New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-11
THE SOTELDO TRAGEDY.
TILE ASSALANT DYING.


RAPiDLY-A C. soT LIDO UNDER ARREST FOR
FIRING THE FATAL tot.
WASHINGTON. Feb 10.-At 1890 o'clock tonight
A. NJ Soteldo IT, one of the victims of the a:ray in
The ReDu iirda office last evening was reported to
be in dying condition. He has been sinking grad
ually since morning He regained entire
consciousness this afternoon, although he
is paraly,ed from the head down, and
his death il only a question of a short time.
In conversation with his friends he dsclaims having
had any intention shoot Mr. Barton. He says the
latter fir d the first shot hut he frgivcs him for IT.
He has TINS far de lined to make any legal ante
mortem statement hut says. in addti to the fore
going remark. that he had carried a pistol for
several days merely for his protection as he had
been sleeping alone in a house in a remote part
+ of the city.
Mr.. Barton co7tinucs to Improve rapidly. In an
interview this afternoon he made the following
state neut:
vas string at NV desk whom sotedo and his brother
came N when -oted came tn the door. sPoke 70 rim
anG ID 80 nv in" re .~1bhed air and. coming
nrTnd SIT down brsd' Ii- bro her stood mp q the
Other end ~ th" room Sotcldo pulled out paper am
r'iid ~ II thi~ IT, "a ,Au g1te II to Nr i'orhah NJ
i not c'Tn," he -at cad T. r"pIhrd;
Eu and struck me on re he d. kn rkius me down mo
ilc corner Then. Fhrn jumped y, bee gTabh me by
young so'eidl. who WIS stud NJ III" NJ ihe
II 10y side of h. Rom. begin firing g1rbb my p''"
snois were hrel. d "a know whether fred or not
Af"r he Tor her had fred two or rur-e times snt %
d pprd while = III strnggl wi b me. tneu ran ov'r
~ pr' Trltr form f'r b. I'M uIw, ana ne n
INTO VI. loves room adjoining mine. Not henE le
with It. We scn1led 70 n bend of the steps Here
fuu hecaUse feared the elder SOtelIo following
not moving how ably mi red. WHOM |
turned the ysun< ntacs ed me agaiu and. Graphing
b..1- badly bruised
Mr.. Barton said rfterward that he elder Soteldo
made an effort ct something from his right-hand
brcast-porket during the melee but he does not
think he tired a shot. " If had shot Soteldo" he
Snid. would have shot him in he abdomen, for 1
pr - q my " apon agains him there"
A. G. Sot ldo was arr.igned in the Police Court
to-day charged with assault and battery With IN
tent to kill his brother. Antonio NJ. Soteldo. lie
was committed to jail to await the result of his
brothers injuries. Assistant District Attorney
Moore saws he has no official knowledge of the case.
Is yet
The litter feeling the part o. A. NJ. So edo, jr,
agai ~ Mr.. Rar.ou the ult of certain publ
cat ol> Ia he Reyabiiraa. On Jauuary ID The Re-
pRb'icag published local article hralrd " SOtrl
a Il Kcogan." in whic1 was given an account of
night between the two men in a diSreputable house.
>otcido. the ar icle stated, hid punished
J. T. Krcgan for an insult 10 a woman
and had put him ont Of the house ~ot do was
arrested on a ch1rg- Of a-saul and battery, and
bv So,cldo The later gave bail. but Kceg IN, i
vas atcd. ESCAPED from police officer while
in ,ear. of Sc unity. He was af erward arrested.
but ~oteldo decided not to prosecute him. he
ar icle spoke in anyt ing but COM
plimeutary terms of both men. On
Thursday ano her article appeared. giving
what purporcd e. be the details of effort on
teldo- part 10 obtain from a compositor in The lie
pubiicdp office the manuscript of the nr-t article by
the payment Of -. Just Why Mr. ~Oteldo. jr., de-
sirc- the or ginal manuscript il not rnowu," said
The EpublicdD, but he ought to remember tina ri
berry il not journalism. ard IN such propositiol
coming from the Ter, 10 senate c0mmIt'ce would
naturally tend To destroy cOniden G. in said clerk"
This the article continued in substance was poor
r. urn 10 a newspaper which at the soil tatiou Of
himself and his friends had refra ned from publ sL-
ing lard Of Colonel Heegan in connection with
the same affair last month His signal f.ilurei in his
efforts at so-caed reform" while managing dior
of The Republican was also referred to failnre
TO be- very ua urlllY expectcd WIN Mr.. Sotrldn's
connection with "A wcll-known blac >mailing sheet
in New-lO X. namely. TIE Free Lance. was 50 well
rem. mbor d."
No danger of a personal encounter was aPpre-
hended aft the ap rarlnce Of the IRIS. artl lie,
bu, when the second one WAS published acquaiut-
ancc. of the -ot"ldos AID Barton believed it more
than probable that the latter wonld he a tarned.
To the story of the atruy old this morning by
F. B. Conger and tonight by Mr. Bar
ton there is not much to be- adGel.
MIR. Bar received one bal in the fa tv part ct his
neck and a flesh wound in the right breast. He
complained most Of what appeared to he bruise
behi.d the left ear. At er The tight he
showed rcrnarla le GOODNESS The wound re-
rciycd ~ : lido was in the back If the neck
the bali penetrating deeply INTO tle body,
pcrfortWg the vortehr.r and causing a
tai lt-loH 0f be spinal cord. During yrst rday
the oorrldo brothers Vi ned several dTa u-sncps aud
il l. said that hey announced 20 a'quaintauccs
their intention to gct even with Ihe HCpab'tcH.
SOTFLDO'S WILD CAREER