The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-11-11
BUTCHERED.
A Frightful Domestic Tragedy
on WheelOck Place.
Augustin olaguez Shoots and Wounds His
Wife and Then Cuts His Throat-The
Plaintive Prayer of Their Baby.

In the basement of the house at Whee-
lock place a bloody tragedy was enacted
about 10 o'clock last night. Augustin Ola
guez, bootblack, formerly employed in the
barber-shop of the Baldwin Hotel, shot hi,
wife and cut his throat with razor.
The place is situated off Vallejo street, be-
tween Powell and Stockton. When the
police patrol wagon arrived at the scene the
apartments looked like ughter-house,
and although the tragedy occurred in the
basement. where the couple lived with their
children, both were found upstairs in the
apartments of Mrs. Semori.
From the statement of this woman and
others 1t appears that OlagueZ came home
and asked his wife if she intended to live
with him or continue to run around with bad
company, as he evidently thought she was
doing. She replied that she had always
been true 10 him and would continue SO II he
would stop drinking.
HE BID HER GooD-BY.
The man then went upstairs and bid Mrs.
Senori good-by, also Cauti0ning her that II
she heard any noise downstairs not to come
down. lie then descended, and second
later she heard two shots, and Mrs. OlagueZ
started upstairs screaming.
When she was half way up another and
third shot was fired, and as she reached the
top landing still another. This last shot
took effect in the back of the neck Of the
fleeing wcman and she fell prone upon the
floor and dragged herself as best she could
10 the adjoining room.
The desperate bootblack then went to the
locking glass, and standing before it, DELHI
erately drew a razor and cut his throat from
ear to ear. The blood spurted over the
lounge that was In front OF the glass and
also over the floor
HE KISSED HIS LITTLE ONES.
Then with wonderful nerve lie went to the
bed where his babes were sleeping and
kissed them, covering both with gore and
waking the younger one, girl "a years Old.
Olaguez thereupOn str0de upstairs and en-
tered the front room of Mrs. Semori. where
he laid down and placed the cuspidore I'M
der his neck to catch the dripping blood.
1t was i'll that position that Officer Hugh
Smith and Special Mclntyre found him.
When they entered the basement bedroom
they found the baby, that had been
awakened, kneeling in the bed, despatched
with her fathers gore and lisping.
Please God, bless my mamma and
papa"
The children were left to the care of the
neighbors, and the couple was removed as
quickly as the ambulance could take them
TO the City Receiving Hospital.
SIDE BY SIDE IN THE HOSPITAL.
A CHASTITY sight was presented when the
young husband and his still younger wife
we're laid on operating tables placed side by
side and Police Surgeon Williams and
O'Brien, with their assistants. began to
operate upon them.
The p stol that had been used was of the
English bulldog pattern, and the bullet en-
tered deep into the woman's neck. 1t took
twenty minutes probing TO locate it, and
then it was found 10 have passed nearly
through. 1t was extracted with some diff
Guilty, and the doctors stated that there was
shadow of hopefor her life.
During all this time the husband was
braced up with pillows calmly viewing the
operation. The razor had severed the wind
pipe, and it took eighteen stitches to close
| up the gaping wound in his throat.
| He stood the operation pretty well, how
ever, and when 1t was completed he mo-
| toned for pencil and paper. He wrote in
legible hand. Please lei my mother come
in and see me-
With some assistance he walked to bed
in the hospital ward and lay down. His
mother took one look at him and Vas taken
away fanting. THE surgeons declared that
his wound is necessarily fatal, although he
showed wonderful vitality.
oLAGUEZ WELL SPOKEN OF.
The neigbbors all spoke well of Olaguez,
saying that he was Woodworking young
man who tried to provide well for his FAM
lily. He is of Mexican parentage and
about 20 years of age. His wife is just 10,
OF European extraction, and quite prepos-
| sessing. Her maiden name was Martha Bat
ties. Her sister, Clara Battles, a notorious
woman, died about two years ago. Her
only living sister called at the hospital to
see her last night.
Olaguez worked for Lampe, the proprie-
tor of the Baldwin barber-shop until the lat
ter cut his throat in the same way about
three months ago. Then he,went Just across
Powell street 10 work in an opposition shop
as bo0tblack, which place he held at the
time of the unfortunate affair.
Both Of their children are girls. the eldest
years of age. Olaguez has mother, father
and one brother living. 1t is generally de-
MED that he was dissipated.