Arizona republican., 1902-07-09
TUCSON TRAGEDY
Inexcusable Killing of Stephen 0chf a
 by Drunken Mexican.

A tragedy was enacted on south Meyer street. Tucson. Sunday cNenina. Steve OchCt. one of TucsOn's most prominent citizens. was shot down in cold blood by Emmanuel Borquez, one of his employees. The Citizen thus de scribes the incident. which was briefly mentioned in The Republican yester- day:
 The shooting occurred in AIHzo ( Ochoas store about o'clock. The silot took effect ir Nj. Ochoa's left leg, just above the kcee. The wound Was pro bounced most serious at the time and possibly fatal.
 There was just one person. other than the principals, in the store when the fatal shot was fired. T.. D. i-e Pine. manager oi the store. Was pres ent. and CaniC tu Mi. Ochoa's assiSt- aEce immediately. He saw at . glance that the wound was serious. and leap ing into d buggy he made at mad Ga-.l down Stone avenue for medical aid. Five physicians, Drs. Burton. Purcell. Whitmore. OlcCtt and Lenn0X, re- sponded Quicl,y to the call
 | After q haStN examination the doc tors pronounced the wound as most Sc
 rious and declared that the limb V-uuid
 have tC be amputated above ihe knaa. ! The ball entered the leg just apoV. ] the joint, shattered the kneeCap and 1 took a daWnWard course through the marrow of the bone, splitting it as il
 went. The bone was shattered almost i from the knee u the ankle. The bullet i finally lodged in the foot
 ! The physicians administered chlcro- ! form t. the wounded man to ease his pain. He vas then removed to his i home on Franklin street. where he lay in an unconscious condition until i he died An artery had been severed i by the bullet. and the great loss cf ! blood weakeaei the patient so that he ! could not be rallied. NIr. Ochoa c.s- i pircd about II o'clock last evening surrounded by his family and I few
 friends.
 1 Mr. Ochoa has been doing big con- tracting business here lately, and had 1 been employing d large number of Mexican lahofcrs. Steve had been in the habit Cf paying his employos when ever they desired, and the men usually
 Grew their money every evening It appears that Borquez had been on a l spree the previous evening and ran out of money He went arounG to -hr store on Sunday &ftcrn,on for the i,,!..-
 pose. of making a draw. He did n"; find Ste" on th" first visit, #o he re
 turned toward evening"
 Mr. Ochna. seeing that H." man wa
 under the influence oi liuusr. cViIcntl.
 refused to cc!npiY with his re,lu; Gi.
 The refusal seemed to fill Buruuez with
 rage. and he entered the saloon in the
 rear of the store, where h" toid some If his friends that he was going to kill
 Steve Ochoa. With this end in view Borquez went over to his little shayl
 on south Main street and r"iurn"G , with an old style 45-90 rife of tn,
 Springfield pattern.
 The assassin passed through the s5a-
 loon unnoticcd by those present. an. entered the store. He Ievc!cd the gu. at the two men behind the do.l. Mir ochca took in the situation in d flash
 and rushed from behind the counter i,
 d vain attcmrt to frustrate the avovve,
 purpose of his assailant lIo seiz,,
 the barrel of the rifle but instead o throwing il upward or sideways h. , passed it downward, and as tie muzzl. reached his knee Horquez fired Tb, : man then lesurcly left the place. l Constable racheco and Deputy An } tonic Bravo happened to be in tn, . neighborhood. and hearing the sfo hurried to the scene. They follGwe, the assassin to his home on south Aiail street, and arrived just in time to pre- vent his flight. H0ruuez had q hors, ' all saddled. and Waa about to quit tn, , country when intercepted by the of } fcers. He was locked up in the count,
 jail but was too intoxicated last even
 ing to realize the awfulness Of hi:
 crime. He is gradually coming to hi
 senses today, however, and will have (
 serious charge to lace. Borquez i
 about tWenty-fOur years of age, anC I had been in the employ of Mr. Ocho.
 for several years.