Complex sentence: On February 25,1874, Tiburcio Vasquez and his gang robbed several freight wagon crews at Raymond's station (then called Coyote Holes), after first apparently scouting the location from the nearby rock formation now known as Robber's Roost.
Split into simpler sentences: On February 25,1874, Tiburcio Vasquez and his gang robbed several freight wagon crews at Raymond's station (then called Coyote Holes). They had apparently scouted the location from a nearby rock formation now known as Robber's Roost.