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ae Deval: wounded. = folie Kloehr, a livery- ~ man, killed Bob and Grat Dalton, and Bill Powers was also shot dead. Broadwell was _ fatally wounded and was found dead just - outside town. Emmett was seriously shot, TIBURCIO VASQUEZ af OLD-TIMERS of southern Cali- fornia will recall with a, thrill the =f name of Tiburcio Vasquez, the . notorious Mexican bandit who was the _ terror of southern California in the early 70s, and who. conducted a campdign of _ robbery, murder and outlawry which forms 7 ‘one of the thrilling chapters in the history oF Be cccrien first came into prominence _ through a triple murder committed at Tres _ Pinos, near Hollister, August 26, 1873, the _ details of which are briefly as follows: _ Seven Mexican bandits, of which Vasquez __was the leader, rode up to the store of a man - named Snyder at Tres Pinos. Four of ‘the _ men entered the store and compelled those So inside to lie down on the floor, where they -___-were all securely tied. They ‘then helped ___ themselves to whatever they wished. \_ - Outside, Vasquez was busy with the bal- ‘ance of his gang. A sheep-herder named ‘Martin and a teamster named Redford were shot down in cold blood. — A black- __ smith named Scherrer, hearing the shooting, ~ ran into Davidson’s hotel, and the inmates started to bar the door, when Vasquez _ fushed up and discharged his revolver through the paneling, killing Davidson. _ The bandits then looted the store, stole seven horses in the stable and left. __ After the gang had departed, one of the Es erks managed to untie his bonds. He _ liberated the others, and then rode to = Hollister and told the sheriff. A posse was at once organized, and the bandits were trailed toward southern California in the sae _ Elizabeth Lake country, where Vasquez a a had relatives. Later the bandits made for __ Cahuenga Pass, near. the present moving- Saae: =o picture city of Hollywood. From there the the trai] separated and was eventually lost. The outlaws soon again started their dep- -redations by robbing stage-coaches and _ holding up wealthy ranchers. One of the exploits of Vasquez and eight men was that Of holding up and robbing thirty-five per- = sons, leaving them all tied to trees. _ outlaws rode toward Tejunga Cafion, where Ss ie O) “Adventure -but recovered and was sentenced to the penitentiary for life, but was pardoned in 1907 and is now living a respectable life. Bill Dalton was killed in the Indian Terri- tory in 1894 while resisting arrest. Soon after a wealthy rancher at* San Gabriel named -Rapetto. was visited by Vasquez and ordered to deliver eight hun- dred dollars or be killed. The man did not have the money at the ranch, and*sent his son into Los Angeles on horseback for the money. The son informed the sheriff of-his father’s predicament and a posse followed the boy home, but Vasquez saw the dust arising from the moving horsemen and fled. Such a scourge did Vasquez become that fifteen thousand dollars was apprdpriated by the Legislature to rid the country of the Vasquez Gang, and eight thousand dollars was offered for the chief, captured alive, or Aix thousand dollars if he was killed. But his day of reckoning came at last. It wag learned that he was living at the house _of.one “Greek George” in the Cahuenga Pass, and the sheriff-of Los Angeles County - formed a, posse $o capture Vasquez. The posse concealed therhselves near the house, decided whether the outlaw was there or not, until the morning fog arose and dis- closed the famous white horse of the bandit — picketed at the door. How ‘to approach the place undetected was a problem, until a passing wood-chopper driving a large wagon with a deep box was apprehended. The posse concealed them- selves in the wagon-bed and the driver. was ordered to approach the house slowly. Here a rush was-made and the house surrounded. Emil Harris, one of the posse, made for the kitchen door. As he entered, gun in hand, he saw Vasquez at the table eating his breakfast. Before the officer could fire, the bandit made a leap out of the window. But he had not reckoned on the others of the © posse outside, and a fusillade of shots. met his exit. He was shot several times, none of the bullets proving fatal, and at last threw up his hands in surrender. Loaded with chains, the famous prisoner was brought to Los Angeles, where the whole city, wild with joy, turned out to get a glimpse of him. He was subsequently taken north to the county where the Tres Pinos murders occurred, tried, found guilty and finally hanged at San J ose, IOOK mn (E@