San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-11-17

With the equinoxes on our voyage, and
lso if we could not hit some point of
spain so as to avoid crossing the Pyre-
ices mountains and the possibility of
alling again into the hands of brigands. 4
% which replied that, knowing moth
ng of the northern part of Spain and !
Is people, we stood chance of finding I
rude climate, unsuitable to travelling
{ this time of year, and an inhospitable /;
and that, as our object was :
o reach the south as quickly as posi- .
lie, it would be more to our advantage !
0 find ship going through the straits :
which would carry us as far as Alicante .
r Valencia. And, Mol supporting my 9
rgument very vigorously, Dawson gave h
ray with much less reluctance than I =
Spected at the outset. But, indeed, the 4
God fellow seemed now ready to make q
| sacrifice of himself so that he might
his Moll joyous again. a
Then 1 entered his shop the next !,
Icing, found him with his coat off, 9,
,capers, a wooden platter in his
o'"'s tambourine and the sweat q
met Town his face. q
exchans couple of stone or so too \
conductsl boleros," gasps he, COM Ii
hoard tho but l doubt not by the I,
vt Alicante there'll not T.
and heard Cos convoy for c.ntero in
Mexican to SIT sail witbs," where
upon QuinterC ch Roe Gomez
1t was an old Remington rifle
aud the bullet entered Gomez's
back and came out through the
heart. Death followed instantly.
Gomez had just returned from
town on his horse. He held his
horse by rope in his left hand
and the bullet passed through his
wrist, breaking it.
David Flores, who lives near by,
heard the shot, and on arriving on
the scene, rode to town to notify
the police. Sheriff Campbell, Coro.
ner Jones, Detective Shelly, Dep
uty Sheriff Schreiner and reporters
for the LIGHT and Express went
out in buggies.
The dead man was found in
front of Cuevas' store, with his
body on the sidewalk and his head
under a gate. A little dog, which is
said to belong to Quintero, was ly-
ing between the dead mans legs.
The corpse was pulled out and laid
in the road, where Coroner Jones
viewed it.
What the direct cause Of the
deed is no one seems to know
Both men were we'll known in that
neighborhood and have lived there
the past five or six years. Gomez
up to last September lived with
Quintero in the same house on the
latter's field, which formerly be
longed to Captain Morril Poor
They got into quarrel, the cause
Of which nobody knows, and Quin.
tero told Gomez to leave his house
Gomez did so and secured EN-
ployment ON a field near the
Salado, where he also made his
home.
On the night of last September
16, while the Mexican celebration
was in progress and
dance was going on nea
l. San Jose mission, a stool
of fodder belonging to Quinter
was set afire. Sheriff Campbell
t was notified and went out to tn
e place the following day. Quin
It tero suspected Gomez, bu
o would not make an affidavit
!. against him. Sheriff Camp
r. bell discovered the trail of the fire
N bug, but that was as far as h
II got. 1t is said that Quintero re
Gently applied to a fortune telle
n to aid him in discovering the MAJ
r who set fire to his fodder. The for
'e tune teller's description CORES
pended with that of Gomez and i
e, is said that since then Quinter
lie has suspected Gomez stronge
K than ever.
N The murdered man did not shoy
IL up around San Jose Mission fror
rs the time he left Quintero's plac
is until last night. 1t is said he wa
very drunk when he came arounC
of Quintero, upon seeing Gomez, in
@, mediately went into his hous,
TX which is across the street fror
t. Cuevas' store, and got his gun, an
st went up to Gomez. He addresse
him first and cursed him in Mex
ed can, after which he shot him.
sh Gomez was about a. years of az
of and unmarried. When found des
eel he rad a bottle Of whisky in h
ne pocket. He was roughly clad, b1
rs. his clothes were evidently ney
ng and he seemed to be out on
drunk. Quintera is about 40 yea
rs of age and has a wife. He
es known to be sober, industriol
roon Tho m n, rd ara6 m q m uoc O Il