El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-24


ter. Mounted policeman W Simpson.
who answered the phone call, stated
Z that the person pEOnlnS told him that
I it was urgent that oilIcefS De sent to
the SmeICer grounds at once The re-
D0rt was. the Informant SAID that the
isrra7 ezra mas had been drawing their
pistols on people simpson gave the
number of the SlelILI OIllce phone
to the caller Al lLG sAeII1L oILlce
today Dc was stated that no report OF
any disturbance of any character al
the shelter was sent IN Just two
! hours after the police We're called,
! ranger Russell ana deputy Garlick
/ were shot and killed
From the pocket of Garlick's coat
Z was taken warrant Tor the arrest of
/ NJ Guaderrama on a charge of disturb
ing the peace. The warrant was issued
by y. Ware, justice OF the shelter pre-
/ CIuct The fact that the men called
/ az GUaderramaS' place TO make the ar
. rest is borne out by the statement that
{ sergeant Slrks MADE TO special officer
Went to Serve Warrant.
Sfrks, in q written statement now
! held by the officers, stated that Gar
J lick and Russell came into the saloon
, where he was and asked where NJ
! GCaCerrama was They were informed
I that the man was not on the premises
/ bOuh officers then left, shortly after
! which Sirks left the place. After the
/ sergeant had gone d short distance
from the saloon he said he heard four
! shots followed by four others, fired in
rapid succession After that he saw
] one of the Guaderramas run out of the
saloon and short distance from the
I place later TO return. This Guad6r-
rama, he said, had a light mOustache.
The sergeant said that he then re-
turned 10 the saloon. After entering
the place, SIrks says one of the young
or GuaQerrauaS said 10 him. i did IL.
[ lie was shooting at me- The sergeant
SAID he asked where the suns were,
but received no reply. He then secured
mis- suard and took charge of the stu
alton
Ranger Only Five Months.
Russell before his death had been a
member OF Capt j. r. Hughes ranger
company five months He Joined the
company at Isleta, Tex, coming there
from SteVenSvIle, Tex, his home. Rus
sell was % years old. When the strike
occurred at the smelter, Russell and
llarllck were stationed there. Both
had been instrumental in working Up
the cases OF cattle stealing said 10
have been carried on by residents of
the smelter district for some time.
While Russell did not appear in the
recent case of cattle theft against
Guaderrama, Dominique and HiIl, it is
said that his Investigations had
aroused eumity.
A father, sam Russell. fire marshal
at SIeVensVllle, a. mother and several
brothers survive the ranger. An uncle,
ChasJain Russell, lives here.
RusselIs body viii be taken to Stew
ensylle tonight, where interment viii
be made.
From Mills County.
Scott Russell was from the same
county in east Texas as assistant dis
trlct attorney Robert 7. Neiu and Mr..
Ncll received message from the rela-
ives OF the eNrauger Tuesday morn
ing TO have the body returned TO
StevensviLe for burial. Mr.. Neiu SAYS
that Isussells family is one of the old
est ana best known in eastern Texas.
his father was peace officer of pi-
oneer days and has a splendid record
The body Of Garlick viii be sent to
valentine Texas tonight for burial.
IL VIII be accompanied by Mrs Gar
ID s. the surviving WIDOW and her four
Quiet Monday Night.
Monday night all was quiet at the
shelter. Few lights shOne from any
OF the houses occupied by the MeXicans
employed at the smeIter. None shone
from the Guaderrama place. Here the
doors and windows We're boarded I'D.
rive or SIX Mexican men were seated
on the end OF the saloon veranda Two
or three clSareJs slowed, but there was
IllIIe conversation That a tragedy had
occurred was everywhere in the at
mcsphere and the smelter Mexicans
were silent
Plot to XIII Many.
The killing of Russell and deputy
sheriff Garlick was but carrying out
the plot formed by AIexicans some
time ago to assaSsinate II FL PasO OF
1lcers, including rangers and deputy
slerlIIs, according to report at the
sherlffs office declared to be anthem
TIC Deputy sheriffs and rangers at
present In FL PasO do not DENY that
they are preparing for such an emer-
gency- The feeling among the local
officers is at high pitch
w nat IS believed to have originated I
the plot OF the MeXicans to eXtermi- !
nate the officers dates back TO jan
uary %, when rangers c. H Webster
and Charley Moore, now deputy United
states marshal, and deputy sheriff I
GdrlIck encountered a band of rebels I
on the island. At that time Webster I
killed one of the band. Moore and {
Garuck encountered band of 80 reb- /
els and a fight ensued. The report /
was that one of the rebels turned /
up at the shelter later and reported !
that Garlick ana Moore had killed I
two of the squad. one Of whom was 1
a captain From that time the report /
Is that the MeXicans sympathizing
With the rebel cause, and, knowing Of l
the activity of the officers, planned /
20 XII II OF them No names were
Following the killing Of the two Of
Ulcers Monday afternoon, il is re- Z
ported that MeGcans said Wen we
got two of them and the other nine I
had better look out"
Jail Heavily Guarded.
Fearing an attempt on the part Of
the friends of the men lodged in the
county jail after the killing, TO lib
crate them. a guard was maintained ]
throughout Monday night. The police I
department. was called on for assist
lncc, several detectives being sent to
The jail to assist the deputy sheriffs
and rangers in preserving order should I
any outbreak occur
Tuesday morning at o'clock. ac-
2ording TO chief deputy sheriff Stanley
food, man came to the county jail
and told him that he had heard sew
sral MeNicans discussing the doing
away with the officers The deputy
accompanied the man but the men were
never located.
Thirteen Are Held.
The men in Jail being held pending
an Investigation are. Juan, Jesus
iavino. Manuel. AlvinO, David and
Adolph Guaderrama, . l. Dominique [
Manuel Ochoa- Transito Chevarris. r.
silva and Pabla Ramos.