El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-02

crowd of Mexicans near the door when
the difficulty commenced, had quickly
pulled revolver of SO calibre and fired
one shot at O'Connor. Garcia for
merly worked for Hernandez, but he
was not even suspected for some time
A short while after the shooting
Cobas again made his appearance in
in vicinity of the Cafe. He was found
mingling with the crowd on the side
walk in front of the saloon and arrest
ed by Constable Henry Gray. For q
time it looked as If he would be taken
from the officer and lynched by the
angry mob, but 1t soon leaked out that
Cobas was not the man, but that the
shooting had been done by the boy,
Garcia.
TWO ARRESTS.
Cobss was then hurried to the city
jail and officers started for Garcia's
home to arrest him. On the way they
were met by the boys father, who
said that his son had done the shooting
and that he wanted to surrender him.
Fears of lynching were SO great that
the boys father had asked Ike Adore
te to accompany him and both asked
that the lad be surrendered to the
sheriff. This was agreed to and Sher-
if Boone was called from his home and
with Constable Ten Eyck took the
youth to Jail.
After the prisoner bad been locked
in a cell crowd of considerable
dimensions assent led in the vicinity of
the city Jail and made threatening de-
monstrations.
O'CONNOR'S WOUND.
The bullet fred by the young Next
can struck Ed. O'Connor ia the right
side of the head just above the ear and
ranged upward coming out and lodging
in the ceiling above. The skull was
shattered and brain tissue oozed out.
He was at first thought to be dying,
but rallied and was taken to Hotel
Dieu. This morning hopes were enter
tr1ned Tor his ultimate recovery.
The difficulty of which the shoot
ing was the outcome was the result of
a plot. When O'Connor refused to
settle the full demand of the hackman,
the man told his troubles to several of
his friends and they followed O'Connor
to pay Hernandez. When O'Connor
knocked Hernandez down other men
in the mob were terrified, but the boy
pulled his gun and fired.
1t was said that O'Connor knocked
Hernandez down with q six-shooter,
but eye witnesses state that he was un-
armed.
IKE ALDERETE's STORY.
"Lsst night at about eleven
o'clock" said Ike Alderete, ST was On
my way to Juan N. Garcia's house on
Durango street when l met him com
ing towards town. I told him that his
son was suspected of the shooting and
he said he knew the whereabouts of
his son and wanted to surrender him
to let the law take it's course.
HE said he feared mob violence and
proposed to surrender the boy to me
and Sheriff Boone. l agreed to this
and notified the sheriff, who met us
with Constable Tee Eyck.
1.-THE father of the boy then took US
to a house near the lumber yard,
where the boy was hiding, and sur
rendered him. We brought him to
the county Jail before any of the crowd
knew anything about it,
"The boy did not appear to be drunk,
but he might have been Drinking"
THE BULLET.
The bullet which wounded Ed
O'Connor was brought to the county
Jail this morning by Constable Gray.
1t was fiattened and split and it could
only be estimsted that 1t was of 80
calibre. Some one said that Garcia
owned 3S calibre revolver of the bull
dog pattern, but the weapon could not
be found.
Tbs 6attened bullet was weighed by
the county attorney this morning and
tipped the scales at fraction less than |
l23 grains.