The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-02-10
SYMPATHY
Was What Tinoco
Sought.
GARM TENTS NOT CUT
And Police Think He Stab
bed Himself.

Henry Vasquez Tinoco, the young
man who has attracted considerable at
tention during the past few days. was
arrested yesterday afternoon by In
spector Stone of station /, on a warrant
charging him with assaulting Charles
Pope.
Since the sensational episode of Tues
day night, Tinoco has been an inmate
of the city hospital, but as his wounds
are much less serious than was. orig
inally supposed, in fact comparatively
Insignificant, he was placed under ar
rest yesterday afternoon.
By his own statement, Tinoco was
the aggressor in the trouble that took
place between him and Pope, and for
that reason, in addition to the general
air of mystery surrounding the whole
proceeding, he was placed under ar
rest.
Mrs. Gould, Pope and Tinoco each
tell different story, in fact some Of
the trio have two or three versions
From yesterdays developments, how
ever, the question of who stabbed Tin
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confirms Pope's story, that he is limo
cent of doing the cutting, but sticks to
the story that an unknown man de-
livered the blows.
From what was learned yesterday,
however, the police are inclined to the
belief that Tinoco inflicted the wounds
himself with the idea of exciting the
young woman's sympathy. An exam
nation of the young mans clothing
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We're pierced when the Stabbing was
done. His shirt front over the heart
is cut in several places, however the
cuts in the garment being little over a
quarter of an inch apart.
Tinoco claims that the wounds were
inflicted on Church street, but in a case
Of this sort 1t seems strange that there
is no sign of the knife having passed
through his outer garments. severe
storm was raging on the night in ques-
ton, and 1t seems very unlikely that a
man would be walking the streets with
his coat, and vest for that matter, I'M
buttoned, as to get at the part of his
anatomy where the wounds were in
f1icted, 1t would have been necessary to
turn back the vest as well, providing
there is no rent in the garment.
Tfnoco says that he was stabbed
about 20 minutes, as near as he can
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the scene. He knew that she was COM
Ing home on the 10 o'clock car, and
stood on the corner waiting for her
before he sought the attention of a doc
tor He also admits striking Pope with
an umbrella.
Yesterday Inspector Stone suggested
that Pope might have done the stab
bing, but Tinoco said: mo; he is my
enemy but he did not do it," Tinoco
admitted to the officers that he loved
Mrs. Gould madly, and that on the
night when he was stabbed hardly
knew what he was doing. He says he
always supposed that she was a woman
of the utmost refinement and possessed
of considerable wealth. He was hard
ly able to credit the information that
May Gould is a married woman.
When searched at the station house,
the slung shot already spoken of was
found in his possession. Another some
what peculiar article for a representa-
tive of the masculine sex to have in
his possession was corset-like ar
rangement, which is kept in place by
number of straps about the young
mans shoulders and body. A part of
the contriyance, which Tinoco says was
worn to improve his upright bearing,
is stained with blood.
A man reported to Sergt. Drohan yes
leiudy dlltIUOOL, lldL he Witnessed Ine
meeting of Tinoco and Mrs. Gould Tues
day night, and practically substantfates
the story as told by Pope.
His story is that he saw a young fell
low supposed to have been Tlnoco,
meet a man and woman as they left
the car. Some words passed between
them. and suddenly Tinoco struck the
other man with his umbrella. The
other started off in a few minutes down
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man came toward Main street. AS
they passed, he heard the woman say:
What did you want to do that for?
You Jealous little fool!'
Tinoco says he said nothing about
being stabbed until after Pope left
them. when he asked Mrs. Gould to
accompany him to the Doctors office.
Another story in connection with Tin
oco, developed yesterday afternoon,
when Adolphus La Bonte, OF sc Me-
chanic street. made a report to Capt.
Matthews La Bonte runs a cobbler's
shop at the above address, and says
that about a week ago, young man
who. he thinks, was Tinoco came to the
shop and inquired the cost of having
the heels of his shoes fixed. He was
told 10 cents, whereupon he remarked
that previous job was unsatisfactory
and he should expect the work done
free of charge, remarking at the same
time that he would enforce the request
If necessary, as he produced what the
shoemaker calls a stilletto.
La Bonte refused to see 1t that way.
however, and ended the argument by
putting the customer out
The stain resembling blood on Popes
Knife is still to be taken into consider
alton, but the police are inclined to the
belief that Tinoco conceived the insane
idea of inflcting the wounds on hisI
body with the object in view of exciting
the young woman's sympathy.
T1noeo says his guardian lives in
New York, and that Mrs. ChiIds acts
as sort of agent for him in the mat
ter OF looking after his education.