El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-06

tiEued to be the subject OF sweeping.
double barreIed investigation. One OF
these was by the grand jury. Of which
z. Burt Orndorff is foreman: the other
inquiry is being pressed by the city Of
fIcials including mayor Lea. chief Of
2olice B. !. Zabriskie and alderman ".
c. Jolly. head of the police committee
OF the city council
Backs Up Znbriskie.
Mayor Lea declared that he had every
Faith in the desire Of chief Zabriskie to
enforce the law and preserve order and
asserted again that Mondays situation
ould not have been so disEra ceful if
the chief had not been at Fort Bliss
trying to save Lew Gasser's life Asked
If chief Zabriskie is member of the
Boilermakers' union. mayor Lea said. 4
do not know and do not care All
know Is that he is an earnest official
and that he will preserve order in FL
Paso."
The grand jury. which worked until
midnight Monday and continued its ses-
sion throughout Tuesday. resumed its
investigation early Wednesday morning
at the courthouse. So far a bout 100 Wit
Hesses have been examined. and there
stin remain long list to be heard The
three bailiffs continued the serving Of
sui penas on those who witnessed the
inactivity of the police.
Injured Men Improve
Motorman z. ". Hayslett. of the
badly beaten during the riots Monday.
was reported to be much improved
W ednesday morning and Will soon be
able to return to work. Hayslett sus-
tanned badly bruised face when one
OF the sympa thizers brutality kicked him
after he had been beaten into half
conscious condition by the rioters
Conductor Charles O. Haddock, who
also sustained severe bruises during the
rioting. was reported in an improved
condition.
\ report current in the city Tuesday
night that E. W Calentine had been
badly beaten by the strikers. was found
untrue
Bonds Are Reduced.
Judge Adrain Pool IN the COUNT
court late Tuesday afternoon reduc q I
from $1,000 10 $500 the bonds Of the
alleged street car rioters who rad Q
been charged with unlawful assent bly,. |
me case came up on habeas corpus I
proceedings. the prisoners being rem
resented by attorneys VI. W stanton ]
and Nolney Brown. The men who /
were granted the reduction in bonds !
were w + LunsfOrd. Z. W Duke F. (
H. Dalton + T Dunno. J. J. Wilcox
Weaver.
bonds Of $1,000 as fixed by sheriff Ed
wards were excessive and said that
justice should not be lost sight Of
despite the excitement that had been
riots Attorney Brown said that the
majority Of the prisoners were poor
men and unable TO furnish a bond of
: $1,000 or any other such sum
rs Outrageous'
Manager Potter of the street car
company could not have done better !
himself if he had the right TO fix the
bonds than to put them at $1,000 said
attorney Brown We contend that
this Is Outra EeOuS and that a reason /
able bond should be fixed Most of
these men reside in Fl Paso and have
their families here There is no dam
ger of their running away. The others
are penniless and could not get away
II they wanted TO do so"
Judge Pool then reduced the bonds
10 $500. The sympathizers and friends
II the prisoners at once took steps to
obtain bond and before night the
majority of the men had been relea sed.
Women HyEterIcaI.
Throughout the day the wives and
women relatives Of the men created
after q emor,strarion /
both at the city hall and at the court
house. Sheriff Edwards had refused
% allow the wife Of one OF the prison |
srs TO visit him in the county Jail as
she was hysterical Al the time The |
woman created a scene in the sherfffs
office and then called on mayor Lea
where the scene was repeated.
Throughout the day both the mayors
md the sheriff's offices We're throngeJ /
~ women sympathizers Of the men |
arrested, demanding their release.
Two Are Transferred
r Ridgeway and Preston GOss form
II employees Of the Electric Railway
md who We're arrested Monday morn
ng on charges OF interfering with an
officer were transferred to the county |
authorities Tuesday afternoon when |
lrrainged in police court before Judge
Paul Thomas. Both men admitted thar
hey participated in the tieup Of traffic !
IN San Antonio street during the early
hours of the strike while HidEeuav in !
whose possession a heavy door lever
vas found. admitted that ne had taken