El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-12-26

II OUlS r LAY. his brother horace
Il G. Lay. and Paul L Atkinson,
while riding in an automobile Christ
mas night. were stopped by three
men at the five mile bridge on the
valley road. were assaulted and their
lives threatened. according TO their
statements. The men also said that
they were cursed before Mrs Lay
and Mrs. Atkinson. who were also in
the car. Louis lay has a cash in his
head. which he says was cut by the
stroke or the butt or a revolver.
Horace Lay is bruised along his spine.
where he says he was kicked by one
OF the men. and Atkinson has a
bruise on his hand which he says he
received when -warding of a blow
from q revolver
Rangers. is investigating the case.
AS we approached the five mile
bridge, we saw a flash light thrown
across the road, %, said Louis Lay.
was driving the car and my wife ana
my brother we're II the front seat
with me. ! slowed down. threw the
car into second and stopped as soon
as I saw three armed men
Il saw a revolver stuck in my race
and felt a band az the back Of my
nec6. The revolver was cooked The
man tried TO pull me out OF my seat
over lie door. I asked him 20 hold
on and asked him what he wanted
He said be wanted TO search the car
and kept pulling az me. ] asked him
TO release me and asked him for his
authority for seaching ny car, and II
he had a warrant He said he didn't
need a warrant and struck at me with
his gun This bruise on my hand here
is where I warded of the blow one
of the first things he said TO me was,
Get out Of here, you damned sons
story Of Trouble
Louis r. Lay is associate manager
of the Capital Life Insurance COM
pany with headquarters in FL Paso.
His brother is also a life insurance
man and has his headquarters at
Ranger, Texas
Atkinson's statement follows: IT am
owner Of the West Texas Saddlery
company. 20s South oregon street
7 was riding In the back seat with my
wife when the three men. all with
cooked pistols. stopped US ] saw the
man dragging my brother out Of the
front seat, so I got out OF the car
on the opposite side and asked one
OF the men what he meant by such
violence
The only answer got was a ours
ing. Z asked him who he was and he
wouldn't say but responded by say
ing IL was none Of my damn busi-
ness. I thought we were held up
] told him we had nothing in the car
and I offered him my watch and
chain. He said put the damn thing
up and struck me over the head with
a pistol
Blood Fushed from my head and
the women began 20 scream The
blow made an awful sound and my
to scream. he's shot. he's shot This
is the cut DIT. y. p. Rogers sewed
IL up as soon as we got 70 the ener-
gency hospital
wife saves Him
CAS- soou as Z was knocked in the
head. my wife stepped in between me
and him and begged him not to kill
me. saying none OF US had any guns"
According TO these men. Horace c.
Lay was struck In the face by one
Of the men with his fist and kicked
five or six times. DO you want any
more2" they say he was asked By
into the car after the man had kicked
him IN the back as he was getting in
AS 7 got in the car" said Louis
Lay. one OF the men poked a re-
roiVer against my breast. broke two
cigars had in my pocket and said
70 drive on and not 70 look back; that
II I looked back he would XII me
Besides the three men with pistols.
there were two OF three other men
with rifles back Of our car. one Of
them kept his rifle drawn on US
we were not allowed 90 get back
into the car until the women prom