Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-07-21
AROUND THE CITY.
A Mexican Attempts to Kill
a Woman.
SHOT TWICE THROUGH THE ARM
+. NJ. Garrett Makes a Statement
Concerning His Family Affairs
Other City Events

About O'Clock last night Mexican,
named Manuel Ramirez, shot at ard
wounded Maria Antonia de Green, q
widow, at No. 504 East Eighth street,
and, failing in his attempt to kill her,
shot himself in the left ear to avoid
being taken alive. He also shot five
times at the two citizens who captured
him and notified the police. 1t appears
that for come time past his victim and
another widow named Refugia Redondo
have been living at the house where the
shooting occurred, with a family
named Lelong, to whom both
are dietantly related. Ramirez, who
is about 35 years Of age. became enam-
CURED of Refugia, and two weeks ago
asked her to marry him. When she re-
fused he beat her and blackened one of
her eyes, which tended to widen the
breach between them. Seeing his love
was slighted, he turned bis attention to
Maria, and yesterday he rendered her
his hand in marriage. She also rejected
him and he then swore he would kill
the whole outfit, as we'll as himself. He
went away, but returned about hall. f.past
eight O'Clock and, without a word of
warning, walked into the house and,
opening the door of the room in which
Maria was sitting, commenced shooting
at her with small pistol. The first shot
missed its aim, but the second and third
took effect in her right arm,
above and below the elbow. The woman
shrieked for help and reused the neigh
bors, who ran to the house. Hearing
them coming, Ramirez ran into the rear
of the house and hid behind a pile of
grapevine stumps, with pistol in each
hand, that in the right being a "bull-
dog" and that in the left being an old Colt
cap and ball pistol. just at the time the
shots were fired, Mr.. F. A. Pooley, the
Spring-street coal and wood merchant,
was putting up his team at his home
near by, and he, accompanied by one of
his employees named Walters, ran over
to the scene. Both men, unarmed and
without light, proceeded to look for
Ramirez in the yard. The fret intima-
ton received of his presence was the
firing of three ehots simultaneously from
the "bull dog'' at Walters, who was the
nearest to him, one OF them pass
daunted, however, Pooley picked up a
lpSh hhbt hhJAlbE ~ tho i5ttOWy fida
the satisfaction of seeing him drop as if
struck on the head. Walters then
jumped at him, but Ramirez turned and
pointed the Colts pistol at him. just as
he was about to fire, however, Pooley
kicked the gun out of his hand, and it
exploded in the air. The prisoner then
placed the "bulldog" to his own head and
fired, the bullet entering his left ear.
His captors then jumped on him and
held his arms down, while one Of the
neighbors rang up the police from the
City Gardens. In the meantime Rami-
rez begged his captors to shoot him and
put him out of his misery, but on learn
ing that his victim, Maria, was not dead
he did not appear 80 anxious to die him
self He was taken to the police
station in the patrol wagon, and DIR.
Morrison attended to his injuries. DR..
Wing went down to attend to Maria de
Green, and found her wounds to be pain
full flesh wounds only, the bullets in
both cases having gone right through the
arm without severing any arteries. In
neither case is any fatal result antici-
pated. and at midnight both parties were
resting TRANQUILITY.