The herald., 1898-08-15
OVER A GAME OF DICE
nuAH puEmA SHOOTS ABUNDINo
GARCIA IN A ROW
ESCAPED IN THE DARKNESS
Old sauta Monica Dance Hall the Scene
Of a Cold-Blooded Murder-No
Clue to His Whereabouts

aANTA MONICA, Aug. H.-A cold dIblood-
ed murder was committed last night In
Frank Badillo's saloon and dance hall IN
the old Santa Monica canyon. Tnere are
two or three saloons, with dance halls at
tached in this canyon, where every Satur-
day night boisterous orgies are carried on
from evening to early Sunday morning
which are patronized to a great extent oy
the steyedores Of the wharf and Mexican
residents Of the vicinity.
Juan Puebla, the man who did the shoot
ing. Abundino Garcia, his victim, Miguel
Maruuex for whom the bullet was Intended
r. Firueroa and Alec Bandni were among
those In attendance at last nights carous-
al The entire crowd had spent the fore
mart of the evening In the saloons or santa
Monica. leaving for the canyon about
o'clock. all more or less under the inf1u-
ence Of LIQUOR, In the course Of the even
ing Fisueroa and Bandini engaged In shak-
ing dice for the drinks. After few shakes
a disagreement arose and Figueroa struck
Bandini. Marquez. Garcia and Pueola
mixed themselves up in the affair, and
free fight ensued, in which Marquee struck
Puebla over the head with q light cane.
In order to restore a certain amount Of
the disturbed peace of the hilarious gath
Aring. Figueroa and Puebla were fired out
into the darkness, where they proceeded to
formulate plans to get even, returning In
about fifteen minutes to put them into exc
cution. Ffgueroa, on entering, assailed
Bandini. and in the scuffie they edged of
into a side room. Puebla was to follow up
and assist him, but on entering the front
door he saw Marquee and Garcia standing
was leaning. According to the story told
by Marouez and corroborated by Dep
uty Sheriff Myers, Puebla whipped out
his revolver and, advancing toward Mar
uuez and Garcia, called out to the former.
with am oath: You're the man who struck
mer' at the same time pulling the trigger
and firing, evidently intending the bullet
for Marquez. Garcia received the missent
bullet in the left breast, falling to the floor
and dying instantly. Puebla, however, still
attempted to slay the offending Marquex.
and pulled the trigger two or three times,
but the pistol refused to do his bidding.
and the murderer backed out Of the same
door he had entered. pistol in hand, pointed
at the heart of the man whom he couldn OF
kill. He disappeared in the darkness, TAX
ing the road leading toward town, and no
clue has as yet been found as to his place of
hiding.
Puebla came here from Santa Barbara a
few months ago and Is a man. Of medium
size, with slight black mustache and car
ries a deep scar across his right cheek from
throat to mouth. 1t is believed that he is
in hiding in the canyon, as he was without
money and has not appropriated to himself
q horse by which he might further have
escaped. He bears reputation for being
quarrelsome and hard to get along witt
among the stevedores with whom he
worked on the. wharf.
The murdered man leaves a widow and
three children. He was general favorite
with the canyon residents Of long stand
ing, among whom he had lived for years.
Coroner Campbell held an inquest al 3
o'clock at which the evidence was corrobo-
rated Of the above statements. The jury
found that deceased came to his death by
a gunshot wound inflicted by Juan Puebla
with murderous intent. Deputy Sheriff
Myers swore to complaint in Justice Guid-
inger's court, charging Puebla with muir
der.
The murdered man will be buried to-
morrow afternoon at Woodlawn cemetery.
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