El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-06-05
POLICE WIN IN
SPIRITED BATTLE
WITH SOLDIERS
Attempted Certain Artillery.
men to Rescue Prisoner
Fails Completely.

An attempt by certain members OF
battery A. sixth field artillery, to
storm the city jail Thursday night a
I-ttle before s o'clock and Hibernate cor
pcral kinsler and private Charles Getz
! resulted in disastrous defeat for the
soldiers When the fight was over
five battered arJillerymen mad been
made prisoners by the DoIice aDJ
lodged in jail. with the two soldier
previously arrested. After thew have
been tried by the civil authorities tbev
will be turned over to the military au-
thorlues Tor probable court martial
Fleeing Soldiers Captured.
After five Of their number had been
subdued and made prisoners, Is other
battery boys, realizing they had been
defeated, beat q haSty retreat How
ever, Capt Lon Garner, of the police
department. who had taken a leading
part in the fray, pursued them. he
captured two of the fleeing soldiers
who were placed in jail with those al
ready arrested
Arrest Preeipitated Trouble.
The trouble started when KinsIer
was arrested by the provost guard on
a charge of disturbing the peace and
placed in the city Jail. Kinsler was a
battery boy and his brother soldiers
resented his arrest A consultation
of war was held after which the
battery boys formed in line and
mached on the police station. The
time Of their arrival happened when
lAcE6 v as q lulA IN the business OF
the police station 1t was at a time
when there were few police at the sta
ton The night was warm and mount
ed policemen Ivy Finley and Gus Chit
wood, Capt. Lon Garner, BIZ" Stew
art night patrol driver, special officer
William PascuaL Ed Mebus, deputy
city tax collector and Jack Breeding,
were all seated in chairs on the side
walk in front Of the police station.
They were enjoying the cool night
breezes and reminiscing when the van
guard of soldiers arrived. They sUs-
pected nothing
Soldier Started Melee.
What about those men in Jail2" q
battery man, who was evidently IN
command of the squad. asked Finley.
What meny' Finley asked. You
know what men," the battery man re-
piled. striking the policeman. After
the first blow was struck. the police
arose from their chairs, and the battle
was on
Police chief Z n. Davis was seat
ed in an autOmObI-e with Tom Powers.
He jumped out of the machine and
Joined the battle line of the police. Sol
diers and police locked in each others
arms, fought back and forth. The
fight was a silent affair except for
the occasional grOan OF a soldier as
he went down under the blow Of a
pistol on his head.
Although outnumbered. the police.
with members Of the provost guard
lending valuable assistance. won the
battle The fight only lasted a few
minutes, when the police captured the
five prisoners and put the others 10
rOut- The fire boys Of the central sta
ton were interested onlookers They
were ready TO come to the assistance
Of the police. but were not needed.
Hailed Before Court.
Friday morning the battered prison.
ers were taken to the corporation court
where their cases were gone into.
Lieut. West was chief Of the mediation
committee. He held forth in the locker
room Of the policemen and had a num-
Der Of soldiers appear before him 10
make reports about the affair Lieut.
West stated that after the soldiers had
been tried by the civil authorities, the
military authorities would go into
their cases.
E. ". NewCormick. T. ". King. J.
T. L Austin and private
Riley. are the battery boys who were ]
taken prisoners by the police