El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-08

judge Paul Thomas in corporation
court Tuesday afternoon.
This leaves only five men unac-
counted for, including the three IN
identified men in the undertaking par
Tors who are supposed TO be J.. AVliaI,
+. Bustillos and L. Salinas. the other
two missing men are +. Smith and L.
Harris.
All six patients at Hotel Dieu had
a verv good night according TO attend
ing physicians The men at that pace
are. r. @. Gordon, A. c. Wanroy, LUIS
Gavaldon, Daniel Yslas, Percy Woods
and William Newman. Those at the
county hospital are: y. Larson, a. =.
Perry A. RonquillO, Fred Maroon, W.
j. LeRoy. T. ID. James. Tom McNichols,
Albert Curl. Leonardo Villalyaseo. Jack
Monroe and Z. MCGOWAN w &. COST
ley Is in the Providence hospital
Grand Jury Probe,
The grand jury was given instruc-
lions by Judge Dan NJ Jackson. in the
31th district court. Tuesday afternoon
TO make q thorough investigation Of the
city jail holocaust.
you owe il to this court and to the
citizenship at large to 20 into this ap-
palling disaster thoroughly. but IN
spirit Of fairness to every interest" he
said IF you find that there has been
criminal negligence. you viii return
indictments, and if you find no Grim
inal negligence it is your duty to so,
report"
4. A. Kline. one of the grand jurymen,
asked IN the city has a eight TO get
gasoline without "a special permit. Judge
jackson replied that he did not know.
J. A. Shedd, another Juryman, asked
i1 .he officers at the jail were follow
iag law recently put, into effect
II don't know" replied judge jack
son. Il wish you would find out
Conflicting Statements.
Conflicting statements as TO whether
the prisoners were al searched Tor
matches We're made in the inquest pro-
cecdings instituted by justice J. NJ
beaver, Tuesday afternoon. 20 deter
mine the cause Of the city jail disaster
Monday afternoon. The investigation
was conducted by Frank Feuille, as
sistant county attorney. while justice
Deaver and several Of the grand jurors.
who were present asked questions.
The grand jurors present were A. u
Anderson. c. H. Finley. Paul Bolin. +.
j.. Hines and A. G. RinfiemaE.
Routine of bathing.
Frank Scotch the city Tailor. who
was assisting in the work of bathing
the. prisoners. stated that the bath was
in the southeast corner or the old jail
room. while under the staircase leading
TO the upper tier Of cells was a tub OF
gasoline solution. The prisoners, he
stated, would come out Of the runway
and cells, step, over TO the corner and
disrobc Then they would battle. after
which they would take their clothing
over to the gasoline and saturate them.
They would then step back into the
cells and wait for their clothing TO dry.
The prisoners did this one at a time.
Search for Matches.
What precautions were taken as to (
matches2" Mr.. Feuille asked
I'VE had the men searched and we |
sked and begged of them TO give up {
their matches In most cases We put |
our hands in the mems pockets to find 1
matches
Ibid you search every one?"
There might have been some who {
were not searched. But we cautioned (
them repeatedly about striking (
The witness stated that the fire |
started iu the north end Of the room. |
lie could not tell what caused il.
Il heard the report and saw the /
flames" he said Il did not see a match ,
struck. The flames instantly filled the !
Door open to Cage.
''The door 10 the lower cage was open, /
with the lock and key in the posses /
sion Of Harry Morris, n trusty. The I
doors OF all the cages were open and /
no doors had to be opened for those in !
The corridor to get out. The windows /
were all open and all Of the doors were /
open As FAR as ventilation was con-
cerned. every .precaution had been
taken
Body in Flames.
w. =. Atterbury stated that he saw
fash come into the front office Of the
building and Immediately notified the
fire department. lie went into the al
icy then. he stated. and saw one man
standing there with his body in flames.
After some difficulty the flames were
extingtIished
According to Carma Alonzo. the hero
inc of the holocaust. there was an in
sufficient supply Of sheets and lotion in
the emergency hospital. The girl stated
that she was in the court room when
the explosion occurred. She heard the
cries Of the prisoners. and hurried
around into the alley. She found two /
men in the alley suffering from burns
and gave them aid. Then she went into
the emergency hospital. where several
victims had gone, and began the work
Of oiling the scorched and scared bodies.
No Sheets.
There were no facilities for treating
when ] got there" she said. There
were no sheets. / am certain. because
we began calling for sheets and could
get none. They brought in oil from ,