El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-16
Boy Witness Says Juan Guaderrama Is Slayer
Sergeant Sirks Testifies the
Dead Officers Pistols
Were Missing.

own moIner and state ranger Scott
FeusseI anu deputy sheriff W. II. Car
Hek was I1e testimony Of Francisco
Alonzo, aged Il years. on the stand in
the satin district court in the trial of
the flVe '9uaderammas Friday morning.
81 CIe heitl;IiIhg Of the two officers
me boy LesGLed he heard Juan ex-
claim; Oh, God. I've killed nv moth
eT. WIS. Guaueramma was shot at
the same time and died shortly after
pelng removed from the Guaderrama
Before being allowed to give his
testimony, AIonzO, on account OF his
age, was subjected to a severe test
by the ue1ence as to his oualific9tfOns
as a witness. The bovJ ,T1i+bsto05 fbe
test put IL was evident that the strain
ne underwent had its effect fba nov
apPeddIIIg at times to be intimidated
ana backward about giving his testi-
mony. About noon FRIDAY fbe how
broke down and cried. Adjournment
was taken until o'clock Friday af-
On a. IN + Wneh me boy will be placed
OoC GOODMAN, who was on the scene
snoftly after the killing of fbp off
GERS was the only other witness Fri
s6SS,,+ iIOi L IiIdlg- Goodman testified
ABOUT previous difficulty that had
occurred between Russell and the
!Guaderramas the day before the kill
Army Sergeants Testify.
,,-a'e cant ant j. i, Pierce and J. h. Sirks
thursday afternoon when the il1rv was
completed. Sergeant Sirks was the
IlISC man at the Guaderraua store
after the shooting. He established q
guard around the place until civil Of
4lcerS arrived. When Sirks heard the
shooting, he said, he was about 900
rect distant from the Guaderrama
place. When he reached the store.
Slrks testified, Russell and GarIfck
were lying on the floor dead. An ex-
aIll9atlon Of the bodies, he said, failed
70 ulscIose any pistols. Juan Quad
errama, Strks said, told him that he
had killed the officers
-, In the cross examination of Sirks
the defence intimated that the soldier
had i removed the pistols from the two
oIIlcers. This was denied. The dis
appearance Of the officers guns is a
mystery which local authorities have
never solved.
Names OF Jurors.
w, l. Robinson, c. H. Escott, J. A.
Coggfn. J. T. Lindsay, c. W. Seddon,
F. R. YeIton, 0. P Heath. H. S. Lee
cross, D. W. Wade W. Wheeler, l.
SlDlllO and W. 2. McDaniels compose
the jury trying the case.
Boy Tells Of Tragedy.
EZRA Ffrancis sc AIonzo' aged u years, tes-
IlIled; helped Juan unload the
wagon. I saw Russell and Garlick
They were coming from the other
saloon Johns saloon I think. That
was quite q while before the killing
They were coming from Lydios store.
There were none of Juan's brothers
Lhere- There was just Juan and his
wife I was with Juan in the store.
Juan did some telephoning. He
was telling his brothers to come over
ana his mother; yes, his mother came"
What did the mother say?"
There comes those - -'
I was in the store when Garlick
and Russell came in the store. They
went in there to buy some tobacco and
Mr.. Garlick remarked it was rotten"
telephhone?"
Answer Barred.
The boys answer was not allowed
to be stated to the jury on the ground
that it was a conclusion. The boy said
that l. DomingueZ also telephOned
1.-THE sheriffs first went into the
saloon, the boy continued, "and then
went in the store and bought some
tobacco.
says Juan Killed Both.
ct saw the mother when the sheriffs
came In She was there with an ak
handle. She put It back of her skirt
when the officers came in. The mother
struck one over the head with the ak
handle. Juan killed both the officers.
Woman Struck HSIender Man,
''Mr, Garlick did not pay any atten-
ton to the mother. He was looking
at Juan. The man that was near the
counter was Mr. Russell The man
that Mrs. Guaderrama struck was the
slender man.
ct think she told Juan's wife to go
and get a pistol which was under the
pillow She got it. and loaded it and
then gave it to JUa6l He put it under
the counter. That was before the Of
ficers came I thAlk Juan's brothers
were there then I don't know.
ct don't know how Mrs. Guaderrama
got the ak handle. When I was inside
the store Juan's mother told me to get
out That was before the shooting.
I cannot tell how 1t happened, because
I am afraid I viii tell a lie.
Says Juan Threatened Them.
ct heard Juan say that he was 60
ing to kill those sheriffs."
Did you hear anything he said
about how his mother got shot?'
oh, God, I've killed my motherP
7 heard him say. That was after the
sheriffs got shot.
'T did not see Manuel there. saw
him in jail.
'The slender man without the
bought the tobacco. He
was the one that said it was rotten
Juan said he could not return it."
What did the man that got hit
with the ak handle do after he was
struck?"
Boy Breaks Down.
'He grabbed his pistol and fired up
IN the ceiling. L think he did that L
say that because I am afraid I will |
tell a lie" Here the boy started cry
ng and Interpreter Juan LarizOla, SEN |
Tor, gave him a handkerchief
Recess was then taken until I
o'clock Friday afternoon.