El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-06-04

was because he tried to murder me
l previously ordered a trial in a special
) war council, and the judges sentenced
him TO death I limited myself to or
der the execution of this sentence
! The acts OF sham war council were
later drawn up. but Benton's sigma
lure was missing, so that all those
proceedings proved or justified abso-
lutely nothing
The English government urged the
! United states to make a thorough in
] VeStgatiOn into the matter and to that
I end commission was formed OF sew
1 eraI lawyers who requested permits
sion OF Villa to examine the body.
J villa, who by virtue Of his igno-
! rance OF international rights had con
I sented that the American commission
! go TO Chihuahua to carry on the inves-
! legations which il might deem advis-
] able, took care to present demonstra-
] tive proofs Of his assertions to the
} consul Edwards As he had ar
/ firmed that Benton had been shot and
! was very well acquainted through
! Fierro himself with the particulars Of
/ the shooting, namely, that he had been
killed with a single bullet fired
3 through his head. he decided to have
/ the body Of the Englishman exhumed
! and the five shots fired through his
! BODY, thus making is possible to ac-
( count for the shattered skull by the
! finishing shot which it is customary
I TO apply to those who are executed in
/ this manner.
Removing Murder Traces.
Maj. Manuel Z. Banda being as
signed to this task he set out for
Samalayuca accompanied by other Of
Ulcers They eXhumed the body of
Benton and shot II, taking off at the
same time the handouts with which
ne mad been buried. The body was then
taken to the cemetery of Regla. in the
buried
'Dr. Andres viIereaI. chief OF the
sanitary body Of the northern division.
having heard from some source the
exact details OF all that had taken
place, disclosed to Villa the inefficiency
OF the supposed shooting, for should
the body be examined by the physi-
clan that would in all probability be
sent With the American commission it
would instantly be discovered that the
i've shots had been fired into the body
OF Benton at a period subsequent to
the death Of the Englishman, as il is
instantly diScernible to the eve Of the
most inexperienced doctor that such
and such wound caused by a firearm
or otherwise has been inflicted before
the death or the Individual, or after
In view Of the explanations OF DR..
Nillareal, villa ordered the body to be
eXhumed again. in order to remove
from II. by means Of autopsy. the
traces Of the wounds which had been
inflicted on the corpse. as well as that
Wnlch had in reality caused the death
OF Benton. It is lawful TO perform an
autopsy on the body Of those who have
been executed so that the state Of the
body which would be seen by the mem
bers of the commission could be
ascribed to the alleged fullfilment Of
this law"
Bnueh's Disappearance.
Benavides's story OF the disappear
ance Of Gustav Bauch follows.
Around the same period in which
occurred the assassination Of the Brit
ish subject Benton. the American citi-
zen, Gustav Bauch. mysteriously dis
appeared from Ciudad Juarez
The truth OF the matter is that I
bauch. like Benton. was the victim Of |
the ferocity Of villa and Of his col ]
"Bauch was very well known along I
the Mexican frontier OF the United {
States, especially in the centers Of vice.
such as gambling houses, bars and I
places Of gay life. He was night after /,
house run by HipolitO Villa in Ciudad /
Juarez-
When You Win From villa.
Hipolito Villa is surrounded by a
throng Of the type Of the famous /
'bravos,' always prepared to provoke /
and pick quarrel with whatever per-
son their master. HipOlito, may point
out TO them HipOlitO makes use Of ]
these individuals to provoke the per-
SONS who have had the good fortune 10
make any considerable gains in the
gam bling house. The provocatiOn is
made by means Of push or an insult. Z
The gamer. who is in a happy mood, IS
eaving the house with his money, an
iwers the insult the police intervene.
md both are taken to the murky and
OBSCURE prison OF Ciudad Juarez- The
bravo is promptly released, for he has
-cquitted himself OF his mission; but
he unlucky gamer is generally de-
poiled there Of all he has on him, AMI
verything returns to the Unsuitable
ash boxes Of Hipolito. He has lost
Othing.
The Fate OF Baueh.
One Of the many nights in which !
8auch attended the game. he won a |
-eve, and. highly pleased. he was leav-
1g, bound for FL Paso, when he fell a /
1ctim to one Of HipolitO Villas famous : L
)ravos,' the one eyed Feliciano Domin-
-uez. who had Instructions from his
Master not to let Bauch get away with {
hat money on any account The provo
alton took place in an obscure and
olitary place in the vicinity Of the
houses BaucH, who surely
-as acquainted with the proceedings OF
he wicked HipOlitO. paid no attention
D the provocauon, and calmly walked I
n Renewed prOvOcatiOn on the part 3 |
the rascally FelicianO, who had to
pillow the instructions OF Hipolito to ! l
he letter failed. and Bauch pursued ] /
is course Finally the phrases Of Fee
cianO became threatening to such a
egree that Bauch. una bic to control /
imself longer, struck him a hard blow
l the face. FelicianO threw himself on
auch, pistol IN hand. and. blind with
age, he pierced him through the heart /
18th the blade OF his dagger. Bauch
I'll dead on the spot FelicianO then
espOiled him Of all he had and went TO { i
i've an account to Hipolito Of what
ad happened. The usual manner of i
rOcedure followed in similar cases in
illista territory was observed in this i
lstance. Bauch was buried at an ad-
anced hour Of the night in a place
ear Ciudad Juarez, where he lies in Il
lie sleep of death"
FierrO Now in JuareE. !
ROdolfO FierrO, generally known as
The Butcher" is now one OF Villas Z i
snerals. He has just purchased a new
wen passenger Packard automobile ] i
ON the International Auto company | i
Id has registered his license at the ! Il
Paso county courthouse and been
ven the number 1864.
FierrO is said to have been wounded
one Of the engagements with the
lrranza troops and is in Juarez to
cover from his wounds.
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