El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-10-16
SLAppEED AN OFFICER
SENSATIONAL STORY COMES
FROM JUAREZ
In Which Two Well Known Society
people Are implicsted.-A Gu
rious Story OF a Disagreement
and a Chance Meeting.

The most exclusive social circles of
excitement Friday last when it became
known that the most beautiful young
woman in the town. Miss Guadalupe
Alarcon. had publicly slapped the face
of gallant Colonel Aguilar. comman-
dante of the post. for talking about
uer.
As a matter of course a report like
that served to create stir even in
the ancient and sleepy town of Juarez
and il was not long until the story
was on everybody's tongue.
Late Friday afternoon Colonel Agui-
lar and his daughter were going to the
plaza when they met Miss Alarcon near
the custom house AS he approached
Miss Alarcon. the colonel leaned to the
INNER walk to allow Miss Alarcon to
pass. This is a slight breach of ETH
quette and the young lady. who had
for some time been at outs with the
colonel accepted it as an insult. So en-
ragged was she that she caught the Of
ficer in the collar and apparently at
tempted to strike him. Some by
ISLANDERS say she slapped him, and that
he pushed her from the sidewalk
The affair had its beginning. accord
ing to those in position to know all
the story. several months ago, and was
the outcome of differences in a little
love affair. Colonel Aguilar's daught-
ers were once great friends of Miss
Alarcon and the three were often to-
gether In this way. it is said. the
colonel learned to admire the young
lady.
Later on Colonel Aguilar paid his
respects to Miss Alarcon very often
and the public accepted them as more
than mere friends to one another.
This moved on without interruption
for several months when something
happened.
along here. the colonel and the young
lady were not often seen together for
while. 1t Is said that the colonies
daughters had something to do with
il. The public enquired why. and the
friends of both parties learned a diff
ferent story. Placing these stories
together an entirely new story was
worked out by Madam Rumor with
which neither of the principals were
satisfied.
At any rate the news reached the
ears of Miss Alarcon and her mother
that Colonel Aguilar had been saying
unkind things of her. They demand
ed an apology. None came. They
wrote him repeatedly but received no
answer. Finally Gildardo Alarcon.
brother of the young lady. called on
the colonel and asked him to call on
his mother and sister. that they want
ed to talk the matter over. He ac-
cepted the invitation but he has been
sorry ever since.
When the colonel reached the Alar-
con home the young lady and her
mother at once. so IL is said. pro-
ceeded to let out their wrath and called
him all sorts of names. This made
the color(l angry and he Immediately
left the house.
Going TO the Office of young Alarcon
the next day Colonel Aguilar demand
ed an apology. Mr.. Alarcon accepted
and wrote a letter apologising for the
action of his mother and sister. The
letter did not satisfy the colonel so
he wrote another to suit himself and
had the young man sign ii.
With this it was thought that all
was settled until the meeting on the
street Friday afternoon as told above.