El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-06-24
TWO FL PlsO PEACE OFFICERS SLAIN
WHILE GOING TO SERVE A WARRANT


/ coffee sacks and the fixtures for a
distance Of SIX leet from the floor and
Ior q radius of several feet. Russell
had his SIX shooter holster and belt on
when found but the revolver was miss
ing GarliCks holster and belt were
| missing and both mems six shooters
/ were gone when the officers arrived.
( Only One Gun Found.
The only gun found in the store
/ was LuSer 30 caubers which was
I lying on the desk behind the par
I JluOned cage. One shell in il had
Deen damned and the gun thus put
/ out OF commission. As the troopers
] arrived before the men had had time
| TO hide the guns, it was believed by
I the officers that the revolvers of the
/ OfICers and Of the men who assisted
! Juan Guaderrama in doing the shoot
] ing mad been carried off by the crowd
| Of Mexican women who attended the
/ aged Guaderrama woman when she
J was shot.
A search of the Mexican quarter sur
I rounding the place and finally q
( search Of the Mexican women who
! were herded into d room by rangers
/ and searched by Mrs. Charles Webster,
| failed to reveal but two revolvers.
| one was LuEer Of the same make
| and type as the one found in the
store 1t was found in a living room
| In the rear Of the store The other
was an old blunderbuss which had not
J been fired The Luger had blood on
the handle.
Aged Woman Shot.
Mrs. Mariana GUaderrama, the aged
Mexican woman, mother of the boys
under arrest, was evidently shot while
I trying to interfere in the quarrel be-
tween the officers and her sons. Ser
geant Sirks, of the 18th cavalry, who
was the first TO enter the room. said
Inat she had fallen on the floor in
the front part of the store and had
been dragged back to the rear room,
where she was placed on pile Of
quilts and pillows which had been
brought from neighboring houses. on
OF her sons, he said, had dragged her
Inere and was trying to stop the flow
or blood from the wound in her
stomach She was screaming with
pain and offering prayers and suppl
cations when the officers arrived
Dr. L. e. WltherspOOu, who attended
her, said that she was badly powder
close range Of the revolver that
caused her death. She was finally re-
moved to the hospital and died at 5:45
Monday evening.
Woman Accidentally There.
me announcement of her death
caused much excitement at the smell
ter The aged woman had gone to
the store on the smelter road TO clean
the room Of SAVING Guaderrama who
lives In one Of a number of living
rooms In the rear of the store. 1t is
thought that she was in the rear room
Of the store at the time the trouble
started and in an effort to prevent
her sons engaging in any difficulty,
rushed IN and was struck by a stray
bullet
One version Of the shooting Of the
MeXican woman was that she was
trying to keep one OF the Americans
from firing at her son, and, in grabbing
the gun. 1t was discharged and the
bullet entered her body. This is not
given much credence, as II is not be-
leVed that either Of the Americans had !
chance to shoot before they were
shot from behind, as both are crack 7
shots and could have more than held 1
their own with AIexicans with six /
Stirring Scene ut Store.
The scene at the little stOre-salOOn, Z
following the shooting. was one OF /
intense interest and formed a picture I
or frontier days armed rangers ana I
deputy sheriffs from the smelter carry I
ing six shooters and rifles over their /
shoulders, patrOIed in front Of the }
store, and soldiers stood guard at the I
entrances while Officers searched the I
store, the adjoining saloon and back I
rooms for guns The bodies Of the I
two Americans and the dying Mexican I
woman were in three corners Of the /
store, men stepping over the dead 4
bodies as they searched for their guns. /
Finally the UndertaSers arrived with 1
their wicker baskets and removed the /
bodies the Mexican woman was taken I
to the hospital in a dying condition /
and the search Of the place was con
unued.
Juan's Wife Unconcerned.
The tall slender wife Of Juan
Guaderrama remained in the store and
continued to sell goods over the blood /
stained counter as if nothing unusual
had happened. She was closely Ques-
toned by justice Of the peace j. H
Ware, Of the smelter district, who also
examined the bodies, but nothing hav-
ing any direct bearing on the case
was discovered during the search.
SAVING Guaderrama, who claimed 10
have been in JuareZ at the time of the
placed under arrest. pending an in
vesugation. Pablo Ramos, the bar
tender in the saloon, Ricardo Silva,
a cook at a smelter boarding house,
and c. Panfilo were also arrested on
suspicion Of being implicated In the
affair
The Sergeant's Version.
Sergeant J. II. Sirks. Of troop c, 18th
cavalry, said: 81 was in the saloon
about 2-30 o'clock. and had just stepped
out of it when 1 heard the firing Of
shots ] counted eight shots. Then 1
rushed back into the saloon and
the partition door into the
store part of the building. Both the
officers were lying on the floor. They
were dead. An examination showed
that the men had been shot in the
AT the side of deputy sheriff Car
lick L found a large butcher knife. !
It was in a pool of blood The knife I
was covered with blood and you could {
not tell whether it had been used OF
not.
Il was the first man in the building
after the shooting. One of the Quad
arramas was holding the woman who
was shot. She was screaming with Z
pain and the man dragged her into
The back room, where she was placed l
On a pallet The woman. I think. /
rushed into the room and was hit by
3 stray bullet.
There was a good deal Of excite
nent. Everyone seemed to be stirred B
up, so I got my guards and We took .
,harge of the place until the civil
officers arrived"
Lieut.. Prince commanding G troop,
was soon on the scene and aided the
leace officers in all their work.
Guaderramas Were Troublesome.
Monday afternoon a little after I
clock some one phoned the police sta
ion calling for assistance at The smeI.