Ladislado Uresti

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            On April 22, 1953, Ladislado Uresti, a 47-year-old Hispanic resident, was working as a night watchman for a plumbing company in San Antonio, Texas.  At about 10:30 p.m., the night engineer, C. J. Smith, heard Uresti call “Let me in.”  Upon going to the door, Smith saw that Uresti’s face and arms were bloody and he was covered with dirt.  Uresti reported that two white men had beaten him with long iron chains.  Uresti told Smith he did not know the men who beat him but Uresti thought they were union men.  After the beating, the men got into their car and left.  Uresti first asked Smith to call the plumbing company to tell them he was quitting because he was afraid to work.  Uresti then asked Smith to call the police.