El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-08-01
THE CLoUDCRoFr SHOOTING.
Cloudcroft, N. NJ, July S

Cloudcroft N NJ, July 81.
Editor Ell Paso Herald:
On page six of your issue of July
rs. there appears an account Of the
shooting that took place at the quar-
tiers Of the negro servants of the lodge
last Monday night, which, while cor
rect in its main features does an in
Justice to the majority of the citizens
of North Cloudcroft, which I feel it my
duty to remedy. / refer to the para
graph in which you state sit is source
OF keen resentment that
North Cloudcroft should con-
tinue TO harbor rowdies and hoodlums.
who vent their spite and love of dew
ntry in such an atrocious manner"
rms statement has aroused consid-
cradle feeling among the business men
and the better class citizens of North
Cloudcroft and. in my opinion with
very good reason, since they were
among the first TO deplore the out
rage and to make an effort to discov-
er the criminal This is especially true
or the business men (Slr. Bailey. post
master; Mr.. Tatum of the Cloudcrofh
Commercial company, and several 9TH
ers) who have been unceasing in their
efforts to assist the officers in locating
the guilty parties. These men, having
thousands of dollars invested in Cloud
situation, which menaces the very life
of Cloudcroft as a summer resort. and
the day after the shooting several of
them took great pains to assure them
that this outbreak did not reflect the
true sentiments of the people OF North
Cloudcroft. They offered their full CO.
operation in discovering the criminals.
and they stated that the relations AZ
listing this season between the bust
Cloudcroft on the one hand, and the
summer colonists and hotel people on
the other, had never before been SO
pleasant This statement has been
borne out by some of the cottagers
who have been coming here for years
In this connection, 1 desire to ex-
press my sincere appreciation of the
good work done by the officers, who
were called to the scene, especially Mr..
Denny, sheriff of Otero county, and Q.
Sadtlier, special agent Of the Ell Paso
and Southwestern system. Tuesday
morning, Immediately after receiving
word about the outrage, Mr. Denny
started from Alamogordo for Cloud
croft on horseback, preferring not TO
lose any time in waiting for the after
noon train. and he arrived here shortly
after noon. Ever since then, early and
late the two officers have been hard at
work on the case, and if the criminals
are brought to Justice, as now seems
most likely, itw Ill be entirely due TO
their hard work, aided by such in
formation and assistance as the bust
ness men Of North Claudcroft and fhe
members of the Cloudcroft Directory !,
(MesSrS Roe, Long, Breckheimer Ia
tum and DR.. Stevenson) SO willingly fur
n5shed them. 1 feel particularly in |
debted TO Mr.. Denny for the time and |
work he has put in on this case
The fact that the sheriff of the
county is so determined to discover
and punish the guilty men Is certain |
to have lettering effect on anyone |
who might feel tempted to commit a |
similar offence. I cannot speak too
highly of the work of these officers
AS matter of justice, would !
thank you to publish this letter. as
would not care to have these people. |
who have acted so splendidly through |
out, believe that we, on the Cloudcroft |
held them responsible in |
he way suggested in the paragraph of |
your article that I have referred to-
Thanking you in advance for your
Of this matter, I am. I
yours very truly,
Jas. Lawler,
Manager THE Lodge"
mo reflection has been made or in |
ended against the law abiding and re-
;pectable people of North Cloudcroft.
who are very greatly in the majority.
4 strongly expressed public sentiment
Lmong them would rid the locality of
he few undesirable characters respon-
ible for violations of the ls1les of