Evening star., 1932-11-25
CRAzED BY THEFTS,
SAYS KILLER OF SIX
Filipino ''FeIt Funny in Head"
After Loss of $500
Savings in Seattle.
sr the Associated Press.

ey the Associated Press.
SEATTLE. November 25-Armed with
two finch knives he fashioned from a
native Moro bolo, Julian Marcelino, a
craZed Filipino, killed men and
wounded IL persons in two-hour
rampage Thanksgiving day.
Marcelino ran wild in and out OF the
cheap lodging houses and shops on the
edge of the Oriental district, striking at
the hearts of whomever he met, while
police and aInbulances followed his trail
of diving and wounded victims.
Overpowered late in the day by two
policemen. disarmed and Jailed, the 30
year-old Filipino lapsed into sullen ST.
ience-a silence broken today to explain
loss of his $500 in savings by two rob-
berries was responsible for his sanguine
orgy.
He killed:
w. J. Morris, 60, grocery store pro-
Frank johnson, IS, bystander.
P;to Gualto, Filipino, So
Bernardino Bonita. Filipino. rs.
Jimmy GinimeZ, Filipino, Is.
william Tanador, Filipino, 28.
Eleven in Hospital.
Eleven others, cne a japanese woman,
Law in hospitals today with their chests
or shoulders gashed by Marcelinos
knives. City Hospital Eurgecns hold out
hone for the life of Antoine Schuler, rs,
the most seriously injured of those who
lived throughout the night.
Others of the more seriously injured
were Hans Sjorgren, so, stabbed IN the
shoulder; Tam Takoff, ~. wounded IN
the upper chest, and Talita Maca, so
A Japanese woman, wounded IN the
shoulder. -;
rhich took a greater toll than any pub
lie catastrophe here in recent years,
police said Marcelino told them, I feit
funny in the head"
II was held up wednesday night by
three colored men, officers quoted MN
as saving. ..and lost 5000. Afterward
went to the Midway Hotel and stayed
with Pito Gualto.
II got up at $50 am. yesterday
morning and went up to the hospital TO
visit nv cousin and when / returned 10
the hotel S100 I had hidden in SACK
was missing"
Questioned Companion.
He questioned his companion. Cuaito,
the confession said, but was told that
Gualto didn't know where the money
was.
II then felt different to the way I
usually feel felt funny nthe head.
stabbed Pito. He was lying on the peo.
I went over and hit him once"
Continuing his account of the trail Of
slaughter which that killing began, he
related briefly his deeds until he thought
he stabbed a colored man.
But I didn't remember anything
else" he added 81 feel better now"
Gualto's nephew, Cristolo Bayaoa,
was visiting his uncle when the middle
aged man was slain. After Gualto de-
MED knowledge of the whereabouts OF
Marcelino's money, the killer said moth
ing for while.
mot one word" Bayaoa related. But
he had that funny look. All OF sud
den he pulled out his knife and stabbed
my uncle to death"
Dashes From Hotel.
He slashed Bayaoa in the shoulder,
lunged at another man who came into
the room and dashed from the hotel on
his mission of death. With frenzied
yell he ran into an adjacent barber
shop.
II have just sacrificed my life to die
for my countrymen," he shrieked,
brandishing his knives. 81 have killed
three men outside. See, here is my
knife
seizing a leather coat of one of the
patrons from a rack, he rushed out Of
the shop.
Summoned by the first terrified call
from the hotel, the first Of many that
came during the afternoon, police were
already on his trail. AS the story OF
his madness was told by repeated tele-
phone calls, all available patrolmen and
police cars were hurried to the dis
trict But the crazed Filipino was
elusive.
AS he ran in and out among pedes-
trians or into shops, he struck here and
there with deadly accuracy. All Of his
victims were stabbed in or about the
heart
Nest of his victims had been taken
TO hospitals or the morgue before Pa
trolman William Reynolds saw him fee
ing down an alley. Reynolds shot at
him but missed.
Attracted by the shot, Patrolman Cor
don Jensen, off duty and returning
from foot ball game, leaped for the
killer Marcelino lashed at him with
knife, ripping the cloth from Jensen's
sleeve.
With Patrolman Charles Seaver. Jen-
sen finally cornered and captured the
Filipino in the grocery store where
Morris, one of the victims, lay dead on
the floor.