The Mankato free press., 1923-09-21
LINKS IN MURDER
CASE ARE SOUGHT
Sheriff Is Searching Hard
For Suspect
END OFAN INQUIRY
Coroner's Inquest Held; Twist
In Stories Related BY
&. Witnesses

IVoring to. clear up two important
points in the mysterious shooting
of Ysidoro Hernandes, age thirty
four years, Mexican sugar beet
worker, who was killed in his home
at Eagle Lake late Wednesday af
lternoon. .r..
The two important links around
which the officers are working are
needed for the chain OF evidence
Sheriff Edward Ario, conducting the
investigation, is weaving around
Ricondo Marcado, Mexican farmer
living at Eagle Lake, whom
the authorities suspect did the
shooting. T.
The new developments in the case
occurred last night when the cor
Ioner's inquest was held at the un-
dertaking rooms Of Johnson Boman
to determine the cause Of death.
The coroner's jury returned ver-
dict that "Ysidoro Hernandes was
killed Wednesday afternoon, Sep
tember II, 1923 at Eagle Lake,
Mimi, between five and six o'clock
by pistol shot fred by an un-
known person"
! Evidence produced at the inquest
showed that two Of the witnesses
have not been telling the truth In
relating events that occurred a.
CdSio Lake "wednesday dlISluoou.
LeDrada Figuoro, housewife OF
which the county authorities order
ed her held in custody. She
stated last night that she had left
home Wednesday evening at 8 p. NJ,
after being called to visit her
daughter on the st. Peter road to-
attend a sick baby This was. tho
same story she has stoically main
tanned in the numerous questionings
given her by the sheriff.
/ Did Not Visit Daughter
She maintained that she spent
the night with her daughter and re-
turned to Eagle Lake early in the
morning by train.
Her testimony was proven to De
wrong when Sheriff Ario and others
testified that she had never visited
her sister that night. The question
county officers, are attempting to
find out is: Where did Lebrada
Figuoro spend Wednesday night and
with whom"
County authorities are working
on the theory that she knows where
iMarcado was Wednesday night and
that she was probably with him,
Other testimony that makes the
AFFAIR tangled is the different stories.
1 told by Carlos Rodegaezy fifteen year
old boy, who calls Lebrada Figuoro
his mother and Ricopdo Marcado
his father. Shortly after the shoot
ing, when questioned Carlos main
tanned that his father had left horne
early Wednesday morning and that
he had mot returned. He stuck to
that story until yesterday noon,
when he changed 1t entirely.
/ Questioned by Sheriff Ario and his
deputies, Carlos admitted seeing
his father in the field attending his
sheep and cattle. Later about five
o'clock he said he met his father,
! Marcado, near the church block
west of the Tanner garage. He
walked as far as the Tanner garage
and then down to the Hernandez
place where he waited outside while
his father entered the dwelling.
| At that time he told of, how long
) his father stayed in the house, and
that his father had ordered him not
to follow into the house.
Last night at the inquest he
stated that he met Marcado at the
church and walked to the Tanner
garage where he left him. Under
Questioning he admitted that he
walked lust a little ways down
MIL street" towards the house Of
the murder.
! F1cTndnUGx was GTUnk
] Carlos also testified that Hernap-
dez was very drunk at his home
during the afternoon and that he
waved a gun around in the air.
] Later going down behind the chick
en- coop and emptying gun at a
post.
This testimony was refuted by
the testimony Of Pablo Sepulvado,
who lived in the same house with
| Hernandez, Pablo stated that Her
nandez had lived with him for the
past two months and that he had
never seen him drunk. Also that he
from the twin cities redently but
that other Mexicans had consumed
| 1t but Hernandez had drank moth
ing, being sick.
Further testimony that Carlos
was evading the truth when he
stated Hernandez was drunk was
| the testimony of Eliza Cardenes.
She told of being at the house Of
the murder near five o'clock wait
ling for Pablo Sepulyado to return
home. A few minutes to FIVE she
stated that Hernandez came home,
and that he did not appear to be
drunk.
Testimony of the various wit
nesses questioned last night by
Frank E. Morse. county attorney
developed the fact that the murder
was committed about five minutes :
after five o'rlock. ~
A probable motive for the murder
developed last night at the inquest
when Emmett Tanner told OF rela>
( itions between Hernandez and Mar
cado. He stated that Hernandez
Twas paying, court to a daughter Of
Marcado and that he had ordered
ipair of shoes for the girl at Stokes
store. The shoes arrived the day Of ;
the murder, but Hernandez had not
called for them.
Sheriff Ario has his force of men
searching at all points in the county
today for Marcado, believing that
! In his capture the solution of the
murder mystery will be solved.
The coroner's jury which brought
in the inquest verdict was as fol-
lows: ]. J.. Flachsenhar. Horace
Cummins, Ernest A. Silber, George
NJ. Draper, Charles RAINY and Matt
Russell.
Pioneer kEnnIneer Dies