Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-27
QUARREL OVER GAME
FATAL TO MEXICANS
ONE DEAD, ANOTHER HURT
MORALLY
Body of Poker Player Found on Rail-
road Tracks with Head Crushed.
Father and Son Sus-
pected
rsnecjal to The Herald

SANTA ANA, April 26.-As the re-
suit of a quarrel that started over d
nolrer game at the residence of Luis
Memo Yesterday afternoon, Memo is
at the Santa Ana hospital with prop
ably fatal bullet wounds in ms right
side, and Reyes Molina is at smith q
SONS morgue, having been beaten TO
death last night by unidentified per-
sons.
Jacinto Garcia and his son, Elldoro,
were of the party that gathered at
Menzo's home on Lincoln street, ana
when the young Garcia saw his rather
being roughly handled by Memo in the
efforts of the latter to prevent a free
for-all fight, he, too, took hand, with
the result that. Memo put MN also
hors de combat. After the trouble was
over Memo went for buggy drive, put
had not proceeded far from home when
he was overtaken by the younger Gar
cha. who commanded him to stop, and
when he did so rode close up to the
buggy and began firing.
One shot took effect in Menzo's arm
and another in his right side, the bull
let probably penetrating the intestlnes.
Garcia then rode away before the ar
rival of an officer and has not been To-
Gated since.
Later. about o'clock, the sheriff S
office was informed that Mexican had
been found dead on the Santa Fe tracks
lust south of the crossing at Santa
Clara avenue, and when the officers ar
rived on the scene the body was iden-
titled as that of Reyes Molina, who
had quarreled with the older Garcia
earlier in the day.
Made Fierce Struggle
The mans head was beaten to pulp,
ltlI, In1 ,11A hi n
gave evidence of the fierce struggle he
made before his murder was accom-
plished. On the ground near the body
was a So caliber revolver, fully loaded,
and eleven cartridges. while at a little
distance, beside a pool of blood, was a
cartridge for a % caliber rifle. A big
stone, blood and with hair still
clinging to it, was beside the body,
showing how the dreadful wounds on
the mans head had been inflicted.
There were no gunshot wounds on the
body.
This morning it developed that a
journeyman printer named Prince, who
was on his way to Orange last night,
saw what he supposed were three
Mexicans sitting beside the Santa Fe
tracks near where the body of Molina
was afterward found. Prince APP
preached the men and spoke to them
when suddenly one of them sprang to
his feet and, running up to Prince,
dealt his a blow on the head with what
Prince believes was a % caliber rifle,
knocking Prince down and partially
stunning him. When Prince recovered
consciousness he found himself a con-
siderable distance from the place where
he had been assaulted. Going to Or
ange, he went to bed and did not report
the incident until this morning.
Both of the Garcias have disappeared
and the officers are securing the coun-
try for them, as it is believed by the
officers that while the younger man is
alone responsible for the shooting of
Memo, both he and his father may be
Molina's murderers.
Molina was an ex-convict, having
served five-year term for robbing a
Chinaman at Tustin several years ago.