El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-12

FL PasO who know that there
II is a trap for hanging con-
| visited prisoners in the county jail2T
asked Ed Bryant, deputy United States
marshal. 1T is there, Just the same,
[ and what is more, it has served its
, grim purpose more than once. was
/ present and officiated at the hanging
] Of two Mexicans in she Jail when I
was a deputy under sheriff Boone. We
had a hard time hanging them, for
they had armed themselves with sharp
daggers made from the bales Of buck
cts and they mad these up their sleeves
When I went in to tie them for the
death march one made a pass AT me
and lust missed striking me with the
imprOVised weapon. They did stab
father COrdova- the priest, in the hand
when he went to administer the last
rites to them They were hard Gus
toners and we had hard time get
/ ting them onto the trap door and let
| ting them through to eternity / DO
not think that the trap has been used
since for hanging and the hinges are
getting rusty and the iron ring cor
roded from lack Of use
Il had an argument the other day
with a man about san JacintO plaza
/ said special agent c. E. Lewis, Of the
/ treasury department The man ar
gued that the plaza was not an asset
to the city because strangers when
they saw the men sitting around the
plaza would think that this was an
idle town and would pass II up as a
pOOr investment place I did not agree
with him and I told him story which
I heard in a small town IN Michigan
That particular Michigan town was
noted for its fine climate and the
longevity of its inhabitants. Its brag
was that no one had died in the town
within the memory Of the Oldest IN
habitant. The one man who did not
agree that the town was a good one
was always finding fault with It
HH--n ha- Hn q n n
and he had his inning. for he pointed
with considerable glee at the funeral
q. IN huh he said to the nearest
native, where is your boosted climate
and your record Of no one dying here
Forget it, my friend the native
taker who moved here. Il years ago
and he starved to death waiting for
business
at is too bad that the United States
] does not have an article 33 like Mex
icO." an American refugee from Mexico
said Friday. I'm Mexico, when for
elSner becomes too active 1or the Eood
of the country. he is given the thirty
third and is deported by the nearest
steam or rail line In the United states
il is different and in Fl PasO IL is
the contrary. Instead OF deporttnE the
undesirable aliens, we rent them or
fees. listen to their insults Of our
people and institutions and allow them
to threaten TO blow up our power plants
without so much as verbal protest
agree with i; l. LowenbeerE that me
iOus rebel iuuta is to deUOrt the mem
bers across the bridge to JuareZ, where
they are needed al TINS time.
Few people realize" said Alfred
S-luster. that an automobile pulls
better when run backwards than when
the other day when Jim Whlte. j. g.
Barada and myself We're going from
CIOudcroft to the HiescalerO agency and
got stuck on hill we turned the cars
around and backed them up Even at
that we had TO push them but they
climbed better when run backward
than forward. We only found one hill
where we had TO do this. but we ran
into the section of road where the cen
il by the use of Jacks Barada ran
onto the center before he knew II and
we had to dig out the car / tried TO
straddle one rut and run one wheel on
the high center and enc on the side Of
the road, but slipped down and got into
as bad q fix as he did With these eN-
sure that We got onto the old road
however. and that the new road be
tween ClOudcroft and the reservation
is easier to travel From the reserya-
mOEOrdo and III PasO we found the
roads in good shape
Mexican rebels have again cut the
wires between Juarez and Chihua hua.'
said an American army officer. That
is common occurrence. but seems
foolish. Why don't they tap the wires
and get the news going over them
That would be worth a whole lot more
to them than destroying the line Of
Rev Caspar s Wright who couldn't
attend the GEORGIA picnic today from
Georgian all the way through. One day
a newspaper man who heard him
preach several times, said to him;
Doctor. I believe that Won think Geor-
gia is heaven and GeOrgians. are an
gels" Not quite that" he replied.
But. III tell you, they're the salt of
Speaking Of armored automobiles
for warfare" said A. B. AlbrO, of the
international Motor company, 'it would
cost $4,000 for an armored truck like
the French use. But armies OF the
world are to be equipped with these
German army is already fitted out in
this respect and the French army has
put in an order for several. The Amer
lean army will be so equipped one Of
these days"
st have heard of n lot Of thia~s in
connection with cattle and horse steal
ing said W H. Fryer, court reporter
for the 34th district court. "but the
prize came out during the session Of
the court down at Van Horn. Evidence
there showed LldL one OF the men III
dicted by the grand jury for cattle
theft had made a habit Of celebrating
the brands on stolen horses by skinninE
the horses where the brand was burned
in. He would take q pOclIetknife. clip
off the skin and then rebrand the horse
somewhere else. The skinned place
would eventually heal"
An Fl PasO real estate dealer. be-
coming angry at the banks. made a
$500 commission the other day and de-
fused to GeDOsit it. Instead, he placed
il in safe deposit vault and said:
Now 7 can go get the money when
ever I want it." The next day he lost
the key.
A. J. Robertson has written the fol-
lowing suggestions for keeping cool
during the hot summer days
Sir Tailor. 7 come in to order a coat
To be made from the shadow Of an
Angora goat.
Ny trousers to match must OF linen
be made.
From thought about flax growing
well in the shade.
"A peek-a-boo shirt from a fine neecy
cloud
Selecting color not snowy OF loud.
Mr. Tailor. I think on a moments
reflection