Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1900-08-07

A VICIOUS ASSAULT
jose Andres Gonzales Had His Skull
Crushed from Blows with
Spade
HIS ASSAlLANT ARRESTED
The Fatally Injured Man Taken to st.
Vincent Hospital The Assault Took
Place at Oienega-Sad Oircum-
stances of the Case.

Jose Andres Gonzales Is at St. Vim
cent hospital. lowering between life and
death, as the result of ar alteration
which took place at Ciepega yesterday
! afternoon, and FREDERICK Garcia IS un-
der arrest, charged with welding a
shovel that crushed in Gonzales skull.
The injured man is the eldest son of
| Nasario Gonzales, and lives on his ia
Tiers ranch twelve miles below town.
Garcia is a tenant of Francisco Con-
zales y Baca, and lives on the same
premises with his wife and child. Yes
terday afternoon Gonzales. under in
structions from his father, went to call
a man to shut the water off from the
irrigation ditch in order that the reser-
| voir supply should not be wasted. Not
to attend to the matter, and on The
ditch met Garcia, who was coming to-
| ward him with a shovel over his shout
der. What transpired when the two met
nobody knows. A dog that followed
| along the embankment behind Gonzales
| uttered a peculiar howl loud enough to
| attract attention from several men who
were working in the fields neal by, and
as they looked up they saw Garcia raise
his spade with both hands and strike
Gonzales a murderous blow on the head.
The latter fell, but finally regain I'd. his
feet and staggered toward his house,
some 500 yards away. The field hands
ran to him, and by the time he was
got into the house he was unconscious
Garcia went home and undertook to
conceal himself, but Constable Juan
Padilla discovered him and took him
into custody. A physician was called,
and found the top Of Gonzales skull to
have been crushed in and the bones
pressing downward upon the brain.
The man was ordered brought to the
city at once, and Bonifacio Montoya,
his nephew, arrived with him at 3
o'clock this morning. Upon arrival the
physicians raised the protruding skull
bones and removed a small piece of the
skull and a few splinters, and at moo
to-day the patient was resting quietly,
but no hopes are felt that he can long
survive, as it is a double fracture, and
so closely connected with the brain as
to place it practically beyond the power
of surgery to cope with successfully.
Gonzales is 81 years old, and one of
the saddest features about the affair is
that while he lies thus stricken, elab-
crate preparations are in progress at
Galistep for the marriage of his neph-
ew and namesake, Jose Gonzales, to
! Miss Manuelita Ortiz, which Is an
nounced to take place at GalisteC
church Tomorrow morning. Emilio
Delgado. son-in-law of Francisco Con-
zales Y Baca, left early this morning
for Galisteo to inform the wedding
guests already assembled there from
every part of the county of the condi-
ton of the bridegroom's uncle, and 1t is
possible that the wedding may be post
poned for a time.
Garcia was taken before the Cienega
justice Of the peace. Bonifacio Narvais
this forenoon, and held to bail in the
sum of 1000 to await the result of Con-
zales' injuries, failing to furnish which
he was brought to the city by DEPUTY
Sheriff Huber and placed in the county
Jail.