Salt Lake Telegram | 1915-06-27 | Page 1 | American is Shot by Mexican Order

AMERICAN IS SHOT SUOT BY MEXICAN ORDER SAN DIEGO Calif CaUL June 26 Charles Hoy lioy a n San Diego liquor denier dealer deal deni- er has been executed in In Mexican Mexicali MeL l by order of or Governor Cantu the official head of or that province according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to word brought hero tonight b by a woman who left the Mexican town Wednesday and declared she had visited his grave The execution took place last Tuesday she de de- de- de To th the last Ho Hey Hoy protested his Innocence Innocence Inno mao cence of ol any crime He lIe was arrested recently and nd taken to l on a a. a charge chargo of oC having murdered Charles Gale a n gambler Friends who tried to intercede with Cantu in his behalf and who made an effort to ace Bee the Ule prisoner learned that he was held in solitary confinement and d denied the privilege of oC seeing any friends or of ot consulting an attorney to arrange for for his defense At first his friends were told that t lie he would be set free rree if ir they produced ransom but when they appeared appeared ap ap- with the money the UlC Mexicans l refused to accept it H. Thc They do 10 not know any of or the details de he tails of Hoys Hoy's trial or whether ho had any formal trial but they arc are unanimous mona in believing ing that thop thep knew nothing of the crime charged against him The execution was as secret It is supposed that Hoy Hey was shot but this is not certain