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Ca*e of R. M. Lemuter, Charged With Killing of Officer Martinez. Goe« Ovtr to Aftpfl.t lt;vYesterday morning in the district court the ease of H M. I^master. ado, ^rivftfe of r° C-. 23d Tnfantrv, ,irri charged with the killing of Police Ofs fleer Salomon Martinez, was called , tor trial. Counsel for the defenae at once filed an application for a continuance on the grounds of absence ! of material witnesses. The applies J tion was at once taken up and ntgumont on both sides made and this morning .fudge Mulally announced his idem decision, continuing the case until 1' the April term of court It is said ( lonal that counsel for the defense will 1 ui\° probably ask for habeas corpus with N ir a view of securing bond, as at the h anitt- time Of the preliminary trial Lernaster lt;lt;»* was remanded to jail without bond s-*Hd has since been incarcerated in the county jail.BMd Tho shooting of Policeman Salomon ,, Martinez occurred on the morning of *er- September 10. 1lt;11. a, a resort In the K'nt southwestern part of the cltv at 1 Of about 2 o’clock in the morning Mar- sl lj* tine* died Trom the results of his» wounds exactly 24 hours afterwards. [l*s* on Monday morning. September II. at fl sen. 2 o'clock, in the Mercy Hospital fAccording to the evidence adduced ‘ n at the preliminary trial which follow is 1 '« ed a few days Inter, the details of the m or tragedy as given by an eye-witnessW■«*lt;•- was substantially as follows About• n'nlAol/ t I.____ 1____ .2 o’clock on the morning of the shoot Ing Private R. M, bo mas ter. a mom id* her of Co i\, 23rd Infantry, came up to where several men were standing ,or and, hearing an electric piano in a *vs house of itbrepute nearby, remarked*H that he was going in to pm it out »! in ms business. Lernaster proceeded to the \vr ir! hoiW€ in ^Mention, entered, and began n(1 firing into the floor from a pistol 12 m which he had pulled. lb* then left Ha m* the house and as he got on to the gal Itii lerv he fired again. He then ran out Ala‘at the gate and ran in the direction of Cat m Port McIntosh. About this time gar *° Policeman Martinez arrived at the Ma [u house and asked who had done the lez de shooting. The fleeing man was point- (Jrc f **d out to him and the officer started AH iT in pursuit, and when the officer came lt;\. within a few feet of Lernaster at a bre corner nearby Lernaster turned about Ygi and fired at the officer, the bullet cut- dlol ting the officer's belt in two, pre- Stil cipitating his pistol to the ground, dre: and the ball lodging in his abdomen Rev a* The prostrated man ordered another Rod J11 man named John Carpenter to pursue Dio J* and arrest the soldier and this order Ana was carried out, for Carpenter, with Luc several other men started in pursuit.ieide*• Carpenter taking the fallen officer’s v*• pistol. When within a short distance'■ of l.etnastcr near the jmst gate Car ‘.-‘.'.f ing him in the leg. He fired again ' '• and Lernaster slackened his pace andv was finally overtaken and beaten• about the head and face before he gave up. The men then took Letnas 1 ter to jail and the wounded man was ( taken to Mercy Hospital, where he ’died the following morning ion
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Laredo Weekly Times
Laredo, Texas, US
Sun, Dec 10, 1911
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