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[afe Murder Case0[tearing Datett[las Not Been SetA preliminary hearing for Man-icl Martinez Trlgueras. a member f the crew of avMexlean oil tatik-■r, on a charge of murder growing nit of the killing of James Lloreda. !4, owner of La Rumba Grill. 2712 I). will not be held for about ten lays or so. Assistant County At-:orney L. M. Gernsbacher said, rhe case -will be heard in Justice )f the Peace Orra M. Richmond's :ouit. .Trlgueras, who was seriously wounded in the affray at the grill it 7:40 o'clock Sunday morning, is now confined to the United States Marine Hospital. Another member of the crew of the tanker, GustavoCArta Relna. seriously wounded Is also In the Marine Hospital. Tri-gueras was shot in the neck and Relna was shot in the chest.Besides being charged with murder in connection with the killingof Lloreda, who died from a bullet wound over the heart, Trlgueras is also charged with assault to murder in connection with the wounding of Reina.Justice of the Peace James L. McKenna, at the conclusion of his inquest, rendered a verdict that the death of Lloreda was due to gunshot wounds homicidal.A third seaman, Jose G. Torres, was charged with assault to murder in connection with an alleged ittempted stabbing oU-Marcas Al-1F:antar of Galveston. VitTbtmAssistant County Atitroney V ent Licata, who conducted an Investigation of the affray, with /the iclp of Assistant County Attorneys Cmmett P. Magee and Gernsb^ch-r. said that Mary Zamora, waitress at La Rumba, mad tatement indicating that the ray started after a friendly jument between Reina and :ueras, during which a third pifrty truck Reina on the chin.The woman was quoted by Licata is saying that Trlgueras then drew i gun from his belt and threatened o shoot Reina’s assailant, and that Fteina was shot as he attempted to ntervene. According to the worn-\n's statement, Lloreda then stepped in and was shot, Licata laid.After that, beer bottles, chairs Hid other weapons” were brought nto play, and a rough-and-tumble fracas ensued. Licata reported.It is alleged that during this fracas, Torres attempted to stab Marcas Alcantar with a butcher knife while Alcantar was struggling with Trigueras in an attempt to gain possession of the seaman’szun.
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Galveston Tribune
Galveston, Texas, US
Tue, Jun 22, 1943
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