Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-06-18
MURDER AND LYEcHiNG.
Santa Clara County the Scene Of a Double
Tragedy

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SAN JOSE, june 17th.-News reached here
this evening about o'clock that murder,
followed by the lynohing of the murderer,
, had occurred at the village of Los Gatos ten
miles southwest of this city, on the line of
the 5. Z. @. r. r. An hour or two later
your correspondent was on the gronnd, and
found the community undisturbed and as
dumb as oysters as to what had occurred.
The dead bodies of Raphael Merival and
Encarnscion Garcia, stretched beside each
other under the same sheet in Lyndon Hall,
told the CHASTITY story. It appears that the
former. who is Mexican aged about 90
years, and the latter. aged about "a years,
had been engaged in card game in a saloon
adjoining the Los Gates Hotel. Both hsd
been drinking, and quarreled over the game,
and about 3 P. ". qlit and went outside.
When in front of Lyndon Hall they were
seen to elinch, and minute later the old
man fell and the younger ore ran off, turning
behind the hotel People who ran to the
old mans assistance discovered that he
was dead. having been stabbed through the
heart, TIE knife with which he had besn
killed being found by bis side The weapon
was double,edged dirk with an eight-inch
blade, and it had evidently passed clear
through the heart. A few minutes later
Garcia was arrested by the citizsns where he
concealed himself, and was by them surren-
derei to Constable Reynolds, who locked him
in the cslaboose-a small wooden structure
near the Los Gatos bridge. The Constable,
after locking him up, went home. Shortly
after the citizens began to congregate and
talk over the murder in desultory way. The
discussion grew warm, and within twenty
minutes after the man was locked up ons or
two men appeared with
AXES AND A ROPE,
And few minutes later the lock Of the jail
door had been broken eff, the prisoner seized,
and a moose adjusted about his neck. he
protested that the killing was in self-5efeDse,
and also stated that the man had killed him.
self. He was speedily taken to the bridge,
the rope fastened to the hand rail, the other
end being about his neck, and he was thrown
off, the fall being twenty-four fact. The
crowd then quietly dispersed, and half an
hour later no ono in the town could be found
who seemed to know anything about the
affair. Constable Reynolds was notified that
a man was hanging to the bridge, and ne went
over and cut the body down aud had it
conveyed to Lyndon Hall, where the
man he had killed had been conveyed.
At 6 P. NJ. Sheriff Branham reached
Los Gatos, but could learn nothing about the
matter, further than is here stated. It was
utterly impossible to find single man who
knew anything about who took part in the
lynching. Those whom he talked with said
that they heard that Garcia had committed
suicide. Constable Reynolds, vino seemed to
be disinterested, told the Sheriff that he knew
locked Garcia in the Jail, and in lsss than an
hour some one came to his house and stated
that the prisoner was hanging to the bridge;
that he went there, found him dead, and cut
him down. He further added that ne did not
know any of the parties concerned, and.
judging by shis actions. did not care.
Ths Shsrif returned at 10 o'clock to-
night without any clue, as far as Is
known, but will go back in the
morning and ferret out, ii possible,
the men engaged in the lynching.
THE VICTIMS.
Raphasl Meriyal, the man who was stabbed,
is the stepfather to Bruno Uyoa, the man
who is now serving twenty-five years in San
Quentin for the murder of Charles Parr
about five years ago. Encarnacion Garcia,
the murderer, is resident Of the town Of
Santa Clara, snd was q nephew to the noto-
rious Tiburcio Vasquez, who was hanged here
several years ago. OF late Garcia has been
employed on ranch in the vicinity of Los
Gstos, and was Oh his way from Santa Clara
to the ranch when the killing occurred. The
lynching is generally acquiesced in by the
people of this city, and is looked upon as the
result Of the verdict Of acquittal in the Ma.
jors case. It is not likely that any great
effort will be made to prosecute the lynchers,
as public opinion upholds them. An inquest
will be held at Los Gatos at l o'clock to.mor-
row, when additional facts will probably be
aIinited