The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-05-07
KILLING NEAR
CITY, CLAIMS
SELF DEFENSE
MANUEL LAGOS SHOOTS ). A. Kill
PATRICK-LAGOS WOUNDED IN
FIGHT AND CHARGES kILPAT-
RICK USED A KNIFE,

Manuel Lagos yesterday shot and
killed J. L. Fitzpatrick. at the formers
| home, five miles west of the city
| Lagos denies that he was to blame
for the trouble, saying that when he
/ shot Fitzpatrick, the latter was trying
to kill him. and had already inflicted
a number of wounds on him.
/ Lagos is in the county jail and will
! be held pending the outcome of the
! coroner,s Investigation A jury was
ennpaneled yesterday shortly after the
| deed was reported. and the jury made
a trip TO the scene of the tragedy,
! viewing the remains of Fitzpatrick as
the body lay where the unfortunate
victim fell after receiving mortal
wounds from a 32-calibre single &C
ton pistol, used by Lagos. Taking in
the surroundings, and noting every
thing of consequence in the neighbor-
hood, the jury returned to the city and
will continue its sessions this morn
ing at 9 o'clock
The Jury is composed Of Messrs. AL
bert CroOke, Will Malbeck Fred Mil
ford James Reed, Walter Roberts and
James Johnson.
Lagos. bleeding. from a number of
wounds said to have been inflicted by
the man whom he readily says he
killed, was arrested ny Deputies Bay
less and ]. r. Marble\ The man who
did the shooting himself reported the
trouble, making his way to the nearest
telephone and calling up the sheriffs
office. Deputy Marble received the
message and he went out in the auto
mobile of Deputy Bayless with the lat
ter and found things just as Lagos
had over the telephone. represented.
Lagos, however. awaiting the arrival
of the deputies, vas fortunate in hail
ing the automobile driven by DIR. r.
L. organs. of this city, who was out
in that neighborhood on business. The
wounded man was being brought to
the city when the deputies arrived.
The same physician pronounced Kill
patrick dead
Lagos has two brothers and
mother residing in the city. His mother
is Mrs Josephine Lagos. residing with
a son at SIC West Zarragossa street.
while another brother resides at the
corner Of Zarragossa and Clubs
street. He is unmarried.
STATEMENT BY LAGOS.
"Cap'n, l didn't want to kill that
man, and did not shoot until he was
just cutting me all to pieces" Lagos
lying on a cot in his cell at the county
Jail yesterday. he explained his side
of the affair. Fitzpatrick has been
following me up a long time. The
trouble dates back to the time when
he was blamed for opening a letter
which come to Mrs. Fields. from her
husband, who is on a battleship now.
fitzpatrick says that we had no right
to live on the place where we do. We
have as much right to live there Is he
has and more. 1t is a Spanish grant !
where we live. I plant the garden
for Mrs. Fields, and do all the work
about her place. Some time ago, about
a couple of months, she received a
letter from her husband That was
after Fitzpatrick had arranged to have
anyone knowing it. The letter was
thought to have had fifty dollars in
it, but she got only five. Trouble
started then. and Fitzpatrick was ar
rested. They didn't do anything to
him, because the judge said 1t was
word for word one witness against !
the other, and let him go. After he
got out of that trouble he found out
he learned of it l had already started
home. That man nearly drove his OK
to death to catch me. but he didn't
overtake me. One or two more times
he tried to pick trouble, and early
yesterday he came over to my place
saw me he started toward me with
spring back dirk in his hand I saw
he was going
TO TRY AND KILL ME
If I did not get out of the way, and |
ran. He caught up with me several
times. One time my foot caught in
root and I fell down. Running up to
me ne began cutting. and my arm will
show how he tried to kill me. 1t was
only after I saw that he was mad
enough to kill me and finish me right
then that I called to Mrs. Fields, that
girl, and asked her to bring me the |
pistol. She brought it to me. and |
Cap'n, swear to you and to Mr.. Hoff- !
man (the deputy who was present /
when he made the statemenD that !
shot Fitzpatrick only after he had me (
down and had stabbed me all over"
Lagos, his breath coming short and
gasping from the pain which the |
wounds caused him. paused a moment /
He was covered with bandages and /
lay on his side. The wound in his /
side. which was the most dangerous of ,
any he sustained. began to bleed from /
his exertions. and he was warned not /
to try 10 arise.
You see my arm. don't you, Cap'n," |