El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-12
BELL IS HELD
WITHOUT BAIL
Salazar's Chief of Scouts Is
Identified by Man and
Woman Who Were
Held Up.

Henry Bell, chief of scouts of Inez
Salazar's irregular command, was held
to the grand jury without bail by JUS
tice of the peace Z. B. McClintock Tues
day at noon, to answer to the charge of
robbery by the use of firearms. He
was also bound over on a charge of
theft of horse.
Bell was positively identified by John
Q. Burch and Miss Christine Funk
hauser, who were held up Friday night
a little after 9 o'clock. on the county
road, a half mile from the five-mile
bridge, by three armed men, a negro
and two MeXicans they said.
After the buggy in which they were
driving at the time was stopped by
Mexican who took his stand in the cen
ter of the road. both testified that the
negro and another Mexican same from
the side of the county road. Both were
armed with pistols. which were levelled
at them. they declared The negro then
got into the buggy, keeping them COW
cred with his revolver. One of the
Mexicans, Burch testified, than caught
hold of the horse and the other stood
at the side of the buggy, keeping his
pistol pointed at them The negro
searched him and then the girl, he said
Identified Bell as One of TENN.
What did the negro look lke%
county attorney P. R Price asked the
girl
That's the man who got into the
buggy and searched u.s." Miss Funk
hauser replied, pointing at the defend
ant, Bell
Burch testified that after they were
first searched in the buggy, they were
then made to get out. Then the MeM-
can who first held them up got into the
buggy and drove it to the side of the
road. After making them get out OF
the buggy, the negro, he said, contin-
ued his searching. A signet ring,
watch and chain, money and some pri-
vate papers were taken from him, Burch
said The negro then caught hold OF
the girl to search her, Burch testified,
when an automobile coming IN the d.
rectiOn of FL PaSO rounded the curve,
some distance from the scene Of the
holduD. The glare from the headlight
of the auto was thrown on them The
negro, was in the act Of pulling the
ring from Miss FunkhauSerS finger,
Burch said, became frightened and he
and the Mexican with him, fled for the
buggy. in which was seated the third
man. They got into this and drove to-
wards the river.
Picks Out Bell.
Burch, who was taken to the county
Jail Monday and identified Bell as De
ing the negro in the hOldup, identified
him again at the examining trial When
taken to the jail Monday, Burch was &C
cOmpanied by city detective Bell
had been placed in a cell with a num-
Der of other county prisoners, among
whom were some negroes Without hes
itation, Burch, it is said, pointed to
Bell, saying he was the negro who held
him up Friday night
Miss Funkhauser cOrroborated Burch's
testimony in every detail. her testfmO-
ny being practically the same as his.
City detective Billy Smith, who 10
Gated the horse and buggy Saturday at
noon standing in front Of Salazars
headquarters, in Juarez testified that
Bell told him he took the horse when
he saw it on the county road, because
it had belonged to his father and was
stolen from him about four years ago.
Bell did not make any voluntary
statement During his preliminary
hearing he appeared somewhat nervous
He had no suggestions to make to his
attorney when the witnesses were be
ing examined After the conclusion Of
the trial, he was handcuffed and taken
back to the county Jail by deputy con-
stables J. Brown and T. Giron.