El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-03-16
CONVERSE FATHER
SEES TESTIMONY
AGAINST SON

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until after Mr.. and Mrs. converse ar
rived from Glendora. They were then
supplied with blankets and comforters
and given good food.
Maps Correspond
Mr.. Converse has made a map on the
country surrounding the place where
the two boys were arrested or kid
haped, as he prefers to call It, This
map was drawn by him after visit
70 the scene of the arrests and 1T cor
responds exactly, he says, with one
that the boys drew for postmaster j.
A Smith when they were visited in
the Juarez jail. This map shows the
place where the boys were arrested as
being near the cottonwood pole house
OF Manuel Perea, who lives within $40
feet of the river bank on the north side
OF the river on the road which runs
from Tornillo, Texas to Guadalupe,
Mexico, crossing the river at a ford
near Perea's house. The distance from
Tornillo is given as four miles, while
Guadalupe, on the Mexican side, Is one
mile southwest Of the ford. Perea, his
wife and his neighbors, were eye wit
nesses of the capture of the boys, and
testified In the hearing before COM
missioner Oliver that the boys were on
American soil.
Were Captured February 20.
At the time the boys were captured
by Diognacio Archuleta, Ramon Nunez,
both rurales, Leonardo Jimenez, who
lived near Guadalupe, and Anacleto
Archuleta, who formerly lived on the
Mexican side, but had moved across the
river, were sitting in front Of q fire
eating a lunch that they had bought
at Perea's house. They had unsaddled
their horses and were allowing them
to rest before starting for Ell Paso,
they claimed. Anacleto Archuleta, who
had first seen the boys and had report
ed the fact to the soldiers, went across
with the three others and assisted in
capturing them, the soldiers remaining
on the Mexican bank of the river. They
were then dragged back to the dry bed
of the river and turned over to the
soldiers who were drawn npon the the
river bank waiting for them to return.
This arrest was made on February 20
at about 1 o'clock in the afternoon,
and the trial Of the boys has been drag
ging since February "a in the court of
letters in Juarez.
Hearing Before u. s. Commissioner.
In the meantime attorney Converse
brought all Of the witnesses to FL
Paso and conducted a hearing before
Oliver, on March 1 and 2, in which the
testimony of all the eye witnesses was
taken, Transcribed and forwarded to the
department of state and justice IN
Washington, together with maps and
other data concerning the case. 1t was
upon this that the state department
drew its conclusion that the boys were
arrested on American soil and the re-
quest for their release based.
Mr.. Converse, who has been appoint
ed attorney for Edwin Blatt as well as
acting for his own son, says that he
has been treated courteously by Judge
Herrera in Juarez, and that everything
has been opened to him in the records.
He says there is no one else authorized
to represent the boys but himself.
81 think the Mexican government
will comply with the request of the
state department and release the boys
in a very few days." Mr. Converse
said. There is nothing else for them
to do, for we have made out our case
to the satisfaction of the state depart
ment, while the Mexican government
has failed so far to make a case against
the bows