El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-11-02
NEW PRESIDENT
COFFEE SELLER
Made Use Of Guilotine to
Get Rid of the
Federals.



I few hundred men and all Of the surplus
/ troops sent TO that city prior to and
] after the fight with the Herrera
! brothers have been sent south.
! Zacatecas has become the cOncentra-
/ ton center. With the troops from the
/ northern towns. together with a large
/ detachment from TOrreon. reports state
| that fully 5000 men have been moved to
Zacarecas, at which point there has
| been a considerable number OF troops
stationed ever since the Aguascalientes
( conference convened.
The smaller towns below Zacatecas
/ almost TO Aguascalientes itself, are
! patroled by small garrisons- Villa
already has 1000 men in the convention
( city and is now in position to quickly
I strike should the occasion warrant
Was Governor of san Luis PotOsL
since the start Of the present revo-
has been head Of the forces Of the state
OF san Luis Potosi and. upon the fall
OF the Huerta government, he was
appointed governor Of the state Since
becoming governor he has taken
strong stand against the Catholic
church and is credited with having con-
hscated- in the city Of san Luis Potosi
alone, 20 houses belonging to prominent
Catholic church officials.
Coffee Merchant.
At the outbreak Of the Madero revo- |
luton Gutierrez was a coffee merchant [
IN San Luis PotosL He Joined Madero. /
but gained little prominence. During /
the Orozco revolution, however, and !
later during the present revolution. his ]
activities as a bridge wrecker gained 4
MIN wide fame and he is credited with I
having blown up more federal troop ]
trains than any other man in the re- !
PUBIC His activities were confined 10
lne district around san Luis Potosi'
Saltillo and Monterey In his own ter
Tltory ne IS known as ''the hero OF 40
unsunE battles"
He is a heavyset. rudy checked man
ABOUT 81 years OF age He wore
mustache. cut German fashion, at the
time Of his visit TO the border Few
Americans had heard OF him. but he
sprang into sudden fame by the an
nouncement that he had constructed
guillotine and would use it to execute
Huerta prisoners.
Used GuiIIOtfne.
My mechanics have built a new ma
chine for cutting down the influence OF
the usurper Huerta," he said when in
JuareZ- 1T is a Euillotine, made ex-
actly like those used during the French |
revolution Already we have tested IL,
using a lamb as the victim, and the
200 pound blade cuts like razor, The
maiden is portable and my forces
carry it from place to place. The HUI
erta officers We capture will be given !
2 new form Of execution. but we built /
IL principally to be used on Huerta
spies"
Gutierrez is comparatively well edu-
Gated. He did little fighting in the
revolt against Diaz. Shortly after Car
-anZa took the field, he made Gutierrez I
4 brigade commander and gave him ! .
command of the troops in San Luis Po- ]
.osi. 1t was said Of him that he broke |
he federal power in NuevO Leon, Goa
luila and san Luis PotOsi by interrupt ]
ng railway communication so often
hat the Huerta forces could hardly / ,
move from place to place.
In the final voting for provisional j
PRESIDENT Gutierrez received IS votes {
while Juan Cabral, the Sonora leader, S
'eceived 80, or 81. ,