Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1922-11-16
BODY OF ZARATE
FOUND in ROAD
NEAR WESLACO
Mexican Citizen Taken From
Jail is Found Two Days
Later in Middle Of Old
Road South of Town

The body Of Elias Nillarcal /arair.
n McNi'Hn citizen, whose killing has re
suited in n vigorous protest ~ tie MrNi-
can government Ia the state depart 4
cni nj Washington. was found last
Saturday morning IN the middle of AN
old road about :, miles from Wc>lar".
The body was discovered by &. W. Clark.
a farmer. about 2Uo yards from where
the ,.li road joins the military roai.
\ rcpori was immediately sent 10
WcSiacv AMI Mexican Consul Francisco
rclez Of Ifilalgo. ac' onranicd by a num-
Der of Wcslaco citizens. went out To view
the body. Invest iigaiion revealed ;hat
Zarajc had been shot through the
heart u was evident frnm the comb
!ion of the body that il had lain there
ni least ~ hours. Buggy tracks. cvi-
dcntIy made a few hours previous show
cd where some parties had driven within
"a few feet of the body and then turned
around. They had made po report of
having discovered the body, officials
STATE.
Arrested on Assault Charge
Ilrai" had bcrm ARRESTED Thursday
on an assault charge and placed IN a
utilized u. n jail Thursday night while
number of Mcxicans were c"ncre-
gated nroand the jail talking "a him
through window. two Ford ears drove
up, AMI eight men are rcl,orie, to have
ali;tlir,l tne of them drew Il revolver
and ordered The Mcxiruns' To leave the
yi",nIiy The Mcxirans were rnahie Ia
identify the mon hnt they state that
they hrok" the flimsv lock on the lnliil-
ing. Fril"d Iarai- and carried him away
in one of the ears Weslaco author
iiirs were mot appri>cd If what had
frHrsl.ircd until some hours later. and
Immediately in.iiinird search ror
Iarai". wht-h did not end until the body
WIS discovered almost two days later.
Iaratc was employed a. a workman
on ih" new creamery being erected NJ
W"alaco. Thursday morning i. T.
Sullivan. ai>o an cmrloyc. complained
'c fh" forcman that Iara;c was care
less 10 handling lumber he had been
unloading and had damaged some of IT,
~ noon The forrman discharged Zaraie
and "A shors-4 siss~s later Za<arc returned
and attacked Sullivan with piece of Two
hy four. liz first blow broke Sullivan
f'i if fiNi NlIuf'k ~iilnNHn Nn
~" hack "f the heal rendering him un-
c"nsr"uS. As he was raising the heavy
timber Ia again strike his within other
worlmen rearhed The Srcur anl inter
Tered. Iarni" being paced under arrest
upon The charge of assault with intent
IT, murder.
Considerable Indignation Was cN-
pr"s-cd ny Wrslaro ciiizcns over tie
= nult on sullivan. but no int.nati"n
wrs given that drastic action would hr
tale Tie lncal auiF"rijics rnuSid-
"rcd ~ r."ner pcrfcrily safe ia the
building ihet utilized a. iaIi pending
his renewal to the county iril ~ Film
burg. The men who took Iararc from
the 'ail worked very puicily. aud Few
citiZrns of The town realized what had
iransi'ir"d until the body Was found
Saturday morning.
Reports carried in press dispatches
&" the effect that rcprrsruia'juns lad
hrrn made hy ~" M-vi,an rn. .rnmr..
that Consul pclcz' life had been threat
"r"'l. nrr given un crrlrnrc TN ll,dal=n
county nr"tlr who EXPRESS the "rini,n
tiat Consul fclcZ urr"r r-nlcrr .r,i,
i"l"rt ~ his government l'".rz ~
i'ctn Consul ai Ilh:lgo a nurs;.r a
years. y considered one of thr .no,t
Progressive cuusulS - iIs rnd II inr
border. anil has the rrSiirrt AMI aren't
ship of all citizen. ~ that vi'iIEv