El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-28
OFFICER SHOT IN JUAREZ
WHILE on DUTY; BROUGHT TO FL PASO
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: it after it had passed through his body
! and when it struck an adobe wall ahead
of him and ploWed furroW along the
( face of the wall. 1.-The first shot was
/ fired when I was so yards away" Dix
| on said Monday morning. They accuse
me in the charge at Juarez OF knocking
! an officer down while under arrest
I did not do that. The men were walking
/ two in front and two behind me. A
{ man who I believe to be Lieut.. Saenz
/ was behind and was the only one who
had rifle. The other three had six
shooters. I walked forward until was
right behind the front pair and when
/ came to the corner of the alley ducked
down the alley. zigZagging and running
close to the wall L had lead OF 90
feet and 1 made the most of it.
-Four Shots Fired.
'The first shot, which was fired when
I was about 60 feet in the lead, came
from a high power rifle; I am sure Of
that and the three succeeding shots all
sounded the same as the first shot. 1
think that Lieut. Saenz had to run up
from the rear to where the two front
guards were before he could shoot and
that gave me the lead The soldiers
never did catch me, and If I had not run
into the arms Of policeman 1 would
have got away entirely was running
in the direction of the police station,
for knew that 1 could get protection
there If I could get away, for did not
think the town officials would allow
the soldiers to shoot me, although they
might put me in Jail The second shot
hit a Chinaberry tree near where l was
and the third and fourth shots were
fired in rapid succession. 1t was the
third one which passed through my
body. I saw the bullet after it had
gone through me and struck the adobe
wall in front of me, making a neat lit
tie ridge in the dry dirt The fourth
shot hit my shoe. but did not strike
my foot
The shot gave me the blind staggers
for a step or two, but kept on run
ming and soon Outdistanced the soldiers,
who were pursuing me- When I went
blind and then felt the blood on my
weakened me and took my breath
away. That was the reason the police
man caught me The street was de-
serted when I fell and was satisfied
in my own mind that the soldiers were
going to kill me. although they did not
say so. I knew nothing of Portillo's
barracks and thought they were taking
me to the hills Portillo drove up in
his carriage and was placed in 1T, as I
was getting weak from loss of blood
Cruz Treated Him Wen.
Mayor Cruz, at the police station
was the only one who treated me like
human being; the others only grinned
as If they has winged a stray dog. Cruz
shook hands with me and told the SOL
diers and Portillo that he washed his
hands OF the whole affair, as they had
done it and he had no order for my ar
rest He added that there would be
trouble and the soldiers would have to
with every consideration and the hos
pital attendants also cared for me well.
and it is q mistake that the hospital |
After I had been taken to the police
station they presented the order for my
arrest with my name written in where |
It had been left blank; They had to |
ask me my name, but the warrant was /
made out in SPANISH to read for the !
arrest of Blank, an immigration in
spector. This makes me believe that /
n sF 80 L. -
shot when he did not go I was within 1
half a block Of the police station when /
they caught me after had been shot, /
and II I had not been out of wind I |
would have arrived there and given ]
myself up
Father in HoustOB.
Dixon's father is the cane manager OF |
the T W. House sugar plantation near /
Houston and is well known in east Tex
as. His mother, three brothers and a /
sister are in San Diego, Cal, where he !
was stationed until a year ago. Before !
entering The government service, Dixon \
was a lumber salesman in east Texas.
POrras Explains.
Lie. Guillermo Porras. speaking for I
Gen Francisco Castro, told the follow /
Ing as their side OF the Dixon affair:
We did not know that Mr.. Dixon was
coming over or he would have been i
given fuE protection in his official /
Out to the soldiers and said ne had 1
come to k1dnap another negro, Arthur /
w a1ker- I1ey arrested him and told /
1lm they would take him to the COM
mandancia- They meant the COM
mandancia del Quartet and not the |
de policia, as he sup I
posed He broke away from them, |
ran, and was snot- It was a misun- /
erstand1ng- The matter was referred |
to the civil judge and he is inyesti-
eating 1t. Juan SaenZ, one OF Por- Il
tillo's soldiers. is held. charged with i
Dixon The1case will be fully !
Investigated There was no desire and 4
Is no desire on the part of any off |
eial to in1ure any American. The two
negroes who caused Dixon's arrest !
sWore IN court that he offered them /
money to take the other negro walk
er) 10 the American side I do not /
believe that statement He would have /
had no reason for making such an 1
Dixon BIistreated.
Inspector c. G. Galley has obtained 1
evidence from a Mexican woman resid-
ing in Juarez, who saw the shooting.
She said that the soldiers dragged Dix
shot him and he was under arrest He
was taken to PortIllo'S Quartet and
there POrtillO gave him a box to sit
On but soldiers kicked it out from I'M
turned He was walked from the Guar
tel to the mayors office and back TO
the Quartet again with blood stream
ing down his leg. before he was taken
n a hack to che hospital.
Edvvards's Statement.
American consul Thomas D. Edwards |
made the following statement OF the
case: T have made short report I
10 the state department aC Washing
ton in addition to the representations
have received two kilograms from
secretary W. j. Bryan, but have not
received any advices to take my in
strucuons from FL Paso."