New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-22
Taken from Cell in For
eigners' Prison" and
Shot at Sunset.
UNKNOWN CAPTIVE
KILLED WITH THEM
Men Had Been Kept in Dun
geOn twenty-five Hours
Without Food.
EDWARDS DENIES IT
Consul Says He Has No knowIs
edge of Shooting of Any
Americans in Juarez.
BY Telegraph 70 The tribune. J

FL Paso. Tex. Feb. 2l.--T'ron1 tho
dungeon Of the foreigners prison" In
Juarez, through man who escaped
death by daring and intrigue. friends;
in FL Paso Of Gustave Bauch and Do
mingo flores. both American citizens,
learned definitely to-day Of their exe-l
cution in Juarez.
J. J. Baca. a New Mexico cattleman.
| we'll known on the border as a man OF
reliability. whose home is in Socorro,.
y NJ. is I'm Fl Paso after an cxperi-l
cree I'm the Juarez prison which, hs!
says, added years 10 his age Baca we!vi
in the same cell in the underground
dungeon OF Villas private "foreignerss
prison" with Bauch and Flores. An;
other man was In the same cell, but
his name Baca did not learn. Ea
thinks this man may have been A. r.
Curtis, an Englishman and a friend oo.
William r.. Benton.
Baca says he saw Bauch. Flores and,
the other man taken from the prison
at sunset on Wednesday and heard the
guards talk afterward OF how the three
had been shot 10 death. The guards
told how two OF the prisoners had not
been killed at once and had begged the
firing squad 10 end their agony and
how the Sravr into which the three
were thrown was left open for the
other American meaning Baca.
6aca Escapes Death.
That night Baca, after mar inef-
| fectral efforts, through outside aid es
capped from the prison and reached ri
Paso. He kept in hiding until the next
morning, and then, prostrated by his
experience, was forced To remain in
! bed until to-day when he started out
to find Bauch's sister, Mrs. j. VI. Pat
terson, and deliver 10 her the last mes
| sage from Eauch.
In & dungeon too low 10 permit us
10 stand said Baca today. "Bauch.
Flores, the third man, and l sat hud-
died in circle on the floor for twenty
five hours. without water or food, but
with a good supply Of Mexican Gig
arettes, which we smoked incessantlyr
TO make little light. while We planned
| in English our escape.
"Bauch wrote his name end the ads
dress OF his sister on the cuff of hia
shirt. which he tore off and gave mo-,
Baca says that once the three mem
and himself almost made their escape,
by attacking the guards and knocking
several Of them down. That was when.
they were being transferred from the,
cuartel to the dungeon. That sama,.
evening, be says, his three companions.
were taken out and his turn was to
come in the morning
Accused of Plot Against Villa.
Baca asserts that Villa had him ar.
rested IN the street He was In Juaren
10 buy several hundred cattle from the
rebels, and seeing Villa approach, he,
stepped forward TO speak 10 the rebel,
leader. IL was the day the plot against
Villas life was discovered, and Villa.
at once ordered his arrest. Paca-
Bauch and the unknown man were
charged with trying to kill Villa.
Domingo Flores, Baca says. had been
promised his release. Friends of Flores
said to-day that they had paid tho
rebel commander In Juarez the amount
demanded for F1oress release and had
been promised that he would be set
Jfree to-day.
Baca's story is corroborated by sew
eral men who say they know OF the
triple execution, but the United States
Consul. Mr.. Edwards, denies that he
has any knowledge OF the killing OF the
three men.
Efforts made to-day by the widow
of William 8. Benton TO recover the
body OF her husband from Juarez
failed Rebel officials say they do not
know the location OF Bentons grave
A newly made grave IN the Juarez
cemetery. on which some peon had
placed a rude cross Of sticks, was sup
posed to be the grave OF Benton. Mexi-
cans say, however, that IL is the grave
OF another victim Of the firing squad.
and that Benton was buried in the
corral Of the Ochoa Home. in Juarez.
in a shallow grave and without coffin
Say Villa Saw to Burial
Another version Is that Villa picked
the place and personally saw TO tho
. burial. Rebel officials have not per-
mitted an examination Of any Of the
graves. and the widow fears she viii
not be able 10 recover the body.
} Villas sudden departure from Juarez.
following the general knowledge OF the
, execution OF Benton. has caused un-
easinesS among the rebels on the bor-
DER. and there are murmurs OF discon-
I ltcnt which presage disorders
EnllnM sYmpathizers on the Amer.