The Mankato free press., 1923-09-14
SHERIFF PICKS FROM
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Dying Man Found BY
Companion
.DEATHGAPI NECK
Sheriff and Authorities Take
Up Case; Obtain cIew
To Suspect

Police of Mankato and the county
sheriff's forces are today securing
the. surrounding territory in search
of Ricindo Marcado. age thirty I've
years, a Mexican farmer who is GUS
pected of having murdered a fellow
Mexican. Isidora .Hernandes, age
thirty four years, In small shack
at the rear of r. r. Tanners garage
at Eagle Lake about i've O'Clock
yesterday afternoon.
The murder was discovered short
ly after Ave o'clock yesterday after
noon when Pablo Sepulyeda, who
lived in the house with Hernandes.
returned home from work. Herman
des was found lying upon bed In
the front room Of the home. gasp
ing for breath. He had been shot
IN the front Of the neck, the bullet
cutting the jugular vein and passing
out Of the body below the right arm
pit.
A webb of circumstantial evidence
has been woven about MarcadO as
the man who committed the murder
by Sheriff Edward Ario, who Is con
ducting the Investigation and the
search for Marcado who has disap-
appeared.
Coroner Is Notified.
On discovering what had happen
ed In the house. Sepulyeda noti16d
E. r. Tanner, who Immediately no.
titled DIR. Roy Andrews, deputy
county coroner. District Attorney
Frank e. Morse was next notified
and he in turn sent word to Sherin
' The body lay the fis lsrsth 81 the
bed. when found By the county ON
cials a bad bruise on bis rlsat
1Sst been struck p: heaxy pI9x pos g:
MD efef stopped oFer )aq
gun close to his neck and Bred
shot. &.
A search OF the premises revealed
a thirty eight automatic revolyeF
lying near the feet of the deadnnau
covered over with hat The bullet
was found beneath a washstari
shells were found in the ~E,n.
Sepulveda, Licrada Figiroa, re-
ported mistress OF Marcado. and
Eliza Cardtnas, reported sweetheart
Of the murdered man, are held at
The county tail for questioning. Mar
cado's son Is also held.
Boy Is Arrested.
Carlos Marcado, fifteen year sold
SON of the hunted man, was arrested
by the sheriff this morning and un
der a grilling, admitted he was with
his father when he called at the
Hernandes home shortly before five
o'clock yesterday.
Several links to the chain Of evil
dence pointing to Marcado as the
man who did the shooting were
gathered up by the sheriff and his
deputies who worked on the case all
last night and today.
The facts In the case show that
Hernandes arrived home at shortly
before five o'clock yesterday after
noon. Mrs. Merit Mynard, who lives
short distance from the Hernandes
home, stated to the authorities that
he appeared to be in an intoxicated
condition.
Shortly afterward fairly large
Mexican. dressed in black hat and
alls, together with young boy, ap-
preached the ramshackle dwelling.
The two talked moment and then
the man entered the house She said
that he remained within the house
about ten minutes, later emerging
and the two walked toward the
state road and Tanners garage.
Hernandes Was Dying.
Z Sepulveda returning home from
work, met Marcado and his SON a,
the corner of Tanners garage on
his way home. He bid him "Good
afternoon" and proceeded home
ward. When he entered the house,
ne states, he found Hernandes In a
oroS SyHfn -
on the bed. He hurried out and call
ed Tanner. The latter investigated
and then sent the call for the coro
ner.
Sheriff Ario and the county attort
ney made visit to several of the
Mexican homes in the village and at
nearby plantations, questioning sew
eral who were reported to have
seen the suspected murderer and
the dead man yesterday afternoon.
Carlos Marcado, when questioned
last night stated that his father had
left home to 60 to work for a man
at six o'clock. He told the same
story early this morning when
questioned. Shortly before noon
young Marcado was taken to the
jail and given another questioning.
This time he admitted being with
his father when he entered Herman
des' house, and he waited outside
His story went back to the happen
ings of the afternoon.
A number of Mexicans had gath
cred at the home of Justo Murillo
where he and his father and Lii
c-ada Figiroa lived lie stated that
Hernandes came there very drunk.
At one time during the afternoon he
said that he showed him revolver
and declared he was going to .clean
up the bunch"
Took Gun Away.
Carlos states that he took the gun
away from Hernandes, but that he
took Il away from him later and
went out behind the chicken coop
and shot, the nine shells the gun
carried. at a post. This occurred
about four or four thirty in the af-