Los Angeles daily herald. [volume] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1873-1876, 1874-05-16

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myself travelled south without mo-
lestation until we reached Rock
Creek.
Q.-Tell me about the affair with
Lebia's wife?
"A criminal intimacy had ex-
listed between myself and Lebia's wife
long before 1 left theranch in Monterey
county, but Leba never suspicioned
us. At Rock Creek he caught us in
faqrante delictO. Then he turned
against me and sought to have me
captured. Lebia had been with me
long time prior to the Tres Pinos
murders.
Q.-Where have you spent the most
of your time since that event?
Al have made runs into the upper
counties, but only for few days.
Most OF the time l have remained in
Los Angeles and Kern counties.
Q.-Had you no suspicious that
Sheriff Rowland was watching you?
A.-No; had him carefully spotted,
but he was so apparently indifferent
about the whole matter that he threw
me off my guard. 1 knew every move
of Morse, and was often around his
camp in the San Fernando Mountains.
[ did not fear him; but Rowland out
witted me.
GLOW long had you been fire.
quenting the house of Greek George
when you were captured?
Al had not been stopping there.
On the day of my capture L went into
the house to get my dinner. l had
lived in the hills in the vicinity of the
house for the past two or three weeks.
had no suspicious that Rowland had
sent out party in search of me. Had
L had the faintest intimation that such
was the case, they would not have
captured me.
Q.-What were your general plans
| of operation
A.-Some time ago, Chavis, Lebia
and myself, and later, Chavis and
and I, arranged the plans. | usually
had no contidants. When / wanted a
party of men had no difficulty in
finding the requisite number. The
work done, the party disbanded, and
each went his way. [ trusted no one.
This plan of operation was the best,
for the reason that the men, when not
wanted by me, were engaged in their
ordinary occupations, and were scat
tered over the country. No one Sus-
picioned them.
o. have heard that you said you
could overrun this portion of the State
if you had money. How would you
have acted?
A.-With the arms and provisions
that 1 could have purchased with fifty
or sixty thousand dollars, / could raise
a force with which l could revolution
ize Southern California.
Q-Have you any relations in this
State?
Ayes; have three brothers and
two married sisters. My father and
mother are dead.
Q.-Do you wish to say anything
concerning your present condition or
future prospects?
A.-Only this. am not as bad q
man as L am represented. L Lave
robbed men, and have tied them up,
but never killeda man, never shed
human blood, and have always adj
vised those with me not to kill or
wound those we robbed. l have been
prosecuted and driven from point to
point, from year to year. The white
men heaped wrong upon me in Mont
Grey, and the officers bounded me until
l was driven from an honest calling
in Mendocino county. Of the future
| shall at this time say nothing. Of
Sheriff Rowland and the gentlemen
who captured me, L will say they are
all brave men. They took desperate
chances, and it was one chance in a
million that they succeeded. They
could have killed me, but did not, and
they have treated me in the kindest
manner.
AT this moment couple of ladies,
who wished to see the prisoner, en-
tered the room, and in response to the
expression of one that she was so sorry
to see so brave man in his condition,
he thanked her and said. he feared he
was not the brave man she thought
him, or he would not have been
captured. She said she was sincerely
sorry to hear of his capture. He
thanked her again, and raising his
bandaged hands in a reverential
manner said, "Que las bendiciones dc
Dias sean siempre contigo''-May
Gods blessings ever rain upon you.