San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1892-06-09
A BOY HUNT.
PoLIOEMEN AFoOT AND HORSE
BACK ENGAGE
They Surround and Fire ut Boy
Who Fires at Ihem With
Shotgun Narrow IFS
cape Of Citizens.

ting at the supper table, young Henry
Moths, aged about 10, son of A. n
Moths, of Hager & Moths, engaged
in dispute with his'younger brother
which nearly ended in murder.
After quarreling for some time the
younger brother threw q potato al
| Henry, who threw q fork back.
They then rose and commenced to
fight, and after q few minutes
Henry got a single barrel
breech- loading IL bore hammerless
shot gun and going outside with q
pocket full of cartridges, co nmenced
| to fire on tho house. The neigh 6ors
started to interpose, but he kept them
back and finally went into the street.
Some one then went and
called up police headquarters.
When the shooting commenced the
mounted officers schumacher and
Peterson, were upon North Flores
street at John TESTS place, looking
for a man. They heard of the fuss
and made for the station. By
the time they had arrived
three telephone calls had been
sent in and Captain Hennessy,
Charlie Schreiner and Joe Martinez
had left for the scene, the for former
two in buggy and Martinez on horse
back. On arriving at the place
Hennesy and the two men with him
alighted.
THEIR STATEMENT.
Moths was holding about twelve
men at bay and bad fired several
shots with no effect. The cap.
tain rushed up to him aud said
"what the hill are you doing
with that gun!" Moth answered
saying, "That's none of your d-n
business" The Captain then said,
"put 1t down." in reply to which
Moths raised it and fred at the Cap
tain, who managed by miracle
to escape receiving the full ben.
eft of the load. Some say that as they
went around the corner, the captain
leading, Moths raised his gun and
fred. Hennessy stepped back and es
capped being shot, but Schreiner re
ceived the load in his neck and face
At this juncture the mounted men
arrived and got on both sides of him
Moths made for Peterson and aiming,
fred but missed his mark as Joe
Martinez, the pound man, ran between
the two and received the load in the
breast. which was me ant for Peterson.
AS Moths was trying to put in an.
other cartridge, the mounted officers
caught him and securing him with
hand cuffs started him off to jail. At
this time Mr.. Kliefoth came up ano
wanted to strike the man and got
angry when the officers would not let
him do his work.
On turning the first corner the
officers came upon crowd
OF about fourteen men who demanded
the prisoner, whom they said they
wanted to kill. Their demands were
refused and the mob dispersed.
NEIaHBORs' VERSION.
Accounts OF the shooting by the
neighbors and citizens living in the
vicinity, tally very singularly as to
the reck less manner in which the ON.
Gers handled their pistols and did
the shooting. 1t Is estimated that
40 or SO shots were fired. Several
struck houses or passed through
them. One bullet passed through
Mr.. Kliefoth's house. Another
came very near DIR. Hertzberg's
head, at his residence, and the
Schultz brothers. houses were also
bonn barded. The boy only had Q
shot gun filled with small bird
shot, and had to load afterhe fired
the shots and could have been
captured then without all this chas-
ing of five men after beardless boy.
And It was hardly necessary for
the biggest officer In the lot to
90 M to him after he
had surrendered and knock him
silly by q powerfully directed blow
when he did not have his hands
raised.
The affair should be thoroughly in
vestigated on one side as we'll as the
other.
Martinez received the worse
wounds of the two and Is confined to
his bed with them. The shot tore q
large hole in his coat and vest and
buried itself in his breast. Some
struck his badge and glancing were
buried in his left arm. Had he not
worn a h savy coat the results would
probably have been fatal.
This morning an affidavit wac sworn
out against Moths, bringing two
charges of assault with intent to Kill
and murder against him, one on Mar.
ninez and the other on Schreiner. 1t
is not improbable that Captain Hen .
Messy will also bring charge against
him. The prisoner was sent to jail,
| default of a$l 500 bond.
| Henry Moths is about 10 years of
age, of medium height and good look.
ing. He is from New Orleans, but
has been in the employee of Hugo d
Schneider for some time and was
recently promoted from collector to
bookkeeper. All who know him