Juanita Rodriguez, an eleven year old…
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

mber of suspicious characters for several weeks, and strangers lounging around the saloons, having no visible means of support should be inter- viewed by our officers. Hold-ups are becoming painfully frequent, and we will not be sur- prised to hear shortly of several burglaries. Juanita Rodriguez, an eleven year old Mexican girl residing with her parents in the northern part of the city, narrowly escaped with her life on Saturday last. She had found some giant caps and was playing with them, when one exploded, blowing off the thumb and index finger of her right hand. A little babe playing near by had its face badly cut up by the flying particles. Juanita will probably lose the sight of an eye, but Doctor Woodwille, who is attending her, thinks he can save it. ( no )