Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-06-11
THE MURDER.
CorOner's Inquest ON the Body of Men,
di0r0z-The Bcreayed Family.

the utter inability of the murdered
mans family to furnish their testi-
mony which was most important, the
inquest was postponted until 10 o clock
yesterday morning. AT the appointed
time the jury met at the house of Men
dioroz where the body lay and pro-
ceeded to take all the testimony bear
ing on the case which could be Sc
cured. The facts elected are substan-
TALLY as follows:
TESTIMONY.
Angela Mendioroz, sworn: The de-
ceased is my father; he was killed by
being shot by one Fernandez; Fernan-
dez lives here in the same house that
we live in; he rents and lives in q
room to himself, here; he had, on sew
eral occasions, insulted my mother,
sisters and myself; he used some
rough talk to us yesterday, and my
mother told my father about it yester-
day, and in the evening my father
met Fernandez at the front door and
talked to him about it; they were
talking about it about ten minutes;
my father did not appear to be mad,
but told him not to insult his family
any more, but if he had anything to
say to come to him. After they had
talked about ten minutes, Fernandez
said to my father that he could insult
him and shoot him, too; and at the
same time that he spoke those words
he drew his pistol and fired, shooting
my father. My father then drew his
knife and tried to follow him, but
could not; he only lived about five
minutes after he was shot; my father
had no weapon in his hand when he
was shot, nor made any attempt to
draw any weapon until after he was
shot, and Fernandez went down the
steps and was going off. This all oc-
cured here at the house, on Olivera
street, Los Angeles city, yesterday
evening.
This, June the 10th, 1874.
Her
ANGELA X MENDIoRoz.
mark.
JUANA MENDIOREZ, THE ELDER
DAUGHTER,
Gave testimony strongly corroborative
of her sisters. From tho evidence it
appeared that Fernandez was of a
morose, quarrelsome temperament,
and ON many previous occasions he
had manifested his ill-will towards
different individuals. An instance
n nf
lived in another part of the
occasionally to furnish music for
the edification of himself and his
friends. This had so incensed Fer
nandez that he had made an attempt
to take the young mans life some
time previous to this occurrence.
The evidence was all given posi-
lively and fully, laying the full blame
OF the affair on the head OF Fernandez,
and the statements of the two young
ladies correspondent in every particular.
A verdict was rendered to the effect
that deceased came to his death by a
pistol shot, fired from the hand of one
Jaime Fernandez.
THE BORROWING FAMILY.
During the sitting of the Jury, the
pitiful means and cries of the bereaved
wife could be distinctly heard through
out the building. For twenty-six,
years the two had been united, hardly
being out of each others company
day during that long period. 1t was
pitiful to hear the expressions Of agony
from the heart broken woman. Be-
sides his wife, Mendioroz leaves a son
and two daughters, the eldest, Juana,
a young lady Of prepossessing appear
ance, is about twenty years of age;
Angela, aged fifteen, and Aureli, a lad
of fourteen years. TO see the grief
stricken family, one cannot avoid
wishing that the just retribution of
Heaven may fall upon the wretch who
has wantonly deprived them of the
greatly loved husband and father.
THE MURDERER
Is painter by trade, as stated, and of
his evil disposition enough has been
said. He is man probably fifty
years of age, and a native of South
spain. Why he should have commit
ted the bloody deed, which was SEEM
ingly SO unprovoked and unwarranted,
is known only to the lurking demon
that apparently turks within him.