El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-26
BLOODY DEATH
LAST NIGHT
Young Mexican Girl Slain by
Her Fourteen Year
Old Uncle.
TWAS 1T ACCIDENTAL?

| WAS 1T ACCIDENTAL ?
Boy Who Did the Shooting Took tC
His Heels, But Was Arrested a
Short Time After the Killing and
Locked Up.
| Another mysterious shooting took
place last night in the Mexican settle
ment near TIC Sierra Madre tracks in
the southern part of the city, whereby
a thirteen year old Mexican girl, Vasi-
lia Pena, lost her life.
The shooting occurred at about $50
O'Clock, and the first news of it was
brought to Captain Bloom. of the GUS
toms guards, by boy. The lad trld
the officer that his sister had been shot
and led the way to q small adobe house
some distance back from the river.
There within q small room where q
dim, f1ickering light WAS burning and
casting long gaunt shadows on the mud
walls, sickening sight met the eyes of
the customs officer. On tine floor near
the center of the room was seated q
woman with her arms around the limp
form of q young girl, from Jagged
bullet wound in whose neck the life
OlOOO WAS OOZlQR LII d CTlilSOu StFedm,
and forming pool on the floor.
Beyond shadow of dou bt the girl's
life was extinct, and rs soon as Cap
tain Bloom had convinced himself of
this fact he turned his a tention to-
ward learning the cause of the TRACE
dy.
Felix Guerrero, IA years of age, and
uncle of the dead girl, had done the
shooting, the mother said. Whethe
know. The woman said that she with
her daughter and husbands young
brother, ,,were accustomed to sleeping
on pallets on the floor and that last
night they had retired at the usual
hour. She was awakened little later
on by the sound of q struggle between
the boy and girl. Then the girl cried
out that she was beisg struck with the
pistol. The next moment there WAS
in dying condition and her uncle fed,
leaving the pistol behind him on the
floor beside his victim.
Inspector Bloom notified the police
and Officers Scott and Stewart repair
ed to the scene of the tragedy and be-
gan a search for the girls asssilant.
He was found at his sisters house. co.,
ner of Santa F'e and Second streets,
and locked up.
ing. but claimed that it was purely &C
THE SHOOTIST TALKS.
For the first time in several weeks
the name of party charged with MUIR
der appeared on the police docket this
morning. The name was that of Felix
Gerrera and he is accused of murder
ing his niece last night with six
shooter.
The recorder ordered the prisoner
transferred to the county Jail where he
will be held until Justice Spencer COM
pletes his investigations, if not longer.
When q reporter called at the city
Jail this morning Felix still occupied q
and healthy looking Mexican boy and
was quite willing to talk.
In reply to a question he said he was
twelve years old and that the death of
the girl was due to an accid
81 went over to the trunk in the cor
ner,'' said the boy. ''tO get a handker-
chief to wrap around my neck before 1
went to bed. The girl was some dis
tance away on her pallet. 1 had to re-
trunk before 1 could get the hsndker-
chief and while shifting it from one
hand to the other it was discharged.
the bullet striking the girl in the
neck, killing her.
"Her mother said that 1 had shot
the girl Intentionally and told me that
she was going to shoot me, but refused
to give up the pistol and stood them off
until my brother came, when l fed to
my sisters house."
Felix said his niece was only eleven
years of age, and that they we're not
on the pallet when she was
shot.
A WITNESS MISSING.
The dead girls sister, the chief wit
ness, was missing this morning and the
coroner learned that she had fed to
Juarez. Juan Franco was sent after
her and will bring her before the cor
3ner this afternoon at 3 O'Clock. if DOS
'ible. The mother OF deceased will
testify tomorrow morning, when the
will be concluded. The woman
till tells the same story of the tragedy
Is she told last night.
Justice Spencer said this morning
hat from ell he could gather the
]eath of the girl was the result of ac-
;ident rather than design, 5ut at all
events the prisoner would be held uu-
Ill the inquest had been completed.
BREATH OF SUSPICION.
There are some persons who pretend
o believe that the boy originally con-
committing crime even
worse than murder, before firing the
atal shot. Being alarmed by the re-
istance offered by the girl and the
Weakening of her mother. he then
ilenced the girl with bullet from the
ixshooter.
On account of the extreme youthful
less of the prisoner and the dead girl,
he fore going, however, ts not gener-
lily believed.
Motion OVerru1ed.
Motion for q rehearinR of the cass of