Show AMERICAN SON INVOLVED IN TRAGEDY TR lei X h SHOO yr P bif rz ce W gostley hunter jr son ot of united states minister hunter in guatemala has shot and I 1 billed wil liam ritz fitzgerald gerald of grand rap ds mich who was a resident of guate mala city after the shooting young hunter took refuge in the united states legation and ref ased to sur render to the G Giat guatemala lat emala authorities these facts lave 1 ave been reported to the state department by consul gen eral mcnally at guatemala who de clares that fitzgerald Fitz gerall vas shot down in cold blood he asserts further that secretary bailee bailey of tl it e american legation held up altz fitzgerald erald while hunter stood bel ind I 1 im and fired the fatal shot both men then ran t f om the scene still holding their drawn revolvers dr hunter the united states min ister flatly denies these assertions he states that his son godfrey and ind secretary bailey dailey while hile sitting on a bench in the park in which the trag edy occurred were attall ed by fitz gerald who struck young hunter and snapped a pistol wl ch eh failed to ex blode hunter thereupon shot and killed him the existence of a conspiracy be tween members of the american col ony including consul general me is charged by dr hunter A bitter personal feud has existed for several between dr hunter and mr mcnally the police have established the fult asi hat fitzgerald was shot from behind nd and together with the major ity of the american residents are strong in the belief that the killing was not in self defense but was deliberate they say fitzgerald had no chance to defend himself the american residents of the city threatened to kill the hunters and bailey who took refuge in the ameri can legation the absence of any demand by the guatemalan government for the sur render of W godfrey hunter jr and the fact that nothing further in regard to the tragedy has been received from minister hunter leads government officers to believe that young hunter and perhaps bailey dailey will man age to leave guatemala for the united states without any attempt on the part of the authorities to detain them minister hunter Is exceedingly friendly with the officers of the guate malan government |