Los Angeles herald., 1909-02-28
.FOOTPADS BEAT
AND ROB VICTIM
MEXICAN FOUND LYING IN
POOL OF BLOOD
Injuries Which Will Result in Death
Are of Singular Nature and lndi-
cate Most Ferocious
Assault a@.a

With the entire floor of the skull
split from the top Of the frontal bone
through the orbital plate, through the
petrous portion of the temporal bone
and through the spheroid to the base
of the brain. Jose Arrellano, a laboFeI
employed by the Southern Pacific rail-
road, is a patient at the receiving nos
pital He is the victim of murderous
assault and robbery and presents one OF
the rarest cases of injury to the skull
known to the medical world.
Arrellano was struck down by q
would-be assassin at the north end OF
old Fort square, over the Broadway
tunnel, at $3.50 o'clock last night. The
blow, delivered with unusual strength
and savage ferocity, split his skull from
front to back on the lower side instead
Of across the top, as might have been
expected from such a blow.
He was hit three inches above and a
little to the left of the right eye with
the pole of an ak, the head Of an adZe
or sledge hammer or other blunt in
strument with square edges. SO heavy
was the blow that the flesh was torn
away from the skull for four inches
and the hair and portion of the hat
the man wore were driven into the
brain through a cash in the skull.
From the point of the blow a frac-
tIire of the skull ran along the floor
almost to the base of the brain, rup-
turing hundreds of blood vessels and
cutting arteries, which allowed an enor-
NOUS quantity of blood to escape into
the cavity When the skull was opened
at the receiving hospital there was a
great hemorrhage, which was only
stopped by packs of sponges.
Arrellano was found lying on his back
near the top of the hill to the east of
the Buena Vista street road, which
runs over the top of the Broadway
tunnel.
Pockets Inside Out
He was unconscious and lay in a great
pool of blood. His pockets had been
turned inside out and with the eXcep-
ton of a rosary, q 10-cent piece and a
pay check for S23 issued by the South
ern Pacific company, nothing was found
on him. All this property was lying
near the body.
After being hurried to the receiving
hospital Drs. Garrett and Chamberlain
succeeded in reviving Arrellano suf-
ficiently to learn that he had been
struck down by two Mexicans and
robbed of $100 in bills and small
quantity of money in silver.
He could give no details Of the crime
or description of his assailants, and
the information was dragged out with
the greatest difficulty. BY reason Of
his condition it may not be at all reli-
able.
That the man was hit an awful blow.
however, is demonstrated Soy the ma
ture of his injury, and he has only one
in a thousand chances of surviving.
Detectives Mcnamara, 'Zeigler. Ho-
sick, Rico and Talamantes were de-
tailed to the case but beyond the bare
facts of the assault and the fact that
the man had been robbed they were
unable to learn anything
Drs. Garrett and Chamberlain opened
the mans skull, took out a large guam
tity of splintered bone and removed
nearly a pint of clotted blood. 1t is
not known whether he has any family
or relatives, as his address could not
be learned last night.