William Elliot
Santos Alvarado
Arizona Silver Belt
July 9, 1892

A tragedy occurred in Tucson last Sunday morning shortly after 
12 o'clock resulting in the death of police officer William 
Elliott and a Mexican named Santos Alvarado.  Two Mexicans 
witnessed the conflict.  As they drew near they heard one 
exclaim in Mexican, "Shoot me if you want to, you can't 
arrest me."  He no sooner finished the sentence than the man 
spoken to fired a shot at him; the other one jumped at him and 
another shot was fired. Both men then fell to the ground, 
groaning.

Before assistance could be had both men were dead.  Alvarado 
is said to be a fugitive from Sonora, having committed serious 
crimes there, and the supposition is that he was durnk when 
Officer Elliot attempted to arrest him.  Alvarado resisting, 
the officer fired a shot to frighten him, when the Mexican 
sprang upon Elliot and plunged a knife into his heart.  Almost 
simultaneous with the knife thrust, officer Eliot fired the 
second shot which penetrated Alvarado's left breast.

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