El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-12-04

blackboard, drawn by a team Of Texas
mules. DR.. Raphael Molina was arrest
ed on Overland street, and seemed 50
surprised and indignant that he could
hardly speak. Il am disgraced among
my people," he said ito ranger Moore,
who took him to the wagon yard. where
the prisoners were to be detained until
they were all rounded up. After the
other downtown arrests were made, the
ranger wagon drove TO Iornillo ana
Seventh streets, where Jose Aguilar'
the supposed bombmaker OF the revolu-
ton, lives. His house is small mud
plastered jacal. The house was sur
rounded by the rangers. Deputy mar
shall Rogers and chief Molina tnen en-
tered the house but found only Agui-
lars pitifully poor family shiver1nB
over a small fire.
The rangers then made a dash for
concrete blockhouse across Seventh
street where Jose Palamores lived.
This house was surrounded and Pala-
mores. who was considered bad ae-
tor" was arrested by ranger WEBSTER
and Capt. Rogers only after he had at
fe-1D4ed 70 escape. Trouble was eX-
pected with this man and the oIIlGeIs
we're prepared for a fight II he resist
ed. . -.-..t
was the next Mace visited by the OIL
GERS. as DR.. George Aldape, proml-
nent physician and memper OF O.9
of the Oldest families IN Coahuta- maze
his Headquarters there He was seen
there a short time before the ARRIVAL
Of the rangers and seemed eXtremelE
nervous He was later arrested ana
was the first to give bond at the pre-
liminary hearing ii
lose Navarrete was found in a brick
house on lower Santa Fe street he
at first refused to accompany the oILl-
GERS. He was we'll dressed and TOOK Z
his arrest like a stole
and entered into elaborate negotlatlons
with the officers before he 1ecioeo 70
accompany them S1lvestre Roma TOT
whom no warrant had been issued GOT
cold feet and fled to closet in the
rear Of the yard, where he was ar
rested BY rangers. A search was maze |
at & number Of other Mexican houses
on the south side, the nelghoorhooo
wome nand children gawking curious
" at the officers and rangers as they /
searched the houses for the men want 4
ed
The final arrest was made at 2;25, /
when Dr. Aldape was taken into Gus /
tody. and the entire IA were chen taken ]
before United States commissioner |
George B. Oliver IN the commissioners i
in the federal building.
Each Of the men was searched ana
a small revolver, almost q, plaything,
was found on Dr. Molina, according to
the officers. Should he be liberated
on bond, the officers say they viii
swear out a warrant for him on the
charge Of CARRYING concealed weapons.
number Of papers were found
which incriminated the men arrested.
An Educated Spokesman.
The unfortunate IA made a motley
picture as thew were ranged around
the walls Of the commissioner little
courtroom.
Jose Palamores, the California Next
can, acted as spokesman and inter-
prefer for the entire crew. speaking
both Spanish and English like a
earned man. He was shebbily dressed,
with IN abandon much affected by the
Socialistic clan in California. But his
speech was perfect and he talked in
Of the details Of the case.
oalamores claims to be personal
friend Of John Kenneth Turner. who
wrote "Barbarous Mexico" and, like
T. Gutierrez De Lara, says that he
much OF the data for these
md other articles. He asked that Tur-
Ter be notified at Carmen by-the-Seas
Cal.. Of his trouble. Palamores says
lie is a Mexican indian Of California,
his mother having been a Maya. He
vas educated, he says, among Ameri-
,an people, and shows his training IN I
lis speech and by his actions he was
he least worried Of the entire =. al
houRh he IS believed by the secret po-
Ice TO be one Of the men most imph-
.ated.
.ornia revolution during the Madero
evolution is said to have been eXcit-
ng, as he was one OF the leaders OF
he revolt. He admitted having been (
,efore United States commissioner Nc
)rmack, OF Los Angeles, on a similar
.harge-
Prisoners Intelligent.
The majority OF the Mexicans arrest
d were above the average OF intelli-
gence-the men like Aldape Molina
Palamores and Dorame-
,eing Of the highest Mexican tyne. |
They all pleaded not guilty to the
charge Of conspiracy to violate the
neutrality laws OF the United States
" setting on foot an armed invasion
# a friendly country. All but Jose
guilar asked for attorneys
he activity Of the United States gov