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Show MEXICANS RELEASE AMERICAN AIRMEN TWO AVIATORS CAPTURED BV BANDITS FREED UPON THE PAYMENT OF RANSOM. Had Lost Their Way After They Had Been Forced to Land as Result ol Engine Trouble and Were Taken Prisoner by Bandits. .Miirfii, Tc.as. i.ieuti-naiil II. ;. Pel crsoli, one of tin- I wo American ,j vi- iilors In-Ill by Mexican bandits fur .si,"., imxi niiisiiin, crossed tin- border Hit Aiiii-i-i.-iiii .siii,. ,.;,,v .M11111I11.V mi. ruin. Shortly lifter l.ieulelmm. Peterson crossed Hie border, Captain Mnlliicl returned, bringing wllli liim l.iouieimiil I 'avis. Captain Mallack brought back wiih liim 0 1 1 - -1 1 : 1 1 1 Hie ransom in v. lie said after Peterson had been roleasisl. Davis was brought forward by llu bandits, mill tin; two mounted Captain Matlack's Imrse. flu; bandits demand-etl demand-etl Hie reiiiaiiuler (i tin. ransom IIUII. 'y, anil Captain Mallack nnd I u vi.-answcrod vi.-answcrod liy Wiling rapidly away. Tin; iivlalnrs landed on Hi,; Anieri-run Anieri-run side of Hie river, Lieutenant Peterson Pet-erson said. Upon their arrival al 'anilelaria a week ago Sunday, their engine developed Ironhle anil they wen; furred In land, siiinshiii' llieit 1 ; 1 inline gear anil fuselage in doing so. The two aviators then tried to find llieir way to Hie nearest army rump and heranie CDnfused. They walked swam down the Hio Grande during dur-ing .Monday, Lieutenant Peterson said, anil then hived Mexican hnrros after Peterson developed a fever. Tliey had started for Candelnria when an armed Mexican overtook them and made them prisoners. They were unarmed. They were overtaken by a band ol armed bandits, Lieutenant I'elerson said, and a crowd of people from a little town. They continued on their forced journey until Friday night, when the bandits forced the aviators to wrile messages demanding ransom nnd telling of the death threat. |