El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-03-02
Is Halted at Border When
It Starts-American
Consul Comes.
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the refuge colony here into a nl8h
state of excitement and anxiety To-Day.
Ietcher came up on a special train
and at once went into conference with
Zach L. Cobb, collector Of customs and
closely identified with secretary Bry-
an in Texas politics, and with George
c. CarOthers, special agent OF the state
Teiegrams TO washington were dis
patched but their contents were not
made known here. Members OF the IN
vestigating commission did not know
whether they were to proceed 10 Chl-
huahua or not They nave only a
. slight hope that such a mission would
be productive Of evidence as to the
manner Of BentOn's death, for belleI IS
general that if the body is not IN an
advanced state Of decomposition II
probably has been mutlated by quick
lime or some other chemical
Letcher's train was held at Juarezr
ready for his own use for the return
trip and to take the Benton commits
sion If it is determined that this part
Of the program shall be carried out
To Keep Findings Secret
Mr. I,etcher says that no findings viii
be given out at Chihuahua but every
thing pertaining to the investigation
will be reported to the state
department at Washington and viii
be given out there. He says his
position as adviser and escort to the
commission prevents him making any
statement regarding the Benton case
Mr. Letcher says he has not seen the
grave OF benLOn dl LuAllueLlAuGL B4L " do
told officially by Villa that 1T was IN
the Panteon de Ia Regla, but that he
had not had the grave pointed out to
him. Mr.. Letcher will remain here IN
til the commission goes TO Chihuahua
One Witness Examined.
Americans from Chihuahua report
that the testimony Of one witness has
already been taken by vice consul Cal
vert ScObeQ, Of the British consular
service. The witness made a sworn
statement before the vice consul in
which he said that he had gone to
Juarez with Benton on a street car
and that Benton made no threats
against villa On the contrary he
said, the witness is reported to have
testified that he was going there only
for information about his ranch which
had been taken charge Of by the
rebels, the fences cut and the pastures
used for rebel stock. Benton was sick
the day he went to Juarez, the witness
said.
Personnel OF Commission.
British consul Arthur Charles Per-
cevai, James B. HamblerOn, DR.. B. NJ.
Worsham and R. z. Thomson cOnsti-
tute the AnglO-American commission
which viii 60 to chihuahua to Inspect
the body Of William Benton MAJ VIII
son T. Davidson and Clarence Manly,
OF the United States army medical
corps. will accompany the commission
as medical experts in gUnshOt wounds,
American consul Marion Letcher will
act as escort for the commission when
it goes and British vice consul Capt.
ScObeu viii act in an unofficial ca
paCity at Chihuahua to assist the com
mission
Consul PercevaL who viii be chair
man on the commission, is the British
consul at Galveston and arrived here
Thursday night to make the Benton in
VestigatiOn for his government. James
B. HambletOn, of Parral, but a refugee /
resident Of FL PasO, is a British sub
ject, a leader Of the foreign colony
in northern Mexico and dean Of the
refugee colony here. He is brother
lnlaw Of Pedro Lascurain, former min
lister Of foreign relations in the Ma
derO cabinet, and IS an extensive min
ing operator in the Parral-Santa Bar
bara district. DR.. 3. NJ Worsham, Of
FL PaSO, is a leading citizen of Texas
and has been urged to run for COVER
nor Of the state He will accompany
the commission as an American citi-
zen and not in the capacity of a medi-
cal expert although he was one Of the
leading physicians Of the state until
ne retired from active practice. r
T. Thomson is an attorney of Ell Paso
and viii also represent the state de-
partment, having been selected by the
state department for a place on the
commission, together with DR.. Wor-
sham.
Have No New Instructions.
Major Wilson T Davidson and major
Clarence Manly, the two army sur
geons who have been appointed by
Gen. Hugh L Scott to make the exam
nation Of William BentOn's body,
Rave received no more instructions re-
gard1ng the form the examination
VIII take They say they are now
under orders frmO the state depart
ment representatives and that the ex-
animation win follow any suggestions
made by this department.
otherwise we will follow the meth
Cd used by all surgeons who have had
experience in gunshOt wounds major
Manly says. Prom the nature of the
wounds and from our experience in
such cases, we will draw our infer
ences as to the form of death. The
condition Of the body will make much
difference in the success of such an
investigation The degree Of decompO-
sluOn, the discOlOration and other
things VIII govern our methods Of ex-
animation All informal ton obtained
at the examination will be reported
to the state department from which
department we are now receiving our
orders"
villa ''Thinks" Bauch Dead.
villa has again denied that he knows
where Gustav Bauch is. He made an
other statement Sunday at chihuahua
IN which he said that Bauch was lib
Grated in Juarez and that, as the man
had many enemies because Of his
connection with the federaIs in Goa
HULA" he was probably shot by some
OF these enemies. Villa added that of
course, he could not be held RESPONSE
bic for this fact.
Villas expression today accustomed
no surprise here where the German
Americans sister, Mrs. J. NJ Patterson.
and others interested in the case have
been resigned to the conclusion that
Bauch was slain at JuareZ a week ago.
Repeated assertions were made by
certain Juarez rebels talking conf |
dentially to friends on this side of the
border that Bauch was executed.
For a week Official Jaurez main
tanned that Bauch was in Chihuahua,
hut chihuahua declared and infor-
TIally proved that Bauch was not there
at all.
Mrs. Patterson asserted that her
brother had no enemies in the world
He was q, locomotive engineer and not
OF shreWdness or character which
would recommend him to any one de-
string to empty a SPY, Mrs. Patterson
said His statement before the al
legged court martial that he went to
Juarez ito get drunk was accepted !
bv Mrs. Patterson as probably the !
truth.