Arizona republican., 1922-04-24

than 100.
The dead and wounded are
said by county officials who
are endeavoring to fix the re-
sponsibility for the raid to have been
both peace officers and members OF
the masked band.
The dead man is Constable NJ. B.
Mosher of Inglewood. and the wound
ed are his son, Walter Mosher. his
deputy, and Leonard Ruigg, a special
deputy sheriff.
They we're shot by Frank Woer-
ner, night marshal at EngieWoo1'
when he went to the aid OF the al
leged bootlegger and his family.
The forces of the district attorney,
the sheriff and the coroner's offices
have been combined to investigate
the entire affair and fix the respon-
sibility.
ficiaIs. the raid was on the home OF
Matthias Elduayen, who with MS
brother. Fiden. was seized and bound,
Then they were threatened Win
death by hanging and shooting ana
finally were dragged from their nome
and carried six miles. where tney
were left, tied.
Mary Elduayen, Is and 10 years OF
age. respectively, daughters OF FIdei
Elduavell, were compelled TO slahd
nude before the raiders.
In addition. another nelghborlng
family. including six children, one OF
whom was believed to be dying OF
double pneumonia, was forced to flee
from their home and hide for hours
in field.
All inmates of the Elduayen home
were asleep when the raiders arrived;
Violent hammerings at the front ana
back doors aroused them. Some OF
the raiders tore open the front screen
door and forced an entrance.
IT answered the knocking at the
hack door," Mrs. Angela Elduayen,
wife of Fidel. told the investigating
officials today. Several masked
men, wearing hoods which covered all
of their faces except their eyes, We're
there. They demanded a drink. We
told them we did not have anything
to drink, but they pushed open the
door and in minute the house was
filled with 20 or 80 men. All wore
masks. Many flashed revolvers IN
our faces
ACCUSED OF OttAt
sThey accused me of running a
xtin.v said FideI Elduayen. "They
demanded to know where it was.
Refore we knew what it was all about
thev grabbed me and my brother,
Matthias. and bound US. Then they
ransacked the house. They tore up
everything. They overturned the
mattresses. They even went into my
daughters' bedroom.
The two girls were in their night
gowns. The masked men called te
them to dress at once. The girls
closed the door, but the men threw
II one,, again. Thev made the girls
take off their nightclotl1es and dress
In front of them with the door open.
The wrists of Fidel Elduayen still
bore the marks of the ropes with
which they had been tied.
After the men had torn up every
thing Ffdel continued, they dragged
us out. Three or four handled me
Rnd several Matthias. They threw my
wife brutally against the door. She
pleaded to be taken with us, but they
made her go to the rear of the house
''Just as we got outside and were
Taed up by the front porch, the
sssooting started.
"a little fellow wearing short
overcoat and a white mask acted az
leader. He cried out: One, two
three, four.
THAT seemed to be a signal, and
The gang rushed together.
Tried TO Get Auto Numbers
when we were taken outside, We
saw probably 100 masked men, in ad-
dition to those who had entered.
sThe leader yelled, "A motorcycle
COD and some fools are coming
=. L - he mn af
while the shooting was going on.
looked at the automobiles parked
along the road, but the license plates
were all covered.
my captors saw what I was doin;
and made me look in another dlrecs
Matthias and l were put in larg
black touring car with some men WI
we're not masked.
ssThey took me TO the Inslewoo
police station and tried to make tn
nfficers there take us prisoners. bu
thew refused. The men told the OF
fiaser they were federal officers, an
had raided some bootleggers.
Next we were taken to the Re
5ondo Beach police station. The me
tried to make the officers there tax
us as prisoners, but they also re
.Before taking us to the station
the ropes with which we We're poun
were removed and we were hano
euffed. -
sOur captors threatened to hang !
IL we did not tell the location OF
still they kept talking about The
said they would hang us to a tree
we didn't tell !,
"An we could say was that we d
not have a still. We stopped by u
racks of the Pacific Electric RAJ
roads and they said they would tie
On the tracks IL we did not tell.
"Fmally they left us five or
niles from home after Threatening
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