Death in CA 1862 - Tadeo VALDEZ
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Transcribed by Dee Sardoc
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Stockton Daily Independent
Stockton, San Joaquin Co., CA
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>>TUESDAY, 4 NOV 1862<<
FATAL SHOOTING -- Officer REDDING, of Sacramento, shot and killed a Mexican named Tadeo VALDEZ, at 2 o’clock on Saturday morning last. He was attempting to arrest VALDEZ, who was drunk, when the latter made an effort to draw his pistol. REDDING drew and fired, the ball hitting VALDEZ in the face and lodging in his brain.