF TIME IX MEXICAN JAIL Los Angeles, Sept, 4 L. H Morrison Morri-son of Los Angeles whose release from a Mexican military prison was secured by the Lnlted States department depart-ment of slate after three months' lm-j prlsonment. arrived home yesterday, evening He was brought as far as Los Anqelos by the cruiser PlttsburR from the west coast of Mexico. Morrison was captured between the rebel and federal lines outside Em-palme. Em-palme. 'S esterday he did not have much to ny about his capture and release. He gave the Impression of one who has been warned not to talk ' Too much has been said about my case already " he said when asked for a statement The Mexicans treated treat-ed me all right until I had been about , two months in prison That was j about the time the newspapers up here began to talk about my case. think they suspected me of causing the row Anyhow my Jailers made it very unpleasant for me after that. "As a matter of fact. I did not I know what was going on I never knew the department of state had taken any steps In my behalf until Captain Gilmer of the Pittsburg ar- ' rived with an order for my release " i Morrison declares he was guiltless of the charges on which he was arrested, ar-rested, but does not criticise the Mexican government for the act. He was deported as an undesirable alien for "aiding and abetting a revolution revolu-tion ." With Morrison on the cruiser Pittsburg Pitts-burg was C B. Flnley, who remained In San Diego. Finley told a remarkable remark-able story of his escape from Mexico i over 300 miles of bandit-infested trail I to the coast at Mizatlan. oo