The record-union., 1896-06-01
Idaho.

STOCKTON, May 31-A bloody bat
| tie to the death was fought last night in
the saloon of D. Sanguinetti at Corral
Hollow. The proprietor, after a san
culinary struggle with a masked bandit
| who attempted to rob him, killed his as
sailant with bullet when he was him
self too weak from the loss of blood to
rise to a sitting posture and was SEEM
ingly at the mercy of his assailant, who
had taken deliberate aim and was about
to send a bullet into his PROSTATE body.
For quarter Of an hour these two men
were engaged in deadly combat and the
floor of the saloon was streaked with
the blood that poured from their
wounds.
Sanguinetti was awakened at 10
o'clock by some one knocking at the
door of his place. The door was locked
by a long wooden bar. Before lifting
this Sanguinetti asked who was at the
door. The man replied that he was from
the camp down the road and that he
wanted a bottle of whisky. AS this was
not an unusual request he at once
opened the door. AS he slipped the bar
back he saw that the man had a cloth
he had been injured.
What is the matter with your face ?''
asked Sanguinetti.
'Oh, got some sand in my eyes," re-
sponded his visitor, placing his left hand
over his face to hide it from view. AS he
did this he attempted to enter the sa-
loon.
4 want your money; give it to me
| quick" he suddenly exclaimed, thrust
ing the muzzle of a big revolver into
SanguinettPs face.
The saloonkeeper grasped the hand
| that held the revolver and forced it to
one side. The intruder grappled with
| Sanguinetti and both fell upon the floor
Of the saloon in a struggle to the death
| First Sanguinetti was on top and then
| the masked robber had the advantage
for the moment. He succeeded in dis
engaging the hand holding the revolver
and grasping the weapon by the barrel
began to beat the italian over the head
Bruised and bleeding, Sanguinetti made
a stubborn fight His head was beaten
almost to jelly by the blows from the
robbers revolver, but he did not WELD
Finally he succeeded in grasping his as
| sailantS arm and wrenched the revol-
yer from his grasp.
| The salOonkeeper, as he Wrenched
| the weapon from the outlaws hand
! threw ii out of the door to the dry bac
OF creek just outside the doorstep
| AS he did this the robber disenga geo
himself and rushed from the saloon
| Before going to the door Sanguipett
had placed revolver in his hip pocket
In the struggle with the robber he ha(
lost this. AS he put out his hand t.
raise himself up it touched the pisto
That had fallen from his pocket. HI
seized this as a drowning man does 3
straw and 1t proved his salvation. fo1
a moment later the man who had as
sailed his entered the door again. Fl.
had recovered the pistol thrown int,
the creek bed. AS the robber advance
again he raised his pistol and took de
Eberate aim at the exhausted man
Sanguinetti had his weapon in his banf
and pointing it quickly at his assailan
fired. The bullet struck the robbcr ius
above the heart and he fell back on tn.
steps of the saloon. Sanguinetti tainted
| from exhaustion. The terrible fight fo
life had completely unnerved him
Shortly after 4 o'clock this rnornins
he awoke and at first was afraid to g,
outside the building for fear that tn,
robber was lying in wait for him A,
he unbarred the door of the saloon h,
saw the man who had assaiIed him tb,
night before lying on the porch. Hi,
legs were on the veranda while hi,
oody was lying head downward uDor
the steps. The mask was still upon hi.
face and the revolver with which h,
had intended to kill Sanguinetti wa,
grasped In his right hand The saloor
keeper saw that his assailant of th,
night before was dead, and althoupr
he could hardly move as the resul, n,
his encounter with the robber. h,
crawled as best he could over to fh.
home Of neighbor, Mrs Carroll. anf
had one Of her sons drive him int
Tracy. There he told of the killing n
the masked robber and gave himsel
into the custody of Constable Mauric.
Byrnes. The Constable brought San,
guinetti to this city to-day and be wa.
placed in Jail here as a witness. tn,
District Attorney offered to LET hin
go after hearing his version of the af
fair, as he is a man Of known veracity
but he preferred to remain in iail unti
after the inquest on the BODY Of III.
man he had killed.
1t was found that Sanguinetti ya,
black and blue all over his BODY vher,
he had been beaten by his wou1d-b
slayer His eyes are blackened and hi,
scalp Is torn in many places, where tn.
butt of the revolver descended unon II
He Is now swathed in bandages an,
awaiting the result of the inquest to b,
held tomorrow afternoon.
Deputy Coroner Jory went to th,
scene of the shooting early this mornin,
and returned at Z o'clock tonight win
the body. He found il lying in the no
sition that Sanguinetti had described
with the revolver grasped in the rigb
hand Of the dead man. When San
guinetti first described his assailant +,
the officers on his arrival here thi
morning they were certain that the rob
Der was Dunhan, the San Jose mur
derer, as his size and weight answere,
, the description perfectly When he wa
'tSought here tonight it was found tha