El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-05
SIX AWAIT AN
ORDER To DIE
Discovery of Alleged Dla2
Plot in Juarez Causes
Arrests and Excitement.


Six prisoners who are now IN
the Juarez Quartet, three Of whom
have been sentenced TO death
charged with being instigatoTs OF
plot to swing the Juarez
garrison to the Felix Diaz standard
were not shot Wednesday morning, &C
cording to schedule. A respite has beeh
granted them, pending a further inNes-
LEGATION and Gen. Gavira said We'd
nesday that although he had postponed
the execution, when il occurs il viii De
public affair, and one to serve as an
Three Of the men. who are charged
with being implicated in the plot are
Nicholas Chavarrea. former secretary to
PaRcual Orozco; FlorenciO Hernandez
and Sebastian de Ia Cruz a former VII
lista colonel The discovery Of an al
legged intrigue to defect the Juarez gar
rison led TO the arrest Of three other
men. but the names OF these men the
officers refused TO make public.
Nine Directly Implicated.
In the alleged plot, which is said TO
have many qualifications. only nine
names have been up before. the COM
mander of the Juarez garrison. Three
OF that number are still in Ell Paso. A
request has been made of the depart
ment OF justice Of the United States to
aid in the apprehension OF these men,
and an effort is being made to do so.
The plot is said to have been discoy-
cred in an Ell Paso hotel. The inVesti-
cation which followed. il is said, dis
closed that considerable sum Of
money. ranging from 100000 to $780,
GOO. was to be expended in buying up
the officers and soldiers under Gen.
Gavira and that when the situation be-
came ripe leader would come to the
border from Mexico and take charge.
Would Kill Gavira.
The conspiracy, il is alleged, also in
no . rufTn q Of Inn
Since the punitive expedition entered
Mexico Gen. GaVira has been apprehen-
sive Of plots upon his life, and because
of his suspicion. the discovery Of a con-
spiracy would go hard with the in
triguers
No explanation was offered for the
delay in the execution on Wednesday
morning and consul Andres Garcia said
he did not think that his personal views
upon capital punishment would have
anything to do with the case. 81 don't
like the idea OF executions" Mr.. Garcia
said, but II the crime is against the
government. there is no other recourse
TO maintain discipline"
It was also stated that the plot had
been IN progress for five days before
arrests were made and that part Of the
program was TO secure places OF ad-
vantage in Juarez, especially sites over
looking the barracks. and when the
time came, to take these barracks by
surprise.
The chief conspirators are said to
have been in III PasO but a few days.
and usen to have gone east. leaving
definite Instructions behind.
Wives plead for Husbands.
SIX women. wives OF the men impris-
oned. were in the commandment Tuesday
afternoon supplicating for the lives Of
the men. They made a strange and
pathetic group, sitting upon the old
broken down lounge while two sat
upon the dusty carpet. now and then
rising TO walk up to one Of the aides
and ask, "Is il time yet that we may
see the Eeneralg' Each time they were
waved back and without protesting.
save pleading in their eyes. they re-
turned to their stoical waiting