Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-02-25 | Page 3 | Slayer's Children Facing Starvation Family of Navarro in Dire Distress

Slayers Slayer's Children i rely Facing Sta Starvation 4 0 O O O Family of Navarro in m Dire Distress F FOUR OUR children the oldest a girl 12 years of age and their Jr mother are facing starvation in a two room shack at 57 South Sixth West Vest street The family belongs to Jose Navarro who is in inthe inthe inthe the county jail aW awaiting trial for the killing of Jose Garcia whom he shot to death at Garfield last week because Garcia is alleged to have tried to gain custody of the slayers slayer's slayers slayer's slay slay- ers er's year old daughter Navarro was in court Saturday and pleaded not guilty to the killing al although al- al though ho has confessed to the shootIng shooting shooting shoot- shoot ing Ing In Justification of ot the alleged wrong which Garcia had had done him when he tried to break up his home Navarro Is a Spaniard and speaks no English He told his story through an anI Interpreter I IN NEED OF FUNDS I On the day of the killing which was was last Tuesday Navarro had gone to Garfield to borrow some money from friends to provide food for his family I while he hunted for work He had worked at Garfield before but It U is isI I said had been driven out by Garcia who had threatened to Kill kUl him If he ho Interfered In his pla plans a to get custody I of Navarro Navarre's Na s 's child child daughter He removed removed removed re- re moved his family to Salt Lake and I tried to get w work Falling Failing to find employment employment em em- the small mall amount of or money which Navarro had saved soon was used up In buying food and providing shelter for his wife and children He decided last Week k t to return n to Garfield Garfield Garfield Gar- Gar field to raise fun funds among his friends At Garfield It Jt Is said he learned that Garcia had circulated a story to the tho effect that he Navarro had sold his daughter to a after he had al allowed allowed al- al lowed her to associate with other menat men menat menat at the camp campy This enraged Navarro Na I aI-I he be said suld and he sought out Garcia and killed him j i FAMILY LACKS FOOD I When Chief Deputy Sheriff E. E II H. Doherty called at the Navarro Na home I tho the day after the arrest of the tho father I and husband he found the family penniless penniless pen pen- pen pen-I and w without without a morsel of food in inthe inthe the house save savo a 0 half a sack of pota pota- pota-I pota toes Doherty went t to the county infirmary Infirmary in infirmary In- In and gat gathered up enough food foods I Ito to keep the family for several days i At tho the home he found the four children chil- chil I dren cIren and the mother living in two J rooms ono one of ot which had a s rug on the floor This was the sleeping room A tow low sticks of dil dilapidated d furniture a stove tove and an occasional nal nalo cooking pan and dish c composed the household hold ef- ef i Mr Doherty said laid j Navarro la is 30 0 years ears a o of ot age ge He lie Is Ischar i char 1 with first degree free murder He lie I I pleaded not guilty In the tho City Judge I Noel 3 S Pratts Pratt's court Saturday and preliminary hearing bearing was wae set for March I o 9 Navarro admitted to the police polke police that he he shot and killed Jose Garcia c a at Garfield Garfield Gar Gar- field fJeld last Tuesday b because aule Garcia had trl tried d to Indu Induce Navarre's Navarros old 12 year j GHr-j old daughter to leave o homo