El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-11-17
CAPT. 6LAVES
IS RECOVERING
Fireman Shot by MeXicans
in Hotel DieU; Hunters
Recount Shooting.

J. IL Harris, $50 Caples building.
who. with J. y. AIayfield. 1909 North
Stanton. was hunting ducks on the IS
land near Fahens Friday when the
shooting Of Jeff Glaves, FL Paso fire
fighting captain. was done by ALLEGED
Mexicans, said Friday afternoon that
the automobiles Of the firemen's
party and the other local men were
parked together on the island and
that the first intimation Of trouble
with the AeEicans was when one Of
them began shooting at the Ameri-
cans then the whole number. who ap-
peared TO be soldiers. with equipment
on some wearing red bands on their
arms, Joined the fusllIade. The fir
ing lasted for more than 50 minutes
Mr- Harris said, and was not returned
by the Americans lie said they were
armed with shOt-uns and did not fire
shot MI Harris declared that
AeNicans fired 1t him 80 times during
the shooting.
Assistance was called for BY the
Americans upon the army patrol and
rangers at Fabeus and later the AIeXi-
cans rerre1ted across a slew TO the
Mexican side OF the river. FIXING as
they went There were ten Nexicans
on American soil. AIr. Harris asserted D
Giavcs, Robbed. Recovering.
According 20 a report late Friday,
the man who was robbed Of his watca I
sun aud s. was not NaniEold but ]
Capt Gllvcs. CllVcs was moved from I
the base hospital at Fort Bliss 20 H0- /
tel Dieu Friday. He is recovering J
In telling HIS story 20 mayor Charles I
Davis, Joe stowe. OF the motorcycle +
squad, said;
Island Amerie-n Territory.
AS I understand IT, the island on 7
which we were hunting is not in '
Mexican territory. The men Of our .
party were spread out when the first .
shots came and when we realized that Z
we were being fired at we thought it
best 10 get out OF there When Fe I
found that Capt Glaves was missing
Judd and Fabens went in a car 10 i
Fahens for rangers. II was about an
hour and ten minutes before they re-
turned with five rangers and IS or
80 soldiers.
Find GIaves In Water.
Meanwhile. Harris and AIayfield.
who had gone 70 a rise that gave
view OF the ground. saw man stag
gerinE around in the slew as II he
were drunk Then they saw him drop
down in the bushes and a moment
later q Mexican on horseback passed
by there but id not see him They
thought II must be Glaves and that
he was wounded. They went towards
where they had seen him staggering
around and kept calling. one OF them
asking him II he was shot. He said,
yes and fell down in the water.
RTnge-s Fire at MeIienas.
About the time the soldiers ar
rived we got Capt Gllves and Mani
gold and Sullivan took him to the
Ease hospital. while Judd and / stayed
20 direct the rangers AS 7 was show
.ad been coming from We caught !
ght Of a Mexican riding north, AMI ]
ne OF the rangers jumped out into
clear space and mOt'oned him to- s
wards us. He came Then we made {
i'm tale US around in the direction
rom which the shots had come We 7
aw several horsemen making off ~ S
great rate, and the rangers fired Z
L them. The Mexican we We're with c
declared he did not know enythinS 2
bout this bunch We found several
losts where horses had been tied /
md blood and hoof marks where a d
.orse had been jumnlng around G
Investigations Going On. O
No statement OF the results or the C.
7vestigation made by soldiers Of the
flair was ready to be given out from ,
istrict headquarters IN to noon sat q
rday. It is understood that search
1g Investigation Of the whole matter
5 being made.
Nothing beyond what has ALREADY
cen published has been found out in I
he investigation being made by o.
ui+ed States customs authorities. ac- y
0rdiug to statements made at noon "
aturday. These officers were taking y
7mes Of local men who knew Of the q
No reports we're secured from the y
lQuiry said to have been Instituted IN
> Juarez authorities LEI
Cloves Tells OF Shooting.
Capt JEFF Glaves, who was seen "
ltur7ov morning at the Hotel Dieu. q
b co n d Ha G o
I'D been dressed ct the Fort Bliss al
use hospital said that he was feel 4
g fine" and thought he would be C.
ell enough to be taken home in three -
? four days
ct only had chance In a thousand
make my escape after was shot.
said, land I can't understand how
am alive was farther south than nj
~ Of the other uen-thouCh don't q
ink 7 was in MeZico-up to my hips b.
water, and about three-Ouarters Of 50
mile out in tho open, when I felt a Il
inEi1E sen7at ton in my les At &C
ST I thOucht one OF our men had 50
herwi7e. I dropped down IN the -
,ter and began to make my way 1
owly tow7rd the shore 7 crawled
ound in the water throuEh the t7u
re Grass, trying 10 find ont where
e shots came from. and then 7 saw dl
'out Is or 20 men on a knoll At the g.
her side Of the river. These had no le
rises. Ct
Robbed, Paints Crawling. ii
u pulled grass and stuck IL down al
y collar al the hack so they couldn't
e me. and kept moving towards a ] "a
ttOnwood tree in the opposite dirac- le
on from where thew were. That sa
worked for q while. but te
last they saw me, and sent fu-
.lade OF shots. Then when 7 got
n very shallow place n Mexican I IN
ncared on horseback. He was the nc
e who robbed me. and I could iden- Of