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Tileoftoct£rt?d*sSt.1-FIVE DEAD AND TWO SERIOUSLY WOUNDED TOLL OF AFFAIRS AT OWENSMOUTH AND LANKERSHIMSheriff McMartin of Ventura County and Contable W. E, Kelly of Oxnard Among Victims—Were Attempting Arrest of Murderer—Killer Shot Down Turns Gun on Self—Mexicans in Stabbing Affray.Five men dead and two seriously j ray had summoned assistance from wounded was the toll of two of'the(the city police department and theDbloodiest days the San Fernando Valley has experienced since the old days when the valley was overrun hy bandits and desperadoes.While attempting to arrest two Mexicans, Pedro Ramirez and Jos Duran, last Saturday at Owens-mouth. who had murdered a man at Oxnard on Sunday, the 14th, E. G.McMartin, sheriff of Ventura county, and W. E, Kelly, a constable ofsheriff’s office he started in pursuit and caught his man east of 0\v-ensmouth in a corn field.Sheriff Mc.Mailin died almost in slantly after shot. Kelly was taken to Los Angeles but died soon after reaching the receiving hospital.The bodies of the officers and Ramirez were brought to’ the Van Xuys undertaking rooms and late, on Saturday night a delegation ofaTh;PiLOxnard, were shot down and killed. I Ventura county citizens avrived and Ramirez, who shot the officers, ran!*00** the bodies of McMartin and fTom the house where the tragedy Kelly to their respective home towns, ocurred and was pursued by officer j ^'he dragedy caused great excite-Thos. N. Murray of Owcusmouth,i meat in the valley and it had .not who sent two bullets into the fleeing' subsided when word came of another iimn before he dropped. Crawling j stabbing affray at Lnnkcrshim on under a row of EuvSlypiu? tree/ be vbieb r^uttcd m th- deathtween the Craig and Praiswalhr; of two more Mexicans, ranches on West Sherman Way, Ra- j t*”s affair Amelio Duran and mirez turned his own gun on him- jhis father, Juan Duran, were killedself and ended his life.and a friend, Lambert Escarega, \yasDuran, who was separted from his 5non^ WJntie‘i hen 3ose Rnd pal during (he melee, escaped and fa|Maune1 Ramerez, who were attendingknown to have taken a street car,0 *metl Wer« Put oat fnr ™'*inr near Van Nuys for the city. Kc is « disturbance, and later attacked the still at libcrtv.The crime for which Ramirez and Duran were wanted, occured* Sunday, Aug. 14th, near the Amcrisan Beet Sugar factory in Oxnard. Holding up Jose Garcia, a boy of 20 yeaTS, the two men attempted robbery andfinding nothing of value on Garcia, Ventur/^nl^ where' hi was hed ordered him to go or, down the roacl.'-Durans and Lambert with knives. A force from the sheriff’s office rounded up the Ramarez brothers and in resisting arrest Manual Ramarez was eluhbed over the head and seriously hurt. .The death of Sheriff McMartin was a great shock to the people ofthatKCncecM\v«anonsul\ofr:pi;filtoPhnaWhen he had gone a short distance away Ramirez opened fire and shotin the highest ctsoem. He had served as sheriff for the county since 1002 and was considered one of theGarcia in the back, killing him iil;)llosl cmcienf .offjcL.rs in ,he stalc. cold blood. -The two men escaped and on Sat-., urday morning Sheriff McMartin waa.SUPERMSOR H. W. WRIGHT A notified that they were in Owens-! VAN NUYS VISITOR TUESDAYmouth at a rooming house conducted: Supervisor H. W. Wright of theby Mrs. Antonio Vnlnrde. Summon-! Fifth district was a caller at the ing Kelly, the two officers came to : News office Tuesday while on a trip the Valarde home.. They went to‘through the valley. Mr. Wright the room occupied hy the men and: stated that he will ih» everything demanded admittance. They were ans- J possible to assist this community in weted by .six shots fired by Jtamriez : its flood control problem, and favors through the closed door. Both of- the use of any revenue from the Pa-firers Ml, mortally wounded. P.nmir-jcoimn Dam for the sinking fund of ez escaped, and after Officer Mur-i the valley district.m:iFrex]nb«airlotwilstabeiva!fiv.Mb2Suihosw QlMrofam:
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Van Nuys News
Van Nuys, California, US
Thu, Aug 25, 1921
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