Los Angeles herald., 1892-11-03

| cTOh. ALI 1O ItlhIlUu IO 6lUUeT. wal
present at the affray. 1 was standing
with Figeuroa and Gotta talking by thu
edge OF the sidewalk opposite the en-
ing about politics. was facing the en-
trance OF the saloon. l saw Lugo com
ing up from the south on the sidewalk
As was turning around 1 heard the
shot. / did not see it fired. At the
sound l turned around. | saw a man
staggering. 1t was Lugo. Then saw
Gotta grab Figueroa and pull him off.
They were not struggling. 1 stopped
down and picked up pistol by the bar
rel. 1t was near Lugo's body. / did
not see Figueroa have a knife in his
hand, or strike Lugo. did not see Lu-
&C going south little before. did not
know they had had trouble before that
day.
Ed ). Niles sworn: 1 live at III Tenn
pie street. l was walking up Spring
street with @. F. Webber and Mr.. Smith.
My attention WAS first attracted by a
shot. / saw Mr.. Figueroa stagger back
He made a half turn. | saw his hand
raised and fall. | saw Lugo fall down
very slowly and Figueroa fall over him
| | think. only saw one blow struck.
1t all happened in very short time. |
thought Lugo's hand with pistol in it
was raised, and Figueroa grabbed it. 1t
was a downward blow Figueroa struck.
Figueroa then walked across the street.
The men standing with Figueroa could
have seen the struggle when they
turned. Figueroa always appeared to
me quiet, nice gentleman.
Afternoon Session.
At the afternoon session w. II. Rob-
inson testified: 1 was up stairs in a
room opposite; saw Figueroa and Lugo !;
it seemed they were trying to pass each
other; saw no blows on either side; /;
before the shot was fired Lugo raised
his hand; when the shot was fred
Figueroa staggered backward, then for
ward, and caught Lugo by the left arm ;
he took the pistol from Lugo's hand and
threw it down on the ground; saw
Figueroa's arm in motion; l did not see
him draw the knife, but saw it in his
hand; when I saw Lugo he had the
pistol in his hand; after Figueroa took
the pistol he caught Lugo by the elbow,
az ii to keep him from falling; Lugo
seemed to be leaning backward on FL
gueroa.
ception saloon, testified substantially
the same as Mr.. Schroeder.
Thomas j. Smith stated that he heard
pistol shot; he saw the pistol in Lu-
go's hand; after the shot Figueroa stag
gered backward and then staggered for
ward and caught Lugo by the left arm
a man with black beard got between
them and tried to separate them; there
were two other men standing near; my
impression is that Figueroa struck at
Lugo three times, hut would not swear
to that; did not see Figueroa draw a
knife, but | saw the motions of his arm
as he struck at Lugo.
A. A. Montana testified as to the orig
inal cause of the enmity between Lugo
and Figueroa. He said: About a year
ago l was attorney for the people in the
assault case between Lugo and Saenz ;
Lugo repeatedly referred to the case
after it was ended, and said that he
would get even with Figueroa.
J. G. Estudillo testified to his attempts
to make peace between the two men,
and to the Ballona trouble between Lugo
and the saloon keeper Saenz-the origin
of the final quarrel which led to the
tragedy.
The evidence OF the latter two gentle
men corroborate the statement in yes
terday's HERALD as also did the testi-
mony OF Figueroa, who was visited by
the coroner and the jury in the receiv-
ing hospital.
Figuero related the trouble between
Lugo and the saloon keeper at Ballona,
about one year ago, and the trial of the
assault case at Santa Monica, in which
the testator was witness, giving evil
dence against Lugo. This was the
origin of the difficulty.
The witness further stated l tried
to get Lugo and Saenz, the saloon
keeper, to be friends, but Lugo would
not, and said he thong hit that Saenz had
bought me to testify against him. 1
testified to what 1 saw, and that was
the cause of our ill-feeling.
AS we were standing in the alley
near the Reception saloon, we were talk
ing about the same affair; we then
went into the room; l sat on one side of
the table, Lugo on the other and Cruz
was between us; asked him if he
thought that Saenz had bought me he
said up to that time we had always been
friends; replied that 1 only swore to
the truth then he said it was lie on
my part; then 1 asked him why he
tried to deny it, and he called me bad
name; told him he had no reason to
call me that; then l struck him in the
face with my left hand. Lugo tried to
put his hand around Cruz, as if search
ing for weapon. l said, "What do you
want and to prove that don't want to
have anything to do with you, you can
take this knife" l took it by the tip end
of the blade and handed it to him.
These details were also printed in the
HERALD yesterday,
Figueroa further testified as to his Of
| fers to make friends with Lugo, which
the latter declined. He called me the
same name after we went out into the
saloon, and 1 struck him again. The
proprietor advised us to shake hands,
but Lugo again refused. We all went
out; l met two friends: we went to the
Reception saloon, and got my knife, as
1 was going home; we then went out on
| the sidewalk, and, as we were talking,
Lugo came up, as if from the south going
north; heard the shot, and whirled
around.
don't remember which way I drew
out my knife and grabbed him do not
know how many times stabbed him; l
only saw his hand when he shot me
the powder burned me; did not have
my knife in my hand when he shot me.
Figueroa was then shown the knife
which he used, and recognized it as his
own. He was asked if he had placed