San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-08-22
PRICE SIS a Year
A BLOODY DEED.
SLEEPING WOMAN ATTACKED
SAIAGELY.
Hr Head Beaten With a Heavy
Hatchet and Skull Crushed
One Man Accused.


Yesterday morning, when the little
Swear old daughter of Mrs Annie
g )mez, nee Rodriguez, went to her
mothers room 1T her home on North
Leons street, to awaken her, she found
her mother lying on the floor, near
the bed, with blood all about her, and
unconscious. She ran out and sum-
moned assistance. Officer O'Connor
went with the girl and found tn 9
woman not dead but unconscious, and
had her conveyed to the city hospital,
not far away. She had been struck
several times on the head with
some instrument which had frac-
tured her skull. The deed
had evidently been committed
during the night. while she slept,
| The blows were on the left side of
her head above her left ear, and were
| evidently caused by an axe, which
was found by her side, bloody, and
covered with hair and pieces of
| flesh. She must have lain on her
right side and afterwards rolled out
| OF bed.
Who the murderous ruffian was
| that did the cowardly deed is not
known as yet. Mrs. Gomez was the
| divorced wife of Jose Gomez, who Is not
known to be in the city. She had
had many male callers and on Sstur-
day night the little girl, SO she says,
heard her mother quarrelfng with q
man named Romaldo Spiteo, who
lives at SIS San Marcos street. Spiteo
| had frequently called on her mother
| and the little girl thinks 1t was he
| Saturday night. though she did not
see him. The officers could not learn
| anything from The woman, who was
unconscious all day. They arrest d
Spiteo, at his house, where they
| found him in his SHIRT sleeves, spit
| ting kindlipg wood. He seemed sur
prised, but put on his coat and went
to jail with the officers. He was not
charged with the deed, but is held to
await developments. He stated that
he had called on the woman as
good many other men did. The last
time he called was Saturday
morning and he went home
early Saturday night and did
| not leave the house again that night.
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came in about 10 O'Clock Saturday
night and remained all night. He
has known the woman about one
| year and six months. She is seam
stress. Heis horse buyer, employed
by J. G.. Moody, and is said to be q
| reliable, industrious man, who has
never before been arrested.
A reporter was permitted to inter-
"a III
found him resting easy in his private
| cell. Alter few questions the man
| said: 81 stayed at this woman's house
| OH Friday night. and on Saturday
morning got up about O'Clock. She
gave me cup of coffee and left. L
did not see her again until after she
had been hurt. l went from the house
to work and at 9 o'clock in the evening
went to the barber shop. got shaved
and went directly home"
HAS this woman been receiving
callers besides yQurself?"
Eyes sir, 1 know OF several who
have gone there. She is noted as q
woman OF not very good morals"
"Where is her husbsnd?"
ale left her about four years ago,
but has since been with her and
6UOub SIX InOutns ago, no dbIeuIpleu
to kill her with knife while walking
across a field with her"
The man denies the charge and
says he can prove his innocence. He
would not give any mere facts and
would not give the names of the
parties who had frequented her house
recently.
The woman's father was murdered
some years ago, and Gomez, her hus-
band. was arrested and charged with
the crime. 1t was afterward proven
t. have been committed by the old
man g son.
Gomez was arrested again, after
this, while he was in Jail here,
charged with some offense, and taken
to Blanco where he was accused of
having tried to burn down q house
and murder the family. To this he
proved an alibi, to the effect that he
was in Jail here at the time the deed
was committed.