El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-02-04
.E[ PASO WOMAN
RAPS GARRANZA

Tamaulipas.
II was Mr.. Eek who gave the
srlnmest account OF Mexican out
laWry and anti Americanism when
ne told the committee how a band Of
MeNicans killed his Il year old son
and Of how a train was wrecked In
Americans
In 1914 when he was a contractor
WORKING for a Mexican railroad
running from FL Paso into western
: Chihuahua Mr.. Eek said his son met
death Accompanied by E. L Bishop
and two servants, one Of them a
I negro and the other a Mexican. Kari
/ Eek, the son, made a trip into the
! Galeaua district in an automobile.
/ On their way they were halted by
a group OF Mexicans. the witness said.
and taken 10 a nearby house where
{ they were told they were TO be exc
/ cuted- Mr. Bishop asked the captors
I why they wanted to execute the cap
I tives when that man-pointing to
2 Eck-was good for ransom" At
this, Mr. Eek said. the Mexicaus shot
Z Bishop through the heart Young
: Eek and the negro ran for their
I horses tethered near in an effort
] TO escape But the Mexicans lassoed
them and the condition Of the bodies
later showed they had been dragged
to death
Mexieans Accounted For.
& Senator Marcus A. Smith. acting
chairman Of the committee IN the
absence Of senator A B. Fail asked
Z the witness what happened 10 the
Mexicans.
They were all accounted for" Mr..
Eek replied.
Yes. but I mean by what suthori-
Z tie" was the query
BY the proper authorities. 7 be-
heve," said the dead boys father.
Mr. Eek then was asked il any
legal steps had been taken by Next
can authorities 10 1pprehend the
murderers and he said no
The Mexican in the party was not
killed.
The witness then told OF the de-
struction Of a train and the subse
quent burning Of its passengers in
the Cumbre tunnel In 1919 A wrecked
freight train had been left in one
end OF the tunnel 10 block It, Mr..
Eek testified and when no guard
was found at the other end a pas
senger train entered it. never TO
come out until brought out piece
meal by a wrecking crew IL was
four days. according TO the testi-
mony before rescuers could enter
the tunnel because OF the excessive
hea and even then, the witness said
it was so hot that shoes wers burnt
off the rescuers' feet and they had 20
keep wet sp0nges in their mouths
Capt veater told Of the destruc-
ton of six American Mormon colonies
in Chihuahua. leaving nothing but
ashe BE was in charge OF one Of
the colonies for a time.
punitive Expedition"
a Mexican punitive expedition
after cattle thieves who had crossed
TO the American side and run off a
bunch Of cattle. was described by
Capt Veater- Being then a peace Of
lcer in Fl Paso. he was requested 10
assist in recovering the animals He
applied 10 the commander Of the Car
tary escort 10 pursue the trail on the
Mexican side Of the Rio Grande. Col
Gel Arco and Mai Tagle were then
in command. After several delays in
fulfilling their promise to furnish
tederal troops at 4 O'clock o. the sec
ond day Capt. Neater was told that
they were ready. A man named Ra-
mon Valdez and nine members OF the
rurales' were furnished as an escort
OF these nine" said Neater. only
one was a grown man. the rest be-
ing boys from u 10 is years Of age,
riding old worn out mares, followed,
some OF them by mule colts They
carried no provisions except two bot
ties Of mescal. which they drank on
the way They said they could live
off the country
I'VE soon struck the trail on the
way these boys shot at every grass
hopper and rabbit they could see in
the brush and kept up such a noise
Of popping guns that il sounded like
an army approaching That night we
reached Flores Springs. where my
rurales escort refused TO go further.
and We all returned 10 Juarez- A few
days afterwards reward OF SO a
head for the cattle resulted IN 19 out,
= no H|n1N ~ Hs
10 me By valdez
CorroborateS Testimony.
Mr.. schultz. VINO said ne was a
staunch American and had four sons
In the United States army. corrobOr-.
ated the testimony Of former wit
nesses before the committee as TO the
dual role played by Luis de Ia Rosa.
especially to the effect that he was
a leading factor in the execution of
san Diego The witness said that att
one time he saw de Ia Rosa. then a
captain in the Carranza army. drill
ing troops on the parade ground at
victoria capital OF the state OF Ia
maulipas. He said he was told at the
time by soldiers that de Ia Rosa was
drilling the men for the invasion Of
Texas"
General Nafarette's connection with
the anti-American outbreaks was in
dlcated by his story Of the killing Of
an American named sawyer
Sawyer" said Schultz. was an old
man. - went back 20 the United
states and returned with a wife One
day the MeEicans came 10 his house
and shot him in the stomach because
he hesitated when they demanded to
know where he kept his money. His
VIE told them 1t was buried in
gasoline oil can and she pointed out
the place When she returned TO the
house Sawyer was dead. I appealed
10 Nafarette- asking him II he would
permit me 10 Join in a posse 10 run
down his murderers- we don't need
any assistance was Nafarette's re-
ply who added. We are going 10
drive all Of you Americans out OF
here"
Before the hearing started Tuesday
morning senator smith made a state D
ment for the record in which he ex-
planned that some portions Of the
public mind had been prejudiced by /
premeditated false statements as to I
the purpose OF the investigation bv /
the committee. He said the purpose /
OF the Investigation was 10 get factsl
REGARDING conditions below the line
and that anybody who had facts. re- I
Eardless OF who they were or what I
the Facts pointed 20. would be well f
coined as witness The senator said f
ne had no animosity toward Mexico i
and that he was glad 70 see the Next !
can consul had stenographer pres I
ant. ~ /
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