OCR Text |
Show , OENERAr DIAZ AND SUPPORTERS 2 SEEK REFUGE ON U. S. GUNBOAT llyL Men Flee From Vera Cruz Hotel at Midnight Over Roof Tops to American Consulate Three Mexicans and Newspaper Newspa-per Man Taken in Small Boat and Hurried to 1 t Warship Wheeling. INSTRUCTIONS SENT TO THE CONSUL Fugitives Prominent in Politics Late Developments Convince Con-vince General of Imminent Danger Prompt Action Taken By U. S. Officials Later Refugees Are . I Transferred to Cruiser for Better Protection. At . Si Vera Cruz. Oct 28 Tho fact that General Diaz and two of his support - k ers; were- refugees on board the -Whaling wa9 not discovered by the Mexican authorities until this morning morn-ing The flight took place after midnight mid-night the three men taking the risk of an excursion over the roof tops, which were guarded by armed men. into the American consulate It was late last evening when General Felix Diaz became convinced convinc-ed of the advisability of seeking American protection He went from his hotel to the United States con-P con-P sulate and informed Consul William Canada he had received information that his life was peril He told the consul that a number or his adherents adher-ents had been put in jail. General Diaz was accompanied to the consulate by Jose Sandoval and Cecilia Ocon who also requested protection pro-tection for themselves. The American consul at once took steps to have the refugees transferred trans-ferred on board the gunboat Wheeling Wheel-ing which was lying In the harbor The three Mexican fugitives and Alexander Williams, an American newspaper man. were taken to a small boat and hurried on board the American warship, where they were given accommodations General Diaz with Jose Sandovrl and Cecilio Ocon dropped over a low wall and made their way into one of the rear rooms of the consulate. Beg for Protection. When they arrived Inside the room ihv asked that Consul William W Canada be called Apparently suffer Ing from groat excitement they as- R - swroti him whn -he came that then-lives then-lives were In immediate danger They declared tbev had knowledge that or ders for their arrest had been issued and thev begged for his protection. In replv Consul Canada pointed to the water front some 200 yards riist-ant riist-ant "There'B a launch there" he said, "you'd better make a run for it." The fugitives hesitated for som lime to make the venture, as the street in front of the American cou- ! sulat4 was patrolled by detectives When they finally left the door of tbe consulate the detects e on duty apparently did not recognize them and they walked deliberately through Sthe street to the pier, where they pre' sentd b card from Consul Canada to the officer in command of the launch Consul William W Canada, had net informed the Mexican authorities, up g to 9 o'clock this morning, of the flight of General Diaz during the night nor had the authorities ordered the removal of the detectives, who f, remained guarding the deserted rooms of the hotel EvariBto and Daniel Madero, relatives rela-tives of the late president, who were arrested at Monterey for complicity In a plot to hand over the city to the rebels and brought by way of Tamplco to this city, have arrived here on a Mexican gunboat and have been lodged in the prison of San Juan. j The two Mexicans who 6ought ref uge with General Felix Diaz on board the United States gunboat, Wheel- lng, last night, have played prominent parts in Mexican politics. Cecilio Ocon was charged on May 24. 1913, In the Mexican chamber of deputies by Puelrda Mobena, now minister of foreign affairs, with being "the actua' murderer of Gustavo Madero." This denunciation was made in -A connection with a demand for an ap fH propriatlon of $15,000 to be paid tc Oron for service rendered to th government." 5 Jose Bonaks Sandoval, the other fugitive was an attorney in Mexico City and an adherent of the late General Gen-eral Bernardo Reyes, at one time sec retary of war, who was shot while leading the rcbols toward tbe national m0 palace during the attack by Gcnerr.l Follx Diaz In February, this year |