Los Angeles herald., 1906-01-21
WILD MEXICAN
IS SHOT DEAD
TWO FALL UNDER MANS
BLOODY DIRK
Msddened cholo Advances on Fore
man Of Grading Camp and the
Latter Fires in Self
Defense

Maddened suddenly, apparently by
his failure to find work, Manuel Sa-
mora, q Mexican, stabbed Patrick FltI-
patrick fatally at Robert Sherer's graz.
ing camp at the corner of Judson and
state streets yesterday afternoon, and
cut J. Mussengale, a civil engineer ser
iously on the hand. Samora then made
a lunge for Mark Ryan, the foreman OF
the camp. The latter was too quick FOR
him and drew a revolver and shol
Samora in the neck severing the Jug
ular vein.
The Mexican died n few minutes later
at the receiving hospital.
The death of Fitzpat trick is expected
at any moment by the physicians at
the Orthopedic hospital to which place
he was removed shortly after the
bloody fight.
A few minutes before 10 o'clock
Samora came to the camp and applied
for work of Foreman Ryan. The latter
told Samora TO return to the camp Mon
day.
but, I am hungry and have no
money with which TO buy food" re-
piled the Mexican, land / must eat.
The foreman directed the stranger
to enter the mess tent and eat dinner
with the rest of the employees of the
camp. The Mexican complied with tue
orders.
Objects to Seat
As soon as he entered the tent the
timekeeper assigned him to a seat. The
Mexican is said to have objected to
the location of his seat and a quarrel
arose Immediately. The timekeeper
grasped Samora by the shoulders and
forced him back into his chair.
No sooner had this been done than
Samora drew a siX-inCh dirk from the
inside of his shirt and plunged it deep
4y1fn f1,a ctr oh nF
was seated close beside him. Jerking the
knife out of Fitzpatricks body, Samora
slashed to right and left. j. Mussen-
gale, a civil engineer. employed on the
camp, sustained a deep cut on his right
hand. Two others were slightly cut,
but their names are unknown.
Frightened by the murderous assault
by the strange Mexican, the several
men seated around the table arose and
rushed for the door. The men assembled
outside determined to capture him. AS
Samora emerged from the tent he made
a rush for Mark Ryan, the foreman of
the camp.
"If you move another foot I'll shoot
you" warned Ryan, at the same time
pointing his revolver at him.
Falls With Bullet
Unheedful of the warning Samora
made a vicious leap for Ryan, his knife
in hand. Without a seconds hesitation
Ryan shot the man. the bullet entering
the neck of Samora.
Employees of the camp Immediately
rushed to a telephone and notified the
police. When the ambulance arrived
the Mexican still showed fight and in
order to place him in the ambulance it
was necessary to handcuff him. al
though he was bleeding freely from his
wound.
Fitzpatrick was taken to a neighbor-
ing tent and a call sent to the Ortho-
pedic hospital to which place he was
removed some twenty minutes later.
Shortly after being taken there the
wounded man had a hemorrhage.
No hopes for his recovery are enter
tanned by the physicians and nurses in
charge of him.
Ryan, who shot the Mexican, was
taken to the police station in the same
ambulance with Samora. Ryan asserted
that when he shot Samora he did so
purely in self defense.
Police Surgeons Quint, Bonynge and
Freedman operated upon Samora. The
latter died on the operating table few
minutes after being placed there. No
address is given of the dead Mexican.
To everyone on the Sherer camp he
was a stranger.