El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-05-01
HOW SALAZAR
ESCAPED JAIL
Surmise of Raca as to How
It Was Done; Baca Says
He VIII Come Clear.


That it is his opinion that General
Inez SalaZar got out Of the Albuquer-
que jail entirely through the aid OF
friends in Mexico who planned II so
that the general boarded a beet sugar
car hitched to the midnight train that
left Albuquerque the night OF the es-
cape, is the declaration Of attorney FL
fegO Bacas who was indicted at Al
buquerque by the federal grand jury
recently charged with aiding SalaZar
TO escape says the Albuquerque
Journal. Mr.. Salazar was in Albuquer-
que this week
This charge against me, against
Trinidad de Baca and n L Vigil and
the others. looks to me merely as
grandstand political play" said Baca
TO the Journal. 1T is amusing to hear
this talk Of Salazar being swallowed up
by the earth and living in a cave It
must have been a big cave to hold
man Of Salazar's build-a cave big
enough to be discOvered-yet I hear
no trace Of il has been found on Celes-
Tino OterO's ranch. Another theory
has been advocated, and that IS Salazar
took an aerOplane outside the city Of
Albuquerque and SCARED southwark.
How saIazar Travelled.
THE most plausible theory, I be-
lieve, is that Salazar got into this
coach filled with beet sugar peasants
from old Mexico who had been working
IN Kansas. and that he rode all the
way to Anthony on this car unsuspect-
ed. It was not necessary for the con-
ductOr or brakeman Of the train to see
these passengers-all that was needed
was inspection Of a blue ticket showing
the car was a private one filled with
passengers At Anthony IL is rumored
that three men left this train. jumped
into an automobile, and whirled toward
the border 1t was thought so improb-
able that Salazar would travel by train
that DO not believe the general would
have had much trouble in getting over
the Rio Grande and into Mexico If
his friends did plan this beet train
scheme SalaZar is said to have left
jail several hours before this train
pulled out OF Albuquerque"
COnsults Lawyers.
Mr.. Baca said that he Is IN Albuquer-
Que with II. q. Vigil to consult about
retaining additional counsel All Of
Us indicted have agreed on U. A. Lar
raZolO as general counsel, ne said
Attorney J. H Crist, Of Santa Fe, viii
come into the case at the request Of
Mr. Vigil and Trinidad c. de Baca' and
attorney E. P. Davies at my request
We shall have three lawyers therefore
and We are looking forward confident
IL to the outcome
ssThere has been a good deal Of jok-
Ing about this escape Of Salazar and
shortly after the general got out OF
jail people N Albuquerque came up
to me and to others and said. We'll,
YOU did good work in getting the gen
eral out; how did you do il, ElfegoE
/ fail to see why joking remarks OF
that kind should be taken seriously"
SAYS Indictment Is Faulty.
Mr. Baca said the Indictment Is
faulty. He added;
when was in FL Paso recently 1
received a copy Of the Indictment and
j am satisfied that the indictment is
no good. Neither 1 nor the others in
dicted with me viii try TO beat the case
on technfcalities, although there are
plenty offered All OF US seem TO be
anxious to go to trial on the indict-
ment as II stands, because We are sat
fsfied that II there is any conspiracy,
it is on the part Of government OH
Gals
IN regard TO the shooting Of Celes-
tho Otero in il PasO, I understand
that Mrs. Celestino OterO, his widow,
has been placed under arrest as a wit
ness 10 testify against me and others
in the Szlazar case have also learned
that Mr. Burkhart has kept her in the
penitentiary. do not know Mrs. Otero;
il I have ever seen her, I do not re-
member her. I did not know Celestino
Otero except by sight II I remember
rightly. 1 spoke to him but once
about two months before the shoot
ing.
u went into a saloon inquiring for
a man named Montoya and OterO an
swered my inquiry. I believe that IS
the only time I ever COnversed with
him Now and then I read OF him as
being in various kinds Of trouble, but
I never represented him as his attor-
ney or appeared against him, and had
no business dealings with him