Orange County CA Archives News.....Walter Eaton Held By Mexican Bandits October 21, 1924
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Santa Ana Register October 21, 1924


    

    WALTER EATON HELD BY MEXICAN BANDITS

    From the Santa Ana, California Register, furnished by Murray Eaton of
Maquoketa, we glean the following news item, which will be read with interest by
friends of the Eaton family in this vicinity. The item states that Walter Eaton,
nephew of Murray Eaton, a mine superintendent, was seized by Mexican bandits
several days ago and was held in the mountains near Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico
for 15,000 pesos ransom. Escaping from his desparate guards, Eaton made his way
through the mountains to safety, walking part of the time in streams of water to
throw his captors off the trail. Parral is the town in which the notorious
Pancho Villa was killed. 



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