Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-08
SPREE ENDS IN
BRAWL; VICTIM
LIKELY TO DIE
MEXICAN STABBED TWICE;
TWO OTHERS INJURED
NOTORIOUS DIVE is SCENE OF
TRAGIC ARRAY
Police Capture Alleged Knife WieIder,
Fleeing for Life, and Arrest
Twenty Inmates of
Boarding House

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borer, living at 727 San Fernando
street, was stabbed twice in the back;
| his son-in-law, M. Miller, was struck
or the head with a blunt instrument
a deep cut being inflicted, and Jacinto
Rodriguez, 40 years old, a slaughter
house laborer for the Maier Packing
| company, was struck on the forehead
with brick, which tore open the flesh
and barred the skull. He is thought to
| be the man who stabbed Guzmal, and
| is locked up in cell at the city Jail,
where he will be held pending further
| investigation.
The place where the cutting occurred
| has given the police much trouble.
| Most of the persons arrested in Los
| Angeles for being drunk are taken
| thence. Saturday nights and Sundays
| the patrolmen in that district are kept
busy arresting intoxicated and quar-
reling laborers who throng the place
soon after getting their wages Satur-
| day and remain there in state of
drunkenness until they are robbed of
| their money and kicked out or become
engaged in brawls and are taken in by
| the police.
Yesterday afternoon Patrolmen
Wyckoff and McFadden were kept
busy there trying to keep peace and
arresting drunken men. AS result of
their labors eleven DRINKS were sent
to the central police station within
several hours.
Signs of Trouble Visible
| Wyckoff had just loaded several men
| into the patrol wagon and, in company
with Patrolman McFadden, was start
| ing down the street, when he saw sew
| eral men in the International restau-
rant rush to the rear of the place. The
building in which the restaurant is To-
| Gated runs through to Main street. the
number on the latter street being
6191a. There Is a basement near the
Main street entrance in which is the
lavatory of the restaurant.
you run in and see what is the
| trouble" said Wyckoff to McFadden.
II think there is some kind of mix
up You stop the men from this end
and I'll run around to the Main street
| entrance and enter"
McFadden rushed back to the base
| ment and met several men carrying
| Guzmal, who was in semi-conscious
condition and bleeding profusely from
| two wounds in his back.
Wyckoff reached the Main street en-
| trance just in time to see Jacinto Rod
riguez emerge from the place, look
hurriedly up and down the street and
start to run. He saw Wyckoff, in
| creased his speed and reached Macy
| street, but after short run was over
| taken by the officer, who placed him
| under arrest.
where are you going?" asked the
\ patrolman.
"I'm going to my home" replied the
| fugitive.
Wyckoff then noticed that Rodriguez
had a handkerchief bound around his
head and that the blood was begin
ming to trickle down his face.
"You come with me. There has been
some trouble and you have had a hand
| in it, said Wyckoff, who at that time
was unaware that Guzmal had been
| stabbed.
II did not stab the man, some other
| Mexican did it," replied Rodriguez.
Taken Away in Ambulance
| Meantime the police ambulance had
| been summoned and both Guzmal and
Rodriguez were placed in 1t and taken
| to the receiving hospital.
Rodriguez denied that he had cut
| the man and showed the officers that
| he did not have any kind of weapon
on his person. He was taken before
| Guzmal for Identification, but the lat
| ter was unable to give coherent
reply.
The police think two men attacked
| Guzmal, and believe Rodriguez is one
| of them. They say they are confident
he had a knife, but threw 1t away i'm
medately after the trouble.
After the two men were taken to
| the police station the officers began an
| investigation and found M. Miller. a
son-in-law of Guzmal. Miller says
| Rodriguez was one of the men who did
! the stabbing.
| According to Miller's story, he was
| in the restaurant and heard sounds of
a quarrel in the basement. He ran
back and was about to descend the
steps, when he was struck on the head
with a rock or piece OF brick ana
knocked down. He says Rodriguez
was in the basement at the time.
All Inmates Seized
| Later Detective Thomas Rico was
detailed to assist in making investiga-
tons and finding witnesses to the az
fray. He went to boarding house
patronized by Mexican laborers at SAB
| San Fernando street and questioned
several of the occupants. The men
| acted sullenly and gave him curt re-
plies, so he decided to arrest every
| man at the place and take them to the
| police station on charges of suspicion.
Detectives Hosick and Zeigler, togeth-
er with several patrolmen who were
working on the case. appeared and
| twenty men were arrested, loaded into
| the patrol wagon and taken to the CEN
| trail police station, where they will be
held and questioned.
| The men arrested gave their names
! Silva, Jose Flores, Juan Garcia, Jose
Rivas, S. Oga, l.. Vera, G. Ortego, b.
| Rodriguez, M. Canton, j. PARA, A.
| Estrada, Jose Cabrillo p. Ortego, Jose
| Castellano, F. Esteloni William Ward.
Jesus Marin and A. Serna. The Off
GERS then ordered the proprietors of
the International restaurant to close.
The order was complied with. and the
place probably will be closed perma-
| nently. The matter, 1t is thought, will
| be placed before the board of police
| commissioners and the liquor license
| of the place revoked.
Condition Is Critical
| Late last night Guzmal was in a
| critical condition and he has only a
| slight chance for recovery. The wound
which probably will result fatally was
| inflicted with a long blade. The steel
| entered just under the tenth rib at the
| back, passed downward penetrated
1.-the diaphragm, passed through the
4 spleen, missed the stomach and intes-
| tines and passed into the cavity. A
semicircle had been cut in the spleen
| and indications are that the man who
did the stabbing turned the knife in
| the wound.
| A descriptionsof the second man i'm
plicated in the stabbing was given to
| the patrolmen when they went on duty
| last night and 1t is believed he will be
in custody within a short time.