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Mexican American The Sunday Gazetteer Sunday, February 23, 1890 SWEETMEATS VS. TEMALES About 10 o'clock Wednesday night cries and imprecations in a mixed jargon of Spanish, Italian and English proceeding from the vicinity of the sweetmeats stand on the White Elephant corner drew a crowd to the spot to see what was the matter. The first to arrive found Louis Lopez, the Mexican Temale man who usually stands at McConnell & Hogg's corner, bleeding profusely from a number of knife wounds that Gaspardo Rhoda, the Italian keeper of the sweetmeats stand had just inflicted upon him. Lopez was taken to the drug store of Dr. Wallace and his cuts attended to. He was found to have one quite serious wound in the breast, 2 deep gashes in the legs and one through each arm near the shoulder. After being fixed up he was taken to his home, in Taylortown, where he now lies in a rather serious condition, but with prospects of recovery. Marshal James arrived upon the scene a few minutes after the stabbing, but the Italian had taken his departure. Fearing that he would get out of town during the night, the police were set to watch all the outbound trains, but the precaution was unnecessary as he appeared at his stand Thursday morning, and was there arrested. He states that Lopez called him a s--- of a b--- and that was why he stabbed him. When the Mexican gets able to appear in court Rhonda will have a hearing, when he will undoubtedly be bound over to the county court.   Mexican American Roots Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson County TXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |