The record-union., 1891-05-11
PEDRO LEARA'S KNIFE.
he Used It Freely on Four Persons
Yesterday.
Iamaletown Thrown Into a Fever Of
EXcitement-What Barrel
of Wine Did.

Inc tamale quarter was the scene of
great excitement yesterday afternoon,
ana as the result the City Physician stood
IN the Receiving Hospital, with his coat
and hat off, and his shirt-sleeves rolled
up, for about two hours, dressing the
wounds of the victims of Pedro Leara's
knife.
They were four in number, and each
waited for his turn in the private office Of
The Chief of Police, which adjoins the hos
pital. The scene would have reminded
an oldE soldier of an army surgeons op-
erating-roOm. Fortunately, none of the
persons who stood there shedding their
blood were dangerously wounded.
A room in the ''tamale joint on the
northeast corner of Fourth and L streets
was the scene of the commencement of
the trouble. Two or three women and as
many men-and all Mexicans-were en-
joying themselves over
A BARREL OF "FooT'' WINE.
Some of the party had imbibed alto
gether too freely for their own good.
Pedro Leara began to get boisterous, and
an endeavOr was made to put him to bed
a couple Of the women caught hold Of
him and were leading him to an outer
room when Francisco Hormaecheo made
q remark which Pedro considered insult
ing to him, and he broke away from the
women and
RUSHED AT FRANCISCO,
At the same time drawing his pocket
knife and opening the big blade.
Francisco was too quick for his assail-
ant, however, and ran out upon the side
walk before Pedro could make thrust at
him. The latter then grew very much
tod Nd I Il
he made Tor ESteyan NalenZuelO, an aged
Mexican, who was endeavoring to restore
quiet.
FIRST BLOOD FOR PEDRO.
In twinkling the infuriated man had
seized NalenZuelO and driven the knife
into him, first in the breast, and then in
back. In the struggle the old man caught
the blade of the weapon in his left hand
and received a slash across the ball of the
thumb.
An old woman named Seferina Sando-
bal, attempted to prevent him from doing
further execution with the knife, and he
turned upon her and struck her in the
breast with it.
HE RUNS AHIUCK.
Leara then ran out of the back door to
the sidewalk on Fourth street, followed
by the old man and woman and dozens of
others who had been attracted by the
cries Of those in the house All started
IN pursuit of the knife-wielder, who
turned into the alley between L and NJ
streets and started toward Fifth.
4 young man named Charles Salinas
Joined in the chase, and followed the
fleeing man to Fifth and NJ streets. At
this corner Charles Warren attempted to
stop the latter, and was rewarded for his
pains by receiving
A STAB IN THE LEFT ARM,
Near the elbow, and he concluded he had
better not join Salinas, who was endeay-
oring to run Pedro down. The latter two
ran up NJ street to Sixth, and Salinas had
almost seized his man, when the latter
whirled around and sank the blade into
the teshy portion of Salinas left fore
arm. The men struggled for few mo-
ncnts and Pedro was finally overpowered
and taken to the police station
The people Of the neighborhood were
al out on their sidewalks. and for a time
the excitement was intense.
PEDRO's VICTIMS.
Chief Drew and officer Arlington ar
rived after Pedro had been arrested, and
took all the injured persons to the police
station.
The stabs in Salinas and Warren,s
arms were only slight wounds, and a
couple Of stitches in each was all that was
needed.
Valenzuelo, the old man, had a stab
nearly three-quarters Of an inch deep in
the back of his right shoulder, and one in
the right breast, which came near pene-
trating the lung. The cut in the right
hand was an ugly one, and five stitches
We're required to draw the flesh to-
gether.
Mrs. Sandabal was cut at the base of
the muscles on the left side of the neck,
The wound was slight.
Pedro Leara, the young man who did
the carving, was found to have received
a cut on the back ofthe head He claimed
that he was intoxicated and did not
know what he was doing. A charge of
assault to murder will be placed against