The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1914-11-30
GOVERNMENT IS ON
WRONG TRAIL IN
ESCAPE CASE
Elfego Baca Says Enemies,
Not Friends. Got Salazar
Away No Use to Seek for
Him. Because Hes Dead.

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friends oi General Salaxar engineered
his escape from thc county jail The
s.utmeut is credited to 49, Ba,t
ho is~.pr was Salagat's lawyer, lu
The El Paeo Morning Times rh"
Times asked Mr. H1ca tho was in
90 pbso saturday. about the escape
DO didn't occur 90 IuN body lu this eItf
Co interview Attorney Haca about
salaznrs departure
Eucr Yes. the Times says Mt Btoa
said. probably bcduzzlcd SalHzar with
The prospect ~ freedom o. otter
they got him outside the iaH ook
him Geo % lonely spot and slew him
90 would have been ,asy. Mr. sauf
is a1id to have said. fsi cucmies. thus
bent ON The Trusting gcoerala de-
siruction. Co. posse as friends.
Mr Eu,p doesut believe salalar
wouid have boon keen on making 10
surrcputious escape if iJe hadn't be
come convinced that ht vas being
prrspeutcf bl the Jn ted states rut-
eInment SAYS the Times artlel,
Tho attorney points out chat. htl
nlp general been desirou. uf maEIus
ha escape he hls hae plenty OF ono
p|urIuuiir during Doll. confinement. .ui
osp' uIly dur,ur fhc o.aa-I1u uf p
tral before tho United -.Hto. euuf
500 SANTA Fe. Du tti- u.OI..lH ,
Mr Earu CAPTAIN ESTES Vln urnu-n.
~|alal1y from Fult WIulato. g|atulsd
MIN iu rho custody of h> ouu-.l tud
during ana after .b. hcIr.np rho prise
uncr stopped Ht thv l.idIrE hufs! 'f
the Ne# MeEiro capital and wal. un
acr nn restraint bjh,t tlsu hi. parole
ol hou,r given CAPTAIN Ert,e
Mas Have Been irr,rd Lea Dcath.
Tired or gIs luu1 confinement sul
convinced of the topel,ssnss of Pats
letal hght Tor iilDrtt 49,. nlga hp-
reses ~~1l1rIr may have readily a
,ompHuied ttp mra who posed 10. h
ts Irie u #r-,ompJni.I fbsw ln
ths car to fbe place wh,r. h. nl
done to dralh A., uil events iIzfr
disappeared without notifying his
counsel of hIs eteatloa tnt '.c moef
drinrnt efforts OF the United Stt.r
and Sew NnVIcp s~UtnofIti,- have
failed to reveal tho slightest trar. uf
hi- Whereabouts or uI th. u,u who
accompanied hum uu ht Wild u.-ht
flight
Victim ot Persecution.
That S~tlt2Ir wills Nl, tl.IIm 90 per
esclti1g go ohio hands co.. iGt Omitted
state, tsfumeut Be- Is.W.sa th.
opinion of lIs attorney. vu. hu.u.
bis client Wl. af I.l-f ,I.I...i Geo l1,
same treatment l- tho other uIl-uu-
,rs uhu uDrn given tncf Ia,r, ful-
.nNiur trr .uiiIr.. ui iun til.it.
government Vbeh ne, SERVED
1he bare uf perjury according les
Mr. f}lel Hl- 1 pref"Nf .or hoia'ug
a man vhu WAC .u REALITY luHfles. .l
lr. 0TeH-r .alH-f f1v IHy ut tln
D. rif"I states
zoo 1895 l lh.l-h mtI elu huJ
.'.u tr.d snd acquitted OF tb, rrnir
of uurdcr Feld Nr NH.a mould
Then He Indicted ana tr.rd ,.r perjury
uu 600, eround tba, he had sworn
falsely m dcuEln. hI. guilt Yu the
witness. stand
~aN- A'udittai Va Certain.
have uut fur slightest duuHf
th1t. hHd -alazar chosen .o r,mlIn 300
lBIl until she date OF the ttIlI ho
would have been promptly ~ quilted
bg me Jury Hut tn.s would have
awaited Dim nothius He would have
been at once r.arrrste1 Uf fhr m.U
llr, authorilcs and held pri-oUe. uH
SOME rrerext or un prctrsI. 'ud d
ualit burned over a. DIS boo
Me,i.o
20 was informed hy representative
CO. the United states uatrrumrnf nt
nu Joss 20 ue .ouase than secretary coo
War Garrison. uhat s~alazlr vas h,.r2
held at the rcue-t OF the state depart
mrHt Otherwise he would h1to
been reira-nd us inc war department
with tht other Mexican prisoners fni-
lau .us thr downfall uf Hueria a
lrser official representing The dr-
pertinent uf Iun.ICt. informed me that
it Wss the intention oi ihe United
States authorities io hold Saltzar uu
90 after "a stable -euftrumruf hHd
been Established lu MeAl.. and chem
deliver him INTO the hands al hta
cnemios There tor punishment for pee
htcal oficnses
The charne that saiaslr was an
enemy to Americans Boo M,XIco ls ut-
teriy false. Time and asiin d. has
challenged has cuemies to produce "a
single American who ever suuercu
abuse at bis hands rule ho made
enemies among "a certain class of
WIZ HNN 49,
eral wac in power ln tho norm.
sought his aid in moving other peo-
piles cattle ana horses from MtNico
90 the United States in order that
thol might rnap @ profit at the eN-
pense 90 the oN nera of thr stock
THE ease of Tom Fountain, who
was taken iu arms in MeNira and
who was executed after "a military
Trial. b. also cited az an evidence uf
snlaznr's hatred OF Americans Eal'r
ciaily Is he charfrd with r,nlsina to
heed president rafts request fhaf
Fountains hte b. spared Vow q
have o. from salamf's own iipa and
from credltahie American witnesses
that Fountain had been dead twenty
four hours before President Traits rc-
quest reached sslRrar al parlai
In my Judgment. continued Mr
Hnoa. 7lf Ssiasar dld escape aud b
now af iarse. u Naa hcoaufe ne was
49,.