“Seems to be closed.”
“It is. I think it shut down after we arrested Geissler and Jahnke. A lot of Germans left town when that happened. Guess some reckoned Geissler or Jahnke might implicate them in their dirty business.”
Carranza and his government in exile arrived three days later. I steered clear of Carranza. If he saw me, he would no doubt have questions about my presence in Veracruz.
Finally, on November 23, the last American troops left Veracruz. I cabled a story on the departure along with an interview with Funston.
I promised to stop in San Antonio to see Eda and the general on my way back to Chicago, but first I decided to take a trip to Mexico City. I arrived on November 30, one day before Villa and Zapata were to enter the city with their armies.
The city was in chaos. Eve
