El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-08-25
ARE KILLED
BY ARMY MEN
The body was removed to the Peak
Hagedon morgue at sos Texas street
SAYS Report Correct.

The body was removed to the Peak
Hagedon morgue at sos Texas street
says Report Correct.
Gubernati was taken to police
headquarters and questioned Acting
chief " A Simpson filed formal
complaint Of murder against him
and he was transferred to a cell in
the county jail
In his cell Gubernati declared that
the report given by the police was
substantially. correct. but refused to
discuss details Of the shooting or to
make any statement
Considerable feeling was reported
In the vicinity OF Eighth and FL PasO
streets where the shooting occurred,
against Gubernati, many protesting
that he had no right to participate in
the chase which was started by a
Police declined Wednesday to discuss
the shooting beyond a recital Of the
events reported TO them
The Gutierrez shooting occurred at
10 o'clock, a few minutes after the
killing Of the boy.
According to the dead mans wife,
she and her husband were sitting in
room of their home at 1913 Chi
huahua street, when someone raped
on the door. Her husband answered,
the woman said. and four soldiers,
armed with rifles, jerked him out
through the door. She declared that
they spoke some words to him and
that she then heard a single shot
She ran out 10 find her husband "
ing where he had fallen and the four
disappearing down the street. Inves-
tigation showed that the rifle bullet
had torn away the right side Of the
mans face and head.
The fatally injured man was rushed
70 the emergency hospital and given
treatment by Dr. John Hardy. who
declared from the first that the man
had little chance 10 recover. He or
dered Gutierrez sent to the county
hospital; where he died at $3.50 a. m
AssaiIants Escape.
Chief Simpson was Immediately no
titled OF the shooting and rushed TO
the camp OF the 18th infantry, toward
which the four soldiers started, and
with the cooperation OF the officers
there. checked the men who were
away from the camp at the time Of
the shooting. The officers at the
camp placed special guards TO ques-
ton the men as they returned. but
identity OF the assailants was OBJ
tanned Military police also were no
titled and squad OF men was sent
10 the border patrol station at the
Shelter dam, 70 examine the men
there Special military police were
set TO securing the city for a trace
of the four men with rifles
The cause OF the attack upon Gu
tierrez is a mystery, as the man was
not known to have any enemies his
wife said It Is the belief OF the po-
lice that the four went to the house
for the purpose Of robbing It, but
that Gutierrez resisted
The body was removed 10 the J. J.
Raster morgue- No funeral arrange
ments have been made.
Street Car Robbed.
Shortly before midnight motorman
Harry y. Bentley, in charge OF an
Arizona street car. reported that he
was held Up at the end OF the car line
Z by four soldiers who boarded his car.
He said the men entered his car with
drawn reFolvers and forced him TO
give them SIS. all OF the money he
Detective captain Claud Smith
T headed a searching party and pro-
vided with a description OF the men
rushed toward the scene OF the hold
up. Then, TO intercept If possible. the
four men on their way into camp,
the detectives began pstroling the
I streets between the car line and the
fort When they at length worked
their way to the fort entrance they
] learned that four men answering
their descriptions had entered the
reservation about five minutes before
them A thorough search OF the fort
failed to Identity the four men
Police say the four descriptions
tally with others they have received
in a number OF holdup cases