El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-09-05
Colonist Slain by Mexicans,
Succeeded in Saving His
Daughters From Attack.


checo in the Mormon colonies of Chi
huahua, on Aug. 26,
Junius Romney. president Of the
Mormon colonies in Mexico, returned
Wednesday evenig from Chihuahua,
where he has peen making an investi-
cation of the condition of affairs, es-
pecially the killing of Stevens. Mr..
Romney brought the first detailed ac-
count of the killing of the Mormon
coloniSt- According to the facts which
he established by investigation, Stevens
was killed by an unknown Mexican az
ter he had fatally wounded the Mexi-
cans companion Then followed a
struggle between the remaining Mexi-
can, who was armed with long dirk,
and Emma and Ella Stevens, the two
daughters of the mortaIly wounded
man.
The facts, as we have been able to
establish them" president Romney
said Thursday morning, ~are that Ste
vens went to the rescue of his two
daughters from the apparent criminal
attack of the two unknown Mexicans.
who had followed the girls for some
distance before Stevens arrived from
the field. The daughters, Emma and
Ella, were picking blackberries about
500 yards from the house, when they
saw the two Mexicans, one dressed in a
dark suit and the other in khaki, APP
preaching. The Mexicans succeeded in
getting between the two girls and the
Stevens home. One of them called to
the oldest girl in English, ordering her
to come to him. Instead of obeying.
the girls ran toward the house by a
circuitous route, with the Mexicans fol-
lowing them. When they approached
the place where Mrs. Stevens and an
other daughter were also picking ber-
ries, they ran to the house, the daugh-
ter to get the pistol which she sup
posed was there, and the mother to
warn Mr.. Stevens, who was working in
the field.
stevens ran to the house as soon
as he was told of the presence of. the
Mexicans, took double barrelled shot
gun and started toward the orchard,
where the Mexicans were. When Ste
vens approached, the Mexican drew a
long knife and the girls saw him
strike their father. The two older
girls Emma and Ella, ran toward him
and as. they ran, they heard two shots
from their fathers shotgun and saw
the Mexican dressed in Khaki run to-
ward the woods with his hands to his
breast He was later found dead,
where he had fallen, with a hole in his
right breast in the same place that the
other Mexican had stabbed Stevens.
When the two daughters reached Ste
vens's side he had the Mexican down
and was holding his right hand, in
which he held the knife. Just as he
was about to be stabbed again by the
Mexican, Emma, the younger of the
two, beat the Mexican in the face with
an oak club, forcing him off Of her
father as Stevens tainted from loss of
blood. The Mexican then made rush
at Emma with his knife, but his arm
was caught by the other sister, who
had obtained the shotgun and was try
ing to use it. The Mexican then ran,
with the older daughter following him
with the shotgun. He succeeded in es-
Gaping. and the two girls carried their
father to the house. He died while |
they were making an effort to get him |
to their house"
Mrs Stevens and family are expected /
to reach Ell Paso some time this week
from ColOnia JuareZ The will go to 7
Fillmore, Utah, to make their home.
President Romney says that he does /
not consider conditions sufficiently I
settled in the Chihuahua colonies for 4
the women and children to return and 4
not safe enough in the mountain colo 4
MES for either men or women to go I
back.
Rebels in Small Bands.
The federals are in control Of the I
North Western railroad" he says, but I
the rebels are scattered through the |
Sierra Madres in small bands. There |
were so at ChUichupa, others in the !
Hop valley, three miles from PachecO, /
and they had been passing back and
forth through the mountain colonies. J
They have looted Pacheco and Garcia |
thoroughly. There are 100000 (Mexi- |
can currency worth of crops in these
tally saved if they could be harvested,
but that is impossible as the condi-
tons exist at present. There is $4,000
worth of oats ripening there now and
no one to harvest it Cattle have been
shot on the range in the mountain
colonies wantonly and their hides have
not even been cut. At COlonia JuareZ
and Dublan the looting has not been
so heavy, and many of the horses that
We're thought to have been taken have
returned
To Confer With Huerta.
President Romney and other church
officers have arranged for an interview
with Gen. Huerta in JuareZ Thursday
to ask the general for troops with
which to drive the rebels from the Chi
huahua colonies. If this is done the
men will be able to return to harvest
their crops. A few have already re-
back to the Dublan and Juarez coll
onies but the mountain colonies will
be let alone for the present.
In addition to president Romney,
Ian; H. E. Bowman, Dan Skousen and
F. G. Wall came from the colonies
Wednesday night
TRANSPORTATION has been issued to
refugees to the following points since
the first of September:
To Arizona Points.
To Globe-Monroe Anderson, Blanch
Anderson, Tina Mortensen, Rachael
To safford-C D. Foster. Chas. A
Foster, Josephine Foster, Bessie Eos
ter, Robert Foster, Moroni Foster, Am
mon Foster, Lilly Romney. Anthony
To Tucson-B. H Price. S. Anna
Price, Sarah Price. Heln4 Price, Mabel
Price, Erastus Price, Esther Price,
Bertha Johnson, L. Paul Carbon, Ella
Carbon, Katie Carbon, Lucille Carbon
Gretta Carbon. Louis Carbon, Lucinda
Carbon, Joseph Carbon. Ella Carbon,
Rosal1a Tenney, Lavere Tenney, Berthel
Tenney. +. NJ. Stock, Olive Stock, |
Frank Stock, James Stock, Jane Stock, !
Arthur Stock, Archie Stock, George F. |
Sevey, Anna Sevey, Maud SeVey, Fran
els Sevey, F. NJ Farnsworth, Ethel !
Farnsworth, Willie Farnsworth, Mabel
Farnsworth, Jesse. n. ROwley, AIvina |
Rowley, Vernen RowIey, Edwin Row
ley, Allan ROwley, Veda RoWley.
To Holbrook-Elizabeth Sanders
To Thatcher-Effie Rowley, Leroy
Rowley.
To New Mexico Points.
To Farmington-Ben Palmer, Jennie !
Palmer.
To Hachita-Hazel Taylor.
To Other Points.
To Reading, Cal.-Martha Accord, Ina |
Accord
To Cove, Ore.-Julia orion, Elna Or
ton, Fern orion.
To BurIey Idaho-Martha Gruwen, |
Nora Gruwen, Clarice GruweH, Evah |