The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-28

wears. He was formerly employed iii
the s. p. shops.
Mr.. Katzenstein WAS member OF the
Globe lodge of Elks. He was elected
assistant chief of the Tucson fire de-
partment at the last election. He was
also a member of the local lodge OF
Knights of Pythias He leaves n vie
ard daughter besid $ host Of friends,
to mourn his loss
The body was removed to Reilly ~
/ Hennessys undertaking parlors ater
| the shooting 1T was embalmed and
placed on a stretcher in the parlors In
| the afternoon. The features are as
natural as life. and ehe body of the
! late officer is dressed in tiremans
uniform The marks of the two shots
+ are plainly visible on his race
Throughout Sunday afternoon and
evening a continuous line of people
passed into the undertaking parlors to
take a last look at their departed
friend.
The body will be removed to the
Elks' club tomorrow at II o'clock. and
will lie in state during the afternoon.
The funeral will be held from the clue
at O'Clock. The body will be
shipped to Sacramento for burial on
Tuesdays train.
! The inquest. which was held in the
district courtroom at 10 o'clock this
morning. drew a large audience. Cor
oner Wilson had charge of the case. \
coroner's jury was impaneled, and NJ.
Samaniego was elected foreman. City
/ ID No IL in
behalf of the dead officer because he
was in the service of the city at the
time of his death.
The following witnesses were called;
Francisco Correo. Joseph Hopely John
| l. Reilly. H. Heine. James Bowser.
Antonio Bravo. Salvador Franco. Chas.
Finley. A. B. Spicer Henry Melluish
and Robert Debrand.
| The evidence introduced was rath ar
disconnected. There were dozens Cf
people who saw the killing. but 10 o7e
( is positive SO far. in his identification
OF the prisoner Elias is well known,
and it is a strange thing If some one
who not only saw the shooting but who
knew the assassin. can not be found.
Francisco Correo. the bartender in
La Fortuna saloon. on Gay Alley. tes-
| titled as to having served both Katzen-
stein and Elias on Saturday night He
! declares however. that he heard no
/ threats from the latter.
John Reilly and A. Y. Spicer were on
the back of the chemical as 1t whirled
4 into Meyer street. Reilly tells direct
story about the affair He declares
/ that tse first shot was fired from The
/ n, n hnf hoA
! katzenstein paid no attention to 1t.
! The fire horses became SO frightened
that the chemical came to standstill.
! The man then advanced toward the
curb and fired the remaining four shots
! in rapid succession The officer raised
his hands TO his head and fell over on
/ the walk He was then within three
/ feet Of the murderer. but could not
/ identify him. Spfcer said he saw he
mans face by the fash OF the gun and
would no doubt recognize him again.
He was taken down TO the Jail. and
when he returned. declared Elias was
the man.
/ Doc" Heinze was within ten feet OF
Officer katzepstein when the fatal shot
was fired. He heard Elias say. I've
got you now" and then the Ave shots
were fired quickly. The officer expired
In his arms without saying a word.
Deputy Constable Antonio Bravo re-
cited the chase after the fugitive He
saw the man run. and never caught
sight of him again until he reached the
court hourse. The man was seized at
the door of the sheriffs Office, where
he intended to give himself up. When
asked why he did the deed, Elias ax-
claimed: I've done it, I've killed
him! Now XIII me-" With that ne
handed over his pistol The gun was
a five-shooter and contained five empty
shells. Bravo's testimony was cor
roborated by that of Salvador Franco
who was with him at the time
! The assassin was partially identified
/ by several of the other witnesses. The
night clerk at the Occidental testifisd
/ to having received the firearms from
katGensten.
The case was then turned over to
| the jury. After due consideration
this body returned the following YER
/ diet: 'fet f#'' -
we. the co4'oDers jury impaneled to
sit on the inquest of VIM. H. Katzen-
stein. do hereby find that the deceased
came to his death from gunshot
-wound inflicted by pistol in the hands
iof Teodoro Elias"
! The examination of Elias will b.
| held in the district court room or
Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock
Justice Wilson will preside.
!
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! chimes. 53 Pennington St Machine:
! to rent.
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