Show MEXICANS JAIL SALT LAKE MAN J F H Shoots Doctor in Quarrel at Torreon HE IS BADLY CUT HIMSELF WRITES HERE FOR MONEY TO CONDUCT DEFENSE F M Caldwell formerly of Salt Lake now general general yardmaster of the Mexican n railroad is held in Torreon Mexico on a charge of mur dr Er He e Is accused of having shot and killed Dr A C Varela a MexIcan of that place while defending himself a against a murderous attack made by th the d ct r the night of Feb 22 0 Mrs Caldwell Caidwell has written to Tuttle Brothers here to have them sell at once the former home of the C at Galena street It Is the hope of Mrs Caldwell Caidwell expressed In her letter to the r real estate men that from the sale of the property enough money be realized to carry on the defense of of Mr The house will be of offered fred for sale to the highest bidder at once Mr Caldwell Is un under Under der arrest In Mexico Mrs Caldwell states in her letter that if her hus husband husband band Is not liberated she will call caIl upon the state department at Wash Washington ington for aid St ry of the Shooting The story of the tragedy is told in inthe inthe the Torreon EnterprIse an AmerIcan newspaper of the city in which the af fr hay ay t took ok place A clipping from the paper under date of March 1 was sent with Mrs letter The ac of the Is reported in that paper to o be about as follows For several weeks prior to the day of the killing Dr Varela and his wife wite had been guests of the Plaza hotel of Torreon Mr Ir and Mrs Caidwell who live at Jimulco a near by town had been stopping at the hotel for only a af fw f da days s before the affair On the afternoon of th the day in ques question a thin tion Mrs Irs Caldwell was sitting in her room which opens onto the balcony of the hotel SeeIng Mrs Irs Varela pass Mrs frs attempted to speak to her This Mrs Varela evIdently took ns as an insult reporting it as such to toler her ler husband The doctor In turn called nt at room and there her using vile fIe and profane language Mrs Caidwell reported the affair of the afternoon to her husband when lie he returned to the hotel shortly before 6 Mr Caldwell was an angered hered by the words used to his wife but decIded to let the matter drop I In the evening just after dinner lr and Caldwell Went out onto the balcony bakony to listen to the band which plays in the plaza of the town towne every e evening While sitting talking I Varela suddenly appeared on the U scene sene With a wild Mexican cry and an oath he rushed at Mr Caidwell meanwhile jerking from under hi his coat coata a vicIous dagger Before Mr Caldwell could rise to defend himself Varela had Imn cut him severely about the arms and chest hest Followed to HIs Room Escaping finally to his room which opened onto the balcony Caldwell Caidwell pro ure a a rev revolver lver Varela followed Cald Caldwell I well to his room and there renewed the attack As Y V rela made a last despe desperate desperate rate lunge with his knife evidently With the intention of killing his TEnt C Caidwell opened lire fire Varela i staggered Out ut of the room mortally I wounded He e died in a few minutes Investigation Invest showed sh owed that Varela had bad been hit four times one of the halls balls passing passin through h his left side close to the beart eart One lodged in his stomach adi ach and n the other two were found Im bd in his arm en was dangerously wounded 1 4 two tao serious gashes over the ht heart rt and one on the heft arm He is also cut about the shoulders shoulder back and TIck neck Varela is reported d to be about 4 49 years of agE an and a California Mex Ian han by birth He is said to have been ir straightened ried circumstances judg in from his surroundings ings CaIdwell was removed to the muni ipa hospital where he is at the pres tim HE has suffered greatly from his 1115 w wounds it if is cLid He is under ar arst iest st for tor the killing of Y Varela rela On his jf lea e from the he wilt will be pl ced in the prison of there I 1 0 actiOn by th the Mexican au aut t Life Here F ir lived in Salt Sail Lake Three years ago ao While here lere he was wasu u c nn with the local railroads in inv v capacities At one time he Was livestock cI agent lf f the Oregon Short Line or moving to Salt Lake he resided in Denver My s sympathy is all with Mr Cald wen said Walter WaItEr G Tuttle yester yesterday day in commenting on the shooting affray I 1 have een in Mexico and I Central Am America so vera times time I have visIted Torreon and I 1 know the kind of justice that will be meted out down there Mr Caldwel will after his heal be put in jail there to for n a year ear or two unless he has a amount of money with which to defend himself In Iii any event he will have a long period of waiting before any trial is ever held Had he been anything but an Amer American American ican that is a citizen of the United States he would be tried and acquit acquitted ted at once AmerIcans are treated with the least consideration of any for foreign foreign eign class in all Mexico are treated with respect and then Hen Put an Englishman in jail in Mexico and in almost less time than it takes to tell it the home government makes demand for Instant tri trial l or orre re release lease and that is forthcoming too Americans are held in jail until they can buy their way out Torreon is n a place of about in inhabitants inhabitants habitants It is a railway center There is a small American colony there but the colony has not much in influence influence fluence Our firm wilt vill dl di all in its power Dower to sell the property and thereby th the release of Mr Caldwell If necessary sar sary I shall make it my personal bus mess iress to take the matter up with Washington From the article in the Torreon paper it would appear that Mr Caldwell acted in Such being the case I think he is en entitled entitled titled to the support of all good Amer AmerIcans Americans and especially of his friends in Salt SaIt Lake |