The record-union., 1896-03-29
A Mexican Sailor Ends HiS Notorious
Career With Murder and Suicide.
Cuts Young Girls Throat and Then
Takes His Own Life.
The Terrible Deed Relieved t0 Have
Been Committed Out of Revuue9 Tor
Having Been Sent to Jail Some
Months Previous on a Charge or
Assault, the Murdered Girl Being
the Complaining Witness.

Ramos, a Mexican sailor and desperate
character, who has given much trouble
to the harbor police for years, ended
his notorious career with murder anu
suicide this morning at O'Clock Pretty
Edna Meyer, daughter of Saloonkeeper
Meyer who conducts a seaman's resort
at the southwest corner of Drumm and
Sacramento streets, was the victim or
the murderer.
The girl, who was about ~ years or
age, was attacked by Ramos in ner
room over her fathers saloon Her
throat was cut by the desperate man, Ia
horrible cash being made with az Keen
razor, and she died within a few mo-
ments from the time the fatal stroke
was delivered. -
Ramos, after committing the muir
der, severed his own jugular and bled
to death before he was discovered by
the occupants of the house.
The tragedy occurred in broad day.
light, about s O'clock and in spite or
the fact that the house which was the
scene of the double crime-was full of
people at the time. Unfortunately the
alarm was not given until it was too
late for anyone to prevent the bloody
work.
The cause of the crime originated
eight months ago, when Ramos, who IS
as black as a negro, was found under
the bed of Miss Meyer in the. room i'm
which she was murdered this morning
She gave the alarm and caused Ramos
arrest on a charge of burglary TINS
charge was dismissed, however, and a
charge of assault substituted. Ramos
was found guilty and was sentenced
to the County Jail for six months
His term of imprisonment expired
two weeks ago and since he regained
his liberty he has been seen several
times hanging around Meyers house
He told some of his acquaintances, who
are seafaring men, that he would get
revenge for the young woman's causing
his arrest.
Soon after Ramos got out iof Jail he
went to Charles McCarthy's sailors
boarding house, on Drumm street, near
Clay, and secured lodging until this
morning, when he intended to ship as
cook on the steamer Rosario. He went
down to the vessel, but afterward left
it.
The murderer must have gone directly
to the Meyer clearinghouse, though no
one saw him elter. The entrance to
the little two-story building Is on
saloon. The door opens on the side
walk. 1t was an easy matter for him
to creep up the small stairway without
being seen. The room of the girl was
just at the head of the stairs, and he
found her there making the bed. She
had just about completed the work,
and in few minutes would have been
away. 1t is possible that the murderer
saw Miss Meyer through the window
from across the street before he en-
tered.
The first intimation of the crime came
when an elderly lady in an adjoining
room heard Miss Meyer Shrek three
times, as though in great pain and
fright. She then heard a groan, heard
some one go down the stairway and
heard something fall heavily to the
floor. Not until she heard the scream
ing of the mother and sister of the dying
girl did she make any move to discover
the cause of the trouble. There were no
men around the house at the time ex-
cept Meyer, who was down stairs behind
the bar Meyer was alone when the
dying girl ran down stairs and into
the saloon. Blood was flowing in
streams down her body. Her clothing
was saturated in a moment, and all she
was able to say, on falling into chair.
was: "The negro! The negro!"
She fell unconscious in another min
ute. Her mother and sister rushed in
from the kitchen and endeayored to
hold her head. They pressed cloths to
the gaping wound. which extended from
just below the right ear down the side
of the neck to the center of the breast
Only one cash had been made. but IL
was deep and long
While search was being made for the
murderer some one entered the room
where the tragedy had Occurred. To
the great surprise of all the officers
Ramos was found lying there on the
floor in pool of his own blood-dead
Then 1t was that the whole story was
known. He had kept his word and
murdered the girl for revenge.
Scattered about on the walls was fha
blood of the girl mat had spurted fron,
her wound as she fed from the room
There was evidence that the sfruop1a
had been short. The murderer had
crept into the room and with one slash
done his work. Then he had died bv
the same razor, cutting his throat from
ear to ear. His body was found wing
face downward in a pool OF blood at
the foot of the dead girls bed.
The weapon with which the h1ooS7v
deed had been done was found near tha
head of the bed.
Tried to Poison His Father.
WINSTON On. c., March 2S.--Dr