The morning call., 1894-11-10
HOW R. V. OJEDA WAS SHOT.
She Says 1t Was Done by
Accident.
VERSIONS OF TWO WITNESSES.
Since Sunday the Woman Has Been
i'm Oakland-Ojeda's Critical
Condition.

The mystery surrounding The shooting
of Robert V. Ojeda. the marine engineer, IN
the house of Mrs. Hattie Toy last Sunday
afternoon was partially cleared up last
evening when Mrs. Toy, who has been
missing since the shooting. appeared al
the Central Police station aud gave herself
up, saying as she did so that she under
stood that she was wanted.
She was locked up. and Detectives Dill
lon and Crockett, who have been working
on the case, were then notified, and short
" before midnight they arrived ana exam
med the woman. They also confronted
her with two men who were in the house
when the shooting occurred aud who have
been under arrest since Monday Oh suspi-
cion.
These were Henry DcOley and Thomas
Gahagan, and they were recognized by the
woman as having been in her house on
Sunday.
p4"Now." asked Detective Dillon of Ga
hagau, do you know who shot Oleda?'
''She shot him." replied Gahagan, roint-
ing 10 the woman. 81 saw her do il"
Mrs. Toy said nothing. nor did a muscle
OF her pale face move as she heard the
accusation.
"What did you see?' was asked OF
Dooey.
II was on the other side of the room
and did not see the shooting. | heard the
SHOT and saw Ojeda fall. lie cried out
that he was shot and then said no more.
/ don't know how tho woman got out OF
the house, but / next saw her In a saloon
next door and then said to her that the
shooting was her work. She did not re-
spond and then the people in the house
threw me out. | had been drinking COLI
Siderablv on Sunday and do not remember
all that occurred.
You are sure you didn't shoot Ojeds ?"
was asked.
"Of course. From where | was cOnldn' I
unless | shot him in the back. There was
scnffling between Mrs. Toy and Ojsda."
From ali accounts there must have been
very lively times in the house among the
parties. Another young map, named
Thomas O'Brien, was in the room al the
time Of the shooting, but he has not vet
been caught to give his version of the affair
Mrs. Toy at first denied that she knew
anything about the shooting. She was in
cined to say as little as possible except
that she heard that she was wanted, and
"Here | am" she added.
She finally admitted that she had had a
pistol. but hat she did not know where 1t
was at the present time. After consider
bic cross-examinston she told about the
trouble.
"Ojeda was abusing me-" she said; my
temple Is DlHch anu Dlu6 yet lTUul Oue OF
his blows. Then he drew a knife and
thought my life was in danger. A pistol
was lying on the table and / grabbed it TO
protect myself. Then there was a scuffis
between US and somehow the pistol went
off. | don't know how 1t happened.
didn't know that Ojeda was shot. | was
so frightened that left The house"
Where did you go?"
lover to Oakland. and have been there
until to-day, when, knowing l was want
ed, | came over. And, here l am" she re-
peated again.
'Why did you not come before?''
Because | had very lame leg. and
was afraid if l was locked up it might be
worse"
Mrs. Toy. who is also known as Mrs.
Emerson, took the matter very coolly, and
was for awhile quite guarded in her
answers to the officers questions. After
the shooting occurred, she at last ad-
mitted, she threw the pistol over an ad-
joining fence.
The statement that Gahagan made as to
seeing her do the shouting she denounced
as false. The other members of the party.
except Ojeda, We're in the front room. She
and Oieda were in the bedroom whittier he
had followed her. She maintained that
Gahagan, as TREND OF Ojeda. was preiu-
diced against her.
Let Ojeda make a statement now" she
said in conclusion. He can't say 1 shot
him."
Mrs. Toy, who is 81 years of age, has q
tbirteen-year-old daughter who is living
with some neighbors on Everett street.
Oleda'S condition is still critical, apd the
RecelVlng Hospital surgeon says he is not
out OF danger by any means. A charge of
assault to commit murder was entered
against her name on the prison register.