Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-03-08
Son Of Bridge Contractor Claims
Two Young Negroes Used
Knife on Him in Fight Sunday
Night,
WILL APPEAR TODAY AS
WITNESS FOR SAN00vAL
Story Told by SandovaI That
CoIored Youths Were Beating
White Boy Corroborated by
Appearance of Victim,

The mystery connected with the
identity of the white youth who was
one OF the principals in q street fight
Sunday night which eliminated In Isl
dro Sandoval being stabbed In the
back of the head by one Of the com
batants, alleged by Sandoval to be
either Elmo or Leon Jackson, negro
youths. was cleared Up Yesterday aft
ernoon, when Claude johnson. 20
years old. appeared and informed the
authorities that Il was he who was
first engaged IN the alteration which
later resulted I'm the cutting OF san
doval. Johnson disappeared immedi-
ately after the fight sunday night and
efforts to locate him were ~unsuccess-
full. Late yesterday afternoon he re-
ported to Attorney John A. White,
counsel for Sandoyal, and offered to
appear today as a witness for the
prosecution. stating that the Jack
sons had carved him with a knife anu
had taken an unfair advantage of him
in the fight.
AS proof Of his statement that he
had been in a scrap and that some one
had used q knife on nim, Johnson yes
terday exhibited a slash across the
slAN 4 - IA ~ III III AhN' fFN'" ~
coat that was torn almost 20 ribbons
Johnson claimed that u Of the
Jncksons used q knife on him while
the other pounded him with his FISTS
The story told by Johnson corrob-
CRATES in almost every detail that told
bv Sandoval. with the exception that
Johnson Is larger than Sandoval SUP
posed and appears 60 be tuily capable
Of taking care .. himself In a flsh
against one man.
According to Johnson he was stand
ms In front of the postoffice about 3
o'clock Sunday night WREN he was
approached by several ~ntefoes, among
them the JackS0ns. one of the JACK
sons leered insolcntly into his face,
he saws. and addressed Il vilc remark
to him.
Il don't ALLOW any II to call me a
namc,' said Johnson yesterday ana
/ smashed Jacks1 on the Jaw about
six seconds after ne insulted me. lie
came back at ME, n ! was giving
him all he wanted when the other
Jackson Jumped into the fight. One
Of them pulled out "a knife and slashed
ut me a number OF times. | was c
twice on the head and once the kniie
passed along my throat, scratching u:
If IL had been q little closer II would
have got my jugular vein. MY coat
was torn to ribbons and ] was getting
decidedly the worst OF 1t When san
doval Jumped In and attempted 90 STOP
the fight. He pulled one OF the jack
sons off of me and soon both OF mem
were beating Sandoval. The right dio
moi last long after that, and l saw
sandoyal walk away. l did not know
he was hurt and took a street car
vent home. where 7 washed my race
and dressed my wounds.
Johnson is a bridge worker and IL
emnlovcd on the constructton OF n
steel bridge across the lsio Irahue.
His father Is n sub-contractOr on lio
bridge. According to Johnson nc uiu
not know that Sandoval was pauls
hurt. and decided not to p~rosecu,e .ns
negrocs for attacking him WIN +"
knifc. Yesterday. however, whcn IL"
learned that Sandoval was sashcd up
considerably and that etotrts WcIe
bcIng made To locate him Tor u VII
ness. Johnson made himself known
viii, the result that he VIII proDaplN
give important testimony IN the cast
today. a,.a
Young johnson reeently btauu'''u
from a high school and was taxing =,
college course, when nc was ohlpoiluu
To give up school work y %
f~,etiyc oversight. Ills iathef tak'S
htm ,bout the country with him WINE
building bridges.
The Jacksuns were released on nulsn
Yesterday morning and resumed theiI
positions as walters in a North Secoi'
street restaurant
They sim maintained that they were
the victims of an attack maze ela"n
them hy four hohoes ana clalm 'hfs
ana NOT use a knife on SandoNai
Sandoval was confined I" ms ""nr,
4H -E-.s Ian. rHn.faIInA ~ nut Wiz
nrobably rs able Ia appear in courl
today. Although his wounds are
painful they are not considered dan
gtrDu~.