White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-02-25
BASQUE ALIVE
BUT CONNOT RECOVER

All three ol tue NltAlHio VI Aeet
Saturday nights triple shooting af-
fray are showing marked signs Of
Improvement, though it is still de-
clared by the doctors that Martin
Iuzargarat, who shot the other two
and himself. has received a fatal
wound and that he cannot live mere
than a few days or a week.
The bullet in the back Of Iuzaga-
rats brain will cause his death SOON
er or later, it Is claimed, and it IS
declared surprising that he has ar
vived this long. 1t cannot lie remoy-
ed, according to DR.. w. W. Cook,
without running a risk of doing
more harm with the instruments used
in removing 1t than was done by the
entry of the bullet itself.
When he was examined originally
at the White Pine General hospital
1t was believed by the physician that
Iuzagarat could live no more than
two or three hours. and that he has
lived for a week. while not changing
the opinion that his wounds are fatal.
is remarkable, but, parallels to it
are frequently mentioned.
The wound caused a CLOTHING of
blood, affecting the nerves OF the
eyes, and Cor several days the ma
a totally blind. In the last two
days a hemorrhage relieved the brain
of considerable of his blood and his
sight has been partially restored
thereby.
For a few days after the shooting
It was feared by the nurses that
Iuzagarat would have a violent turn
and do harm to them and possibly TO
anybody who might cross his path.
For that eason a deputy sheriff wa
stationed at the hospital TO guard
him, and as n further protective
measure as well as tc alleviate the
pain of his wounds he was kept un-
der the influence of morphine.
Iuzagarat is an ex-serviee n an
who served in France and was she'll
shocked. He is known to have not
been right in his mind since that
occurred and is an object of com.
passion on that account. He went
TO the war early and has a fine record
for bravery, so il is claimed.
One OF the causes of the differences
between himself and wife was over
heir sheep. She owns large sheen
interests and reports among Basques
have 1t that he tried to persuade her
to separate her sheep from others
with which they are being run md
put them in with his. to which she
refused. and there the trouble start.
cd and kept going, its effect being
to cause their separation after ?
honeymoon of ten DAYS and finally
the shooting when she declined to
take him back upon his return from
California.
Mrs. Iuzagarat Is reported by DR..
NJ. j. Rand to be improving, though
he says she is a sick woman and has
passed through a critical time dur
ing the week. TOO sick sire is, The
doctor declares, TO permit o. removal
of the bullet from her left ehoulder.
This. he says. is not doing great
harm. The doctor has an X-ray of
1t, the location of the bullet belne
against a bone near the joint IN the
shoulder.
Gracian E%tchebarren, the third one
of the trio shot by Iuzagarat, is 10
ing nicely, according to DIR. Cook. He
has shown some signs OF his windpipe
being slightly cut by the bullet pass
ing through his neck, the indication
being in the form of blood coming II,
through his mouth, but he is able 10
take food and sit up a part Of mo
time
All members of the trio are at the
same hospital.