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San Antonio, Texas, Aug. 17.—Maj.
Gen. Joseph T. Dickman, commander
of the Southern Department, and staff
officer were in conference late tonight
over reports from Candelaria, Texas,
that Lieutenants Davis and Peterson,
army aviators, are being held by Mex-
ican bandits for $15,000 ransom, which,
army authorities have been advisel,
must be paid Monday to Dawkins Kil
patrick, a storekeeper at Candelaria,
under penalty of death for the aviators
if the money is not forthcoming.
General Dickman said reports re
ceived indicate that the two airmen
came down at the little town of
Dilares, which is on both sides of the
Kio Grande. He declined to state
what steps had been taken to rescue
as the place where the ransom is to
be paid, is not given, as it might in
terfere with the release of the avia
tors.’.’
' Lieut. -Peterson is 25 years'of age
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communteati&o 11 with CoL Geargu-JIL
Langhorne, commander of the Big
Datrls is 2ft years old and* is from
Strathmore, Cal.
Aviators Peterson and Davis are a
part of the personnel of the Fort
Bliss aviation corps, but were on de
tached‘duty with the Big Bend dis
trict military headquarters at Marfa,
TeX¥§7~^bra they disappeared-. They
left Marfa’ last Sunday morning for
the usual patrol of the border, plan
ning to follow the north bank of the
Rio Grande ♦o the end of the district
It is beieved by aviation officers
that they confused the Copchos River,
which flows into the Rio Grande near
Presidio, Texas, with the Rio Grande,
and followed the course of this river
into the interior of Mexico. Another
theory advanced here by fellow avia
tors is that they were forced to land,
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,of the border, in the wild country
of the Big Bend district, and,were
Bend district. He also said a report made prisoners by the Mexican ban-
of the incident had been telephoned
to Washington.
Marfa, Texas, Aug. 17.—Letters pur
porting to be from Lieut. Paul H.
Davis and Lieut. Harold G. Peterson,
dits, who make marauding trips
across the border at frequent intervals
in search of cattle and other property
which they carry off to Mexico.
When it became^known at Fort
Bliss tonight that the aviators were
America army aviators, missing since , reported held by Mexican bandits,
last Sunday, were received here today
at military headquarters. The letters
stated that aviators were being held
by bandits for $15,000 ransom some
where in Mexico and were threatened
with death unless the ransom was
paid.
The demand for the ransom was re
ceived here today and a report made
at once to Major General Dickman,
commander of the Southern Depart- j
ment. An unconfirmed report also
was received here that aviators w’ere
being held at a point close to the
American border and that Chico Cano,
a famous bandit of the Big Bend
Ojinaga district, was the leader of the
bandit band holding the aviators.
II Paso Commander Issues Statement.
El Paso, Texas, Aug 17.—An official
statement was issued at military head
quarters here tonight signed by Brig.
Gen. James B. Erwin, district com
mander, announcing that Major L. A.
Walton, commander of the aero unit at
Fort Bliss, had received T*messag*e
from the two mfssing aviators saying
they had been ’ captured by Mexicans
and were being held for $15,000 ran
som. The ransom must be paid by
August 18, according to the message.
Arrangement were being made here
tonight to obtkin $15,000 gold coin and
to send it tbldarfa early tomorrow for
payment “of the ransom. This action
was deemed advisable 4 to protect the
men. The full text of the 'statement
issued at military headquarters to
night by Gen. Erwin follows:
“A telegram was received this after
noon by Maj. L. A. Walton, com
mander of the aero unit at Fort Bliss,
representing a message signed by the
two aviators who have been missing
since Sunday, stating they had been
captured by Mexicans and were be
ing held, for $15,000 ransom which
must be paid by August 18, or they
would be killed. _
“This message was brought into a
town in the Big Bend district by a^well
known bandit. Col. G. T. Langhoraor
commanding officer of the Eighth
Cavalry and the Big Bend district
wired the commanding general of the
El Paso district that the message is
authentic and that he is taking all
necessary measures to secure the re
lease of the aviators and has present
ed ’this matter to the proper authori
ties. The name of the place from
which the message was sent, as well
there was much tfiscussion %mon£
army officers of the possibility of
American troops crossing the border
in search of the bandits. This was
discredited by higher officers for two
reasons. The principal one advanced
was that the American aviators would
be killed If an expedition crossed in
pursuit, while the other was that the
orders to cross the border in the Big
Bend district apply only to pursuit
of bandits who have stolen property
on the American side and then only to
follow a “hot trail.’ 4 ,
HITCHCOCK SAYS TREATY *HAS
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El Paso, Tex.—An official statement
was issued at military headquarters
here signed by Brig. Gen. James B.
Erwin, district commander, announc
ing that Maj. L. A. Walton, comman
der of the aero unit at Fort Bllas, had
received a message from the two
missing aviators, saying they had been
captured by Mexicans and were being
held for $16,000 ransom. The ransom
must be paid by August 18, according
to the message.
Arrangements were being made here
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it to Marfa early for payment of the
ransom. This action was deemed ad*
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