Arizona republican., 1898-06-12
GONZALES WILL DIE
fafalIY ShOt Yesterday By
 Officer pOrferIe.
The Victim Had Resisted inc At. fempf of a Policeman 10 Arrest Him. Hence the Shooting.

PasQual Gonzalez was shot and no doubt fatally wounded yesterday by Deputy United States Marshal Por- terie. He is at the county hospital and last night it was thought he would not live until this morning. The shooting occurred about Il o'clock on the east side of North First street near the rear end of Goldberg Bros store. Gonzalez. who was stranger, had been pointed out to Policeman James Kay as one who had been beg ging on the streets. The officer went to him, put his hand on his arm and told him to go with him. Gonzalez could not understand English and drew back, and when the officer tried to force him to go he drew knife and a struggle ensued. The officer struck Gonzalez twice on the head. Then his gun was discharged in the air and knocked from his hand. He had in the meantime received cut on the fingers of his left hand and slash on his left coat sleeve. At this point Officer Porterie came up, and of what immediately happened varying stories are told According to the evidence of a majority of those who witnessed the affray the Mexican was leanng for ward, his hands at his side, and not then making a hostile demonstration Officer Porterie pointed his revolver at him, seemed to hesitate for a moment and then fired. The Mexican feil heavily on the sidewalk and was car ried to the city, whence he was quickly removed to the county hos pital.
 The crowd which had gathered gave expression to indignation at the haste with which the officer had acted. The shooting was denounced 0e unneces sary and unjustifiable and the spec tacle of man with . knife iA his hand having just vigorously resisted arrest was overlooked in the presence Of his bleeding body. Officer Porterie at once went to the sheriff's office and sur rendered himself He was locked up to await the result of Gonzalezs wound. Policeman Kay was arrested a little later, but after a brief deten- tion was released. It was shown that he had acted with moderation in hand ling Gonzalez.
 The ball from Ofncer Porteries 45 Colts revolver entered Gonzalez's body about four inches below the left nip ple and emerged on HIS pdcA dpoue two inches to the right of the back bone. It probably passed through the stomach, as the wounded man threw up a great deal of blood. The spine was also injured, resulting i'll paralysis.
 Very little is known of Gonzalez. He is a citizen of the state ot Jolisco, Mexico, and came to this vicinity about a month ago. He sent for the Mexican consul yesterday afternoon and desired him to communicate the facts Of the shooting to the Mexican government. He made a statement regarding the shooting. He said he did not recog- nize Policeman Kay as an officer and as he could not understand English he construed the officers attempt to ar rest him to be private assault. He did not remember distinctly, but he believed he was holding the knife in his hand at the beginning. At any rate, he said he was not using it with a deadly purpose. The feeling against Officer Porterie was considerably heightened by the circumstance that he shot a colored man whom he was trying to arrest two years ago under circumstances which it was then charoed did not warrant a homicide