Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-09-07
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FIGHT ENDED
IN A KILLING
AureIio Valdez is Stabbed Through tine
Heart With an Unknown Instrument
And Alleged AssaiIant Makes His
Escape TO Mexico.
DEATH RESULTED ALMOST
INSTANTANE0USLY
a Single Blow With Long, Sharp Instru-
mentA u That Was Needed to End Life
of Man-Weap0n Passed Nearly
Through 10 Back of Victim.

III frcc-fo fight near the rice mill
~ O'clock Sunday morning. Aurelo
VALDEZ a lahorcr, Wa stabbed IN the heart
with some unknown instrument and WAS
instantly killed. Four men are said to have
been engaged IN the affair which ended IN
the death ~ Valdez. and two of them are
being held a. material witnesses. while
the fourth. who i alleged To have done
tie killing j. believed by the police and
-herifi'~ department to have crossed the
ri,er into Mexico.
4 warrant wa issued uut VI Justice NJ
the Peace Gavito'~ court this morning
charging Tcle~fero Salinas with killing
Valdez. Salinas disappeared Immediately
after the fight. and a search of the city by
the police for a period of several hours
Sunday morning. soon after the fight wa~
trutlr-~. nv W. believed IN W. III Mexico
and y y probable that W. assistance "
the authorities on that side will BE- en-
listed in hi- apprehension.
Valdez chest held a small. clean wound.
but what manner Of weapon il was that
was used IN the murderer could not ~
determined after an examination TN ply
-Ician~ and the police IN the Morris under
taking establishment. whore the remains
We're taken after an examination by jus
ilcc tavito. acting a. coroner.
Valdez Was - years old and was born
in Brownsville.
Jose Olvera and Ce~iIiO Artcaga. held
a. material witnesses in connection with
the killing of Valdez. appeared before
Justice Of the Peace Gavito this morn.
ing. Olvera insisted that he knew moth.
ing II the killing. and Justice Gavito
and County ATTORNEY Kent decided 10 re.
mand him 10 jail for the present.
Artcaga in statement 10 the officials
did not indicate that h. knew anything
concerning the killing itself. but h. ap
peared TO have been in the neighborhood
Arteaga said that al 7.30 o'clock Sat
urday night he went a. the house of Jose
Angel Colunga. who lives near the rice
mill. for the purpose ~ buying some
drinks. lie said that hc found Aurclio
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place and that they had drinks together
lie stated that from there they went to
The saloon of Tiburcio Gonzalez where
ihev had more drinks and that at about
? o'clock he Valdez and -relcsfero SaIin-
a. left the Gonzalez saloon. and Oh their
way to the Colunga house were joined
by jose Olvcra.
Arlea~a said that when they reached
the Colugna house h. Knocked at the
door and his companions left him The
knock was answered IN n woman and
while Ne was talking ~ her Salinas and
Olvcra returned Salinas approached
him and said: "lou. also" and began
heating him ON the face. and Olvera re-
monstrated saying: Don't hit him. com
padre The woman then went into the
house. Artcaga said. and returning
shortly exclaimed "Aurtli0 has been
killed: what . compromise a. the house.
Arteaga was released from cnstody
The officers are still searching for Salin-
as