El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-21
BELIEVE SALAZAR
IN ALBUQUERQUE
Scouting Parties Return
From Fruitless Search;
Suspects Watched.

Albuquerque, n. NJ, Nov. 21.-Party
after party of deputy sheriffs and
deputies from the United States mar
shars office are returning after scotr-
ing the country in all directions in a
fruitless search for Gen. Jose YneZ Sal
azar, the federal prisoner who escaped
from the Bernalillo county jail Friday
night
The theory of the sheriffs office is
that Salazar has not left the immedl-
ate vicinity of Albuquerque and that
he IS under cover previously arranged,
waiting for a chance to slip through
the line Of guards thrown out in all d.
rections.
Every peace officer in the state has
been notified of Salazar's escape, and
persons considered friendly to him are
under close esponiage. 1t is not be-
HeYed he can get out of the immedl-
aye district, although up to this time
no trace of the prisoner has been
found, or Of the AUTOMOBILE WPlch
brought the assailants of jailer ArmiJo
20 the prison. Salazar, it is now prac-
tically certain, did not leave the prison
in the automobile but in a buggy which
has been traced back to the city limits
of albuquerque.
Masked Men Effect Release.
Two masked men scaled the fence
around the Jail shortly after 9 o'clock
Friday night and attacked deputy
sheriff Charles Armijo. He was alone,
another deputy having been called
away few minutes before by fake
telephone call As Armiio reached for
his revolver, one of the attackers
struck at him with a bowie knife and
the other attempted to shoot him with
an automatic revolver, Armijo said, but
II failed to work. He was overcome
and handcuffed to a post outside. Ar
mlJo was cut in several places
SalaEar Leaves In Buggy.
The Attackers released Salazar, who
waited inside the door with his hat on
and his suitcase in one hand. They ran
out and jumped and climbed over the
fence. The two men entered a taXicab
and went in the direction of AIbuquer-
que, while Salazar entered a buggy and
drove off
Salazar was brought here from El
Paso TO be tried on a charge Of perjury
alleged to have been committed in his
attempt to secure his release from the
internment camp at Fort Wingate, n.
M on habeas corpus proceedings.
Prisoner for Nearly a Year.
For nearly a year Jose Ynez Salazar
| has been prisoner Of either the mill
1 tary or federal authorities. During all
lhat time he has Waged legal battle
! for his freedom.
Salazar was arrested late last Janu-
/ airy, following the flight of the fed
J erals under Gen. Salvador MerCadO
/ from OJinaSa. Salazar, with Pascual
J Orozco, escaped the military guard
I along the river bank at Preside, and
/ is reported to have hidden in an aban-
doned mine. FINALLY he attempted to
/ make his way east, with the intention
I OF joining the federal garrison at c.
: +. DlaZ He was recognized while
( riding on a train near Sanderson and
/ was arrested. He was sent to Fort
1 Bliss, to which point the 5000 refu-
/ gees from Ojinaga had already been
/ sent.
! On an old indictment charging him
4 with violation of the Taft embargo
| in smuggling arms to Mexico from
New Mexico, salazar was taken to
/ Santa te to stand trial He was &C
/ quilted on this charge, but was
promptly taken in charge by the mill
/ tary authorities and sent to Fort Win
J safe, to which point the Ojinaga refu-
/ gees had been transferred.
! Charged With Perjury.
! Salazar kept up his fight for liberty
/ and, in the course of the suit, testified
! that he was not at Ojinaga at the time
/ th-t the town was captured. He was
/ indicted for perjury in connection with
/ this testimony and his case was set
! for November 80. A number of wit
! nesses from Ell Paso expected to attend
] the trial Salazar was sent to Albu-
! querque last Sunday.
SalaZar is held responsible for the
! death of Tom Fountain, an American,
| who was killed in ParraL The killing
/ took place April y, 1912, during the
/ OrozcO revolution. Salazar had Occu-
pied ParraL Fountain had operated a
/ machine gun for Villa and had re-
| NAMED in Parral after Villa had left.
! Prior to the outbreak of t. Madero
/ revolution, Salazar was railroad con-
/ st~--ction gang foreman in New Mex
I leo. He has many friends in New Mex
| leo and it is believed here that he
/ would be sheltered by these.
| Both Villa and Carranza troops have
! always dealt promptly with "Colora-
J dos" and, as Salazar is one of the
/ best known members of this faction, it
/ is believed here that he will secretly
negotiate with one of the warrin~ fac
lions before attempting to enter Mex