The herald., 1896-10-22

ceeded by a roundabout way to the
house of Rosinda Rosas, which is sit
uated back of the barn where Tepe was
killed and about 100 yards distant. He
had remained in the house talking to the
woman until o'clock when he left. He
had formerly lived with the woman, but
had not been near her for some time,
and went out and around back of the
church and through the olive orchard
instead of straight down by the barn
and the short crt across because he did
not wish to be seen going to her house.
No one was with them except the wo-
mans children. Just before he left Felic
ita Capistrano came in and told him that
Tepe had been hurt by Foran. Instead
of going direct to the barn he left and
came around the same back way, and
approaching Henry Lyons, asked him
where Tepe was. Being told that he
was at the barn, he went there and dis
covered the body.
Rosinda Rosas was the next witness
and proved a stubborn and recalcitrant
witness. Her testimony contradicted
particulars, and was given with reluc-
tance Rodriguez had been at her house
all the afternoon, but she testified that
when he left she went with him as far
as the old cemetery in the rear of the
church, as she wanted to catch her
horse, which was grazing there. This
directly contradicted the statement of
Rodriguez, who said he left her house
alone.
Felicita Capistrano took the stand and
said she had gone over to Rosinda's In
the afternoon and found Rodriguez
there. All three sat in the parlor for
two hours or more talking. She told
Rodriguez that she thought Tepe had
been hurt while hitching up the horses.
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and took a short cut home. At this
point Rodriguez was recalled and asked
whether he had not left Rosinda's house
during the afternoon ,and finally admit
ted that he had, being gone about ten
minutes to the closet. He again denied
that Rosinda had gone with him when
he left her house, and said he went away
alone.
During the course of the inquest
which occupied all of the afternoon
the officers had been making a search
for the weapons with which the crime
had been committed. Under some
straw in the barn the bloody sheep
shears were found, and concealed In
stall piece Of 2x4 scantling about three
feet long, streaked with blood, which
had evidently been used to crush the
skull. Tepe had been hit while he was
lying on his face in the straw, and the
body rolled over and mutilated. DR.
Turner performed the autopsy and
stated the cause of DEATH 1t required
but a few minutes for the jury to find
a verdict, which read as follows:
I'VE, the jury, find that John Tepe
came to his death on October 21st by a
fracture of the skull and mutilation of
the body at the hands of persons un-
known to us, but from the testimony
brought out at the inquest we feel that
Philip Foran, Andreas Rodriguez. jr.,
and Rosinda Rosas were implicated, and
should be held for trial"
Deputy Sheriff White was on the
scene and arrested Rodriguez, turning
him over to the custody of a deputy
constable, who brought the prisoner
down on the evening train and locked
him up in the county jail. White re-
mained on the spot to watch Foran and
the woman, who will be brought down
this morning. Sheriff Burr went up on
the 8 o'clock train last night, and will
make further investigation today.