El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-08-24
FORCES
GUARD HOUSTON
City Is Quiet After Riot;
Brig. Gen. Hulen Now
inCommand There.

7 unnecessary violence IN striking nor
! The officer then began beating the
soldier with his pistol
The mans face and head were
badly cut by the pOstol butt. lie was
/ arrested 10y the same officer and
taken 10 the station, where he Is now
held
Provost Gunrd>man Assaulted
THURSDAY afternoon. according to
/ reports made to me by Corp. BaIti-
more, OF my military police force. q
soldier of my command was arresfe ed
ly ar officer Corp. Baltimore, who
was nearby. wearing his military pO-
lice badge asked the policeman. pure
y for Information, ne says, why the
man was arrested.
THE policeman told him 10 was
none OF his business He then. Corp.
Baltimore and the arrested soldier
both state. Init Baltimore over the
head with his pistol butt. Corp. Bal
timore ran up the street, the police
man firing at him as he fled He took
refuge in a house under a bed The
policeman followed. dragged him out
used further abusive language to him
and struck him twice more with the
pistol
Coast GuHrdsmen on DUTY.
IVY hen the men in camp heard OF
these occurrences Thursday after
uoo2 IL excited them greatly and they
made open threats of retaliation
Gen Hulen has considerable force
in the city and has been reinforced
with $50 coast guardsmen from Cal
weston who nave i've machine guns.
At S o'clock this morning no further
outbreaks had been reported
Captain Brutality Slain.
The killing of Cap Joseph w
Mates. OF the Second Illinois field ar
Jillery, was accompanied by extreme
cruelty on the part OF his slaEersl
according 10 early reports. Wounded
by a rifle bullet. Capt. Mates was
surrounded by the mutinOus soldiers,
riddled with buckshot and his body
hacked and stabbed in mans places
with bayOnets.
shots. fired evidently al close
range, tore great sections Of his skull
20 bits and the body, when discovered,
was almost unrecoEnlzaa
shot Trying to save Wounded Man
". A. Wise, while trying 10 save an
unknown wounded man, was shot
three times in the left arm and once
in the back. Telling OF the shooting,
Wise said.
81 heard shooting and az Drummer
avenue 4 man whose name I never
learned, fell, apparently dying In the
street Blood was gushing from his
breast. I rushed 10 his assistance and
called on an automobile driver and
others 20 help. While we were trying
TO place the dying man in the car. bull
lets Spatrered all ABOUT Us and the
men who were helping me fled ]
could do nothing more and soon be
came weak because OF loss of blood"
Two Shot on Porch.
At the home Of Mrs. Mary Wi1kler
was enacted one OF the most brutal
incidents Of the night When the
mutlnous soldiers passed. her two
sons. Fred Winkler. aged 20. and VIM.
j. Drucks. stepped to the front porch
10 see what provoked the loud talking
Fred Winkler flashed on the gallery
light and Drucks got as far as the
steps when a bullet penetrated Wink
ler's heart and Drucks's arm was
shattered al the wrist and above the
elbow
For hours the Winkler family re-
NAMED in darkness while Druc<s ~
upon bed bleeding and the body OF
young Winkler remained on the porch.
More Than 100 sfissinE.
More than 100 negro soldiers are