Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1878-05-02
Killed with a H0e.Handle.

Yesterday morning Coroner Han
non was called upon to hold an in
quest on the body of Angel Garcia,
an Indian, who died from tho effects
of blow from q hoe.handle, in
llicted by Trinidad Mufloz,on Satur-
day evening last. Following are
the circumstances attending the
murder as elected at the inquest:
Feleciano Nufiez sworn: Knew
the deces sed; last Saturday was
waiting on table in my house when
l heard blows; then L laid the
dishes down and hurried back;
when l got to the middle door 1
heard another blow; when 1 got
outside of the door L saw the de-
ceased lying on the ground, felled
by II blow which / saw Trinidad
Mufioz strike him; ! told him
(Muiloz) that lie had not done
right; l told him that even Il po-
liceman had no right to come into
my house and do such q thing; he
had something like a stick in his
hand, with which he struck the
Indian; could not tell what it was;
saw blood coming from head of de.
ceased; the Indian had no weapon
with him that L saw; don't know
that they had any fuss before;
neither were tight at the time that
1 know of; this happened between
7 and s o'clock Saturday night.
1 heard Mufioz say when he
struck deceased, "l'll learn you to
insult women"
Maria Delagloria sworn: last
Saturday this Indian (the deceased)
came hero to me and wanted to
borrow knife; he said "a knife
that's no account, to scratch cOun-
ter that L have got to clean; when
he was cleaning the counter some
| boys tried to turn the counter over;
the Indian chased the boys, when
the mother of the boys came out
and began to scold the Indian;
| then MuiioZ came out and took up
the quarrel and called the Indian
names; Trinidad knocked the In
dian down twice with his fist; the
Indian then got up and tried to go
w WI ~ VII VIC SodhtSl pho
Trinidad showed him away and
would not let him work; Trinidad
picked up a tub and struck the In
dian on the head with it three
times; then the Indian thrust at
Trinidad with the old knife that he
(the Indian) had in his hand. but
did not touch him; the Indian
then started to run to tho restau-
rant, and, as he got to the door,
Trinidad knocked him down with
a hoe which he held in his hand;
the Indian did not speak after he
had fallen; don't know why Il doc.
tor was not called for the injured
man. 1t was late in the day, was
not dark yet.
The evidence of Francisco Chorbo
was then taken, but he knew moth
ing of the fracas.
The hoe with which Garcia had
been struck down was exhibited to
the jury. From the appearance OF
the implement it was evident that
the wound had been inflicted with
the blade, the sharp corner of which
had penetrated the Indians skull.
The stout oak handle was shattered,
evidently, by the force of the blow.
The Coroner, assisted by Dr..
Richardson, made u post norton
examination of the deceased to es-
tablish the precise character of the
wound, after which the jury re-
turned a verdict that Garcia came
to his death on the 30th day OF
April from the effects Of wound
inflicted Saturday, April 9th, by
one Trinidad Mufioz.
Mufioz was examined before
Judge Baldwin yesterday afternoon
and held in $4,000 for his appear
ance before the Grand Jury.