 The panic among the population increased, with many women refusing to go outside alone and villages becoming deserted at night.In August 1873, again during an afternoon, Garayo took another prostitute to the Recachiqui.Again he offered few money, she protested and he attempted to strangle her, but the woman could scream and alert some guards from Polvorín Viejo - the prison where Garayo would be executed in later - forcing him to flee.