The herald., 1893-05-05
PASADENA.

PASADENA, CAL, May 4.-The pre-
liminary hearing of Juan Marcus,
the Mexican who shot young Petit
OF La Canada yesterday, came up in Jus.
tice Lswrence's court at IL O'Clock this
morning.
Capt. J. ID. Yocum was appointed by
the court as counsel for the defendant,
and an interpreter was secured, as the
Mexican cannot understand English.
Through him it was learned that the
Mexican's name was Marcus Dallantine,
although he has always gone by the
name Of Juan Marcus.
A plea of not guilty was entered, and
1.-THE prisoner remanded to jail until 10
O'Clock tomorrow morning when the evil
dence will be introduced.
Lorenzo Martins, the Canuek who
was with the Mexican at the time of this
shooting, was also brought up on the
charge OF being an accessory to the as
sault to commit murder, and his case
was postponed until tomorrow morning
at . O'Clock.
Mr.. Hall, the gentleman upon whose
ranch the shooting occurred, and for
whom the parties were working, was in
terviewed.
He desired to correct the statement
that the gun used by the man was his
property, stating that it belonged to q
Mexican, and that he had always been
very careful to keep fire arms away from
the greasers in his employ. He was
much worked up over the unprovoked
attack that was made upon young Petit,
and expressed determination to push
the case against the Mexican.
He states that the Canuck told other
Mexicans in his employ that when the
boy came riding along and spoke to
them, that Marcus, who was half full at
the time, asked him for come wine, and
upon his paying no attention to his re-
request drew up his shotgun, with the
expression, damn you, take that. and
that" ct the same time firing both bar
rels of the gun at him.
The loads wers fortunately OF small
shot, for if ths sg hed RsaR bsks sb s ths
iSHfsre the time. AZ tits, he had over
70 shot embedded in his face, but 1t is
thought that the skull was not pene-
trated, and the doctors now express
confidence in his recovery.
Much interest is being taken in the
case, the courtroom being crowded dur
ing the hearing.
AN UNJUST STATEMENT.
The Star of last evening contained a
statement to the effect that Mr.. Jessie
Merrill, late manager of tbs Postal Tel
egraph company OF this place, had left
this city suddenly, and that he was in
volved in his accounts with the COM
pany.
Mr.. Frank Fl. Merrill. the vouno
mans father, desires to state that the
account does an injustice to Mr.. Mer-
rill, that he left the employ of the com
pany on the first of the mouth, and that
bis accounts were in a satisfactory con-
dition. Furthermore, that he left snf.
ncient sum to cover all owed by him.
Mr.. Merrill has always borne an excel
lent reputation in this city, and the
statement referred to did him much in
Justice.
ATHLETIC SPORTS.
Saturday afternoon lovers OF athletic
sports will have chance to see some
good sports. A baseball game will be
played on the Athletic club grounds be-
tween University club and the A, G. |
Foss team OF this CITY. The personnel |
OF the home club is as follows: Long |
head, catcher; Kamer, pitcher; Newly. !
shortstop; Benedict, first base: Amet'
second base; Boynton, third base |
Palmateer, left field; Blatenburg, center I
field; Bebee, right field.
football game will also come off on |
Saturday afternoon between the Los An
geles high school eleven and the Pasa.
dena high school team, which ia made
up OF the following boys:
Ed Hart, full back ; V. Craig, left half;
Jack Craig, right half; Fred Roche,
quarter back; DON McGilvary, right
Dack George Baldwin, right tackle;
Arcnie frice, right guard Wilson Lee,
center; Gale Mccoy, left guard All
end. -0-'
BALDWIN vs. RiTzMAN.
A civil suit, in which A. E. Baldwin
sued J. W. Ritzman to recover wages al
legged to be due him, came IN in ,rus-
tice Lawrence's court this morning
Captain Yocum appearing for the de.
.endant. The plaintiff was represented
Ivy John d. Hsbbick, this being his
maiden case. The arguments were long
and the case had to be postponed until
tomorrow afternoon, when the Justice
VIII tske the matter under advisement,
NOTES.
A son was announced yesterday at the
home OF Mr.. and Mrs. VIM, Lewis. on
East First street.
More water ia needed on our business
Hreets. The dust is very annoying,
Work is progressing rapidly on the
bundetioE for the new Throop uolvfech.
lic building, on Raymond avenue and
chestnut street.
The death Of Mrs. Efie Nelson. aged
Is years, occurred in this city YESTERDAY
rom consumption. The DECEASED had !
lnly been in this section a short time. :
pming from the east on account Of iii,
lealth. The funeral services will be !
ield from the undertaking parlors OF Lin Z
Nearly all women nave good hair thouob
Fany are gray and few are bald aall,s Eajr !
tenewer restores the natural color and thios- I