While in El Paso, they saw two Negroes lynched for
attacking two white girls. That “horrible sight,” said Miss Ballard, “seemed to
forecast the nightmare” of events.
They were detained in Juarez, then sent home
because of the Revolution. They told reporters, “The queer taste of the Mexican
food and a rumor that the revolutionists were poisoning all the food made them
refrain from eating anything.”
No matter, the girls didn’t intend to let a bit of
bad luck discourage them. They planned to return to Mexico in a few months
after things cooled down.
