The Tucson citizen., 1902-07-28

ment was rather slow in turning out,
SO he went up to the Occidental TO
turn in the alarm again. He evidently
j did not care to be bothered with his
arms while fighting the fire. so he re-
moved his belt. containing a billy and
pistol. and taking pair of handouts
! from his pocket requested the clerk TO
take care of the OUTFIT.
| Officer Katzensten then made mis-
way rapidly across the street to the fire
| plug on the corner. He was facing
Broadway with his back TO Meyer
street. Elias, unnoticed and unsus-
| pected advanced to the middle of the
street and two shots rang out in quick
succession from pistol in his hands.
| The first went wide of the mark. pierre
| ing a sign board above -" saloon
door. The second however. split the
| lobe of the left ear and grazed the vic
Tins head. The officer was dazed
and fell in the shadow on the walk
/ The crowd, as has been said. took
the shots for additional alarm signals.
and rushed madly on to the fire. The
assassin was not sure that his bloody
deed had been accomplished. and ad-
vanced almost TO the curb to finish his
| tiendish work The brave officer had
just been stunned, and raising himself
| on his arm. he faced his aSSailant 1t
was then that he received the fatal
j. shot beneath the right eye Two more
shots were fired. but the assassin was
evidently excited and missed his mark.
He then snapped the hammer several
times on empty cartridges.
/ Officer Kafzopcfaip T.
arms of Doe" Heinze. who happened
to be near at hand. Slowly the news
that Billy katzenstein had been killed
passed down the street. and soon a
great crowd collected about the dead
officer. AS usual scarcely any one
thought of the murderer. who took 10
flight as soon as the blody deed had
been committed Luckily. Deputy
Constable Antonio Bravo was but a
few yards off. and took up the pursuit
of the assassin at once.
Elias had his plans all carefully laid
and made his way to the court house
with all speed for the purpose of Civ
ing himself up. He had Just reached
the steps of the building when he was
overtaken by Bravo. and hustled into
the county jail where Night Jailer
Urquidez placed him in cell.
The police We're dumfounded at III f,
time, and could assign no motive for
the crime, The mystery has SLOWLY
! unraFeled, however. 1t will be re-
membered that about five weeks ago
Jesus Romero was held to the grand
jury on three separate charges con-
nected with an unnatural crime Off
Ger katZenstein had suspected Romero
of bestial practices. and after spying on
him for some time finally succeeded in
catching him in the act He was re-
arrested several times on different
charges. until he was unable to give
bail and mad 10 stay in jail.
Now Elias and Romero had been
chums since bOyhood The disgrace
of his dear friend. and the confinement
attendant upon it, ranked in the breast
OF Elias He laid his comrades down
rail- TO Officer katzenstein, and often
! vowed vengeance upon him to other
acquaintances. Little did the dead
officer know that his footsteps had been
hcunded ever since by his assassin.
That the murder was premeditated
there can be no doubt But a. few
hGtTs before the dastardly crime was
committed Elias wagered with several
of his companions that Officer Katzen-
stein would be dead before 12 o'clock.
| This wager was made in the presence
of several witnesses in La Fortuna sa-
loon. on Gay Alley
! Elias followed the officer to the fire.
and saw him leave his arms in the
! Occidental. The excitement of the
time and the fact that the officer was
Iunarmed. aided the assassin in carry
ing out his avowed purpose. 1t seems
evident that there are others involved
| in the crime. and the police will do
we'll to sift it to the very bottom.
TeOdoro Elias is a young man, be-
tween 20 and 25. He is a carpenter
by trade 1t is said that he was drunk
at the time the crime was committed
but this has been disproved. He may
have been drinking, but he was by no
means intoxicated He picked his
victim from a crowd. and knew i'm
mediately that the county Jail afforded
protection.
The great crowd on Meyer street is
in the mood for "lynching bpa
shortly after the crime was committed
and the only thing that prevented such
action was the absence of a leader
The prisoner was closely guarded and
reTOrt was circulated yesterday that
he had been removed to Phoenix. The
Iprisoner, however. is still in the dun
geon.
William II. Katenstein was "a years
of age. He has been a resident of
Tucson for three years. coming here
from Sacramento. California. He was
considered one of the most efficient
officers on the force. and has been iden-
titled WITH this department for two