Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-04-15
VaSaueZ and his Gang.

are mus sAetcheu Oy thc eau iIauNisO
Bulletin T" He has roamed through TIN
southern counties Of the State, gathering
all the outcasts together under his com
maud. aud planning and plotting and exc
cutting RAIDS upon travellers, ranches anC
towns. He has defed the authorities auC
bafied every attempt at capture. The
story of his repeated niumphs over Law
and order has impressed macy Of his ad.
veoturous countrymeu with the idea thai
be is a chosen leader in rasealiIy, and
ought to be assisted with kind encourage
ment in word and deed. The fellow has
actually recruited his gang on several &C.
c%asions with young CaliforuiaDs, whom he
enticed by the narration of his triumphs
and the practice Of the seductive arts in
which he seems to abound. Several men,
bers Of his gang are boys, who bore fair
reputation for honesty prior to uniting
their fortunes with the outlaws. Others
are young men who never were promoted
to the grand larceny grade until Vasquez
admitted them to his advanced class of
rogues. Three cx.mcmbers of the Vas
quez gang are at present drawing their
%rations at the State prison. Captain JAS.
Towle, the executive officer of the prison,
acting as warden in the absence Of Lieut..
Governor Pacheco, called the attention of
the writer to this fact on the occasion ola
recent visit to the institution, and allowed
the prisoners TO be interviewed in the
presence of officers. Tcodore Moreno. the
oldest of the trio, had nothing Of interest
to communicate, seemingly la5oriue under
the impression that he could not improve
his situation by relating his w expert.
eneo or that of his leader. Moreno was
convicted Of murder in the second degree
at Montgomery, and sentenced to imprls.
for life. He is about thirty years
Of age. The next convict summoned was
Ifnacio Ronkel. lie is a tall and COM
pact young man Of about twenty five years,
he gave his age at twenty-five
years. Ronkel held a position in the
prison from 1866 to 1869, on account of
his inability TO prove a legal claim to Ger,
ain horses found in his possession. H.
participated in the Vasquez raid on the
California ranch, in Fresno county, and
one Of the melees incidental to the
Impression of the people about the hamlet
lad the palm Of his hand sliced open with
cheese-knifc The wound is still fresh
md in bandage, and looked as though it
night be very painful. Roukel hazards
he opinion that Vasqucz will never allow
Iimself to be captured alive, and is prod.
gal in his praise Of the bandits accom-
RonkcI entered the prison on
be 18th Of february for a period of ten
ears. The youngest and brightest Of the
is Prodolla Anamantoria, of Frcnso;
Tho is only seventeen years Of age, Ana.
l%antoria is handsome in form, and has a
ice feminine in its delicacy, His dark
yes are large and lustrous, and frirged
it'll long lashes, and there is manifest
ldness in his presence. The appearance
the youth naturally awakens sympathy
mong those who are uuaquainted with
lc fact that he has fought under Vas.
uez, and deserves the punishment metcd
1T for an infraction OF the law. Amman.
ria has a soft and pleasing voice, and
Ills the story of his wrongs with a n~aivetc
lat would be irresistible, were it not that
9 brings his assumed innocence into a {
cry prominent position in closing bis con- {
ersation. He entered the State prison
ON Fresno county on the 9Th instant for I
K years. The youth admits that he rode c
! the highway with Vasquez, and says |
lat the bandit ensnared him with false |
fomlses and rosy pictures Of glory. Vas J
nez is an old convict, and has a notable ]
record. He entered the State pris.
1 on the 2Sth of August, 1857, from a
Anges county, having been convicted S
grand larceny and sentenced to impris- |
lment for a term of FIVE years. The ban. /
t was only nineteen years old. He es- I
ped June %, 1859, and the following b
ngust was apprehended in Amandor j
on a charge of grand larceny. He r
convicted and returned to the prison ;
serve a term of one year. The fact of
$ previous escape does not seem to have v
zen taken into consideration by the ANA J
court. The term of his Imprisonment !
gan January Is, 1867, when be was /
Mt from Soncma county for grand larce- b
!, and held for a period of four years. a
nee serving this last term Vasquez has fl
y constantly engaged in rohbing and 8
ordering people in the southern counties. P
. is still at large" 6
--Anson Howard, formerly Of Weston, ;,
t lately of Londonderry, has been ar. J,
sted for burning the public house. owned r