The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-08-28
ARMED PRISONER IN
DESPERATE BATTLE
IN HIS JAIL CELL
Officers Compelled TO Shoot and
Batter Old Mexico Bad Man
Before He Yields Razor and
Knife; Guards at Bay,

In resisting an attempt to take a
razor and knife from him. Pablo
Hernandez. a prisoner az the county
Jail. haitled desperately with the un-
dersherift Two deputy sheriffs and
the iailer w his cell az the county
Jail this morning and yielded only
nfier he had been shot twice and bat
tered over the head with ~ club. The
firing began when ne came within
an ace Of laying the undersheriffs
face opcn with the razor.
Before the battle In the cell began
Hernandez had held the all guards
AZ bay with his weapons and gave
warning that he would fight to the
death any attempt TO disnrm him.
How he came by the weapons the
authorities have not learned II Is
supposed that they were slipped 10
him from the outside and that he
plotted to use them on the guards in
break for freedom.
He is at St Joseph's hospital in
precarious condition. Or NJ X
Wylder, who Is attending him. said
this afternoon that he had Just a
fighting chance Of recovery
Hernandez is an old Mexico Mexi-
can of evil reputation lie was COM
mitted To- the iuii about two weeks
ago by Justice of the Peace Pedro
B. Tartaglia, OF san Jose on a charge
OF attempting 20 kin Luis Truiillo with
dagger.
Hcrnandez's possession OF the razor
and the knife became known to Jail
guards this morning They tried to
get the weapons and he drove them
from the exercise pen. They sent
word 70 rndcrsheriff 4. T. Wootten
a. the court house. and he went to
I District Judge Herbert Reynolds for
advice The under sheriff hositatcd
To act without laying the case before
the Judge because he realized that u
might be necessary 20 XIII Hernandez
| IN disarning HIM
Judge Rayrclds gave the word to
! gu ahead u would De rogrettnble to
KIN Hernandez. he said but there
J was nothing Tor the Officers To do but
go after the weapons.
Uudersheriff Wootten went 10 the
| jail and laid his plans. He had the
1 guards Jet all the prisoners hut Her
nandcz out of the exercise pen. and
| told Deputy Sheriff Alcario Montoya.
J Deputy sheriff Enrique Sena and
! Jailcr Tom padiIIa To- stand by Tor
the final rush go thai IL possible Her
nandcz might be overcome without
bluodshrd.
When HERNANDEZ aaw the other
prisoners leaving the pen ne backed
into his ccll The pen cleared Of
prisoners Woottcn went into tho cell
and demanded the razor and knife
~ Hernandez
The prisoners answer was "a vicious
slash with the razor that sliced the
| hriu Of the undersherifts hat. Woot-
ten drew his revolver and fired Her
nandea staggered back with "A bullet
In his right lung and the hand with
the razor fcll Imply 10 his side. III
renched behind him with his Other
hand and tried Nainly 10 transfer tn,
razor tu 10. Failing In that he snatch
ed the knife from his pocket. opene,
it with his teeth ana mnged again
At that juncture Deputy Sheriff Mon
toya fired and sent bullet into Her
naudez's right arm. At the sum'
time Wootten tired again. the bulle
grazing the prisoners other arm
Montoya felled Hernandez with
blow In the face and Padilla put tn
finishing touch to the battle with
smash on the head from heav,
wooden potato mushcr which he ha,
seized IN lieu uf club
Under Sheriff Wootton pockcte,
razor and knife ana Hernandez. NOR
dead than alive. with AN the ngh
shot and battered out OF him wa
carried ont uf his cell Dr d. Is
Wyldcr the county physician. VA
summoned and he had him remove
70 tO ST. Joseph hospital