Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-04-25
yASQCEZ' Last EXPLODE.

The aSqueH Danilttl, composed OF
yasquez and four other young Mexi-
: ean>, made its appearance at the Old
Mission on Wednesday last. and
1trightway proceeded to the house of
alexander kebctto, whom they took
but and ii ii to tree, and then pre-
I oenting pistols in close and annOviny
broNilni V to each ear. demanded $500
6s a ransom. Mr.. Rebetto, fearing
HAT his life would be taken, dispatched
d boy TO Los Angeles with Il check for
NE above amount. The boy came to
tOWn is quick aS ever man flew over
Gle Mission road. and proceeded at
Snce to the Slcrifi-s office and gave a
1eailed deScrip. ion OF the robbers and
| De affair. Bill " Rowland and his ef-
t,.ent Under Sheriff, Albert Johnston,
u Ole. made arrangements for pur-
| init entertaining no doubt but that it
PAS Na>quez and his gang OF freeboot-
! srs. In less than a quarter of an hour
number of flee, horses had been pro-
#posed of officer Sands, Harris, Hart
ERogers and Chantcs, led by Mr.. Row.
Ehnl, proceeded out toward the neigh
DorhoCd of the outrage. In less thar,
half All hour the pursuing party ar
Rived within sight of Mr.. Kepctto's
houSc, and quick as flash five men
Mounted their horses, and gallOped III
the direction of the upper Arroyo Seco,
Ahe Rowland party giving hot pursuit.
E While all this exciting work was go
3ng on, Charley Miles and John Os-
BORNE, who had been hauling some pip
jny material out to the lands of the
Orange Grove Association, were qui-
/ etly Jogging on toward home behind
O>horn'S stylish team, chatting about
INorlnyer'S great sale of watches and
diamonds, and the Odd Fellows ball.
Now, if YOU had told these two gentle
men that Ea>quez was within gun>ho:
/ Of them, they would have laughed in
! your face. But, all Ct a sudden, up
da>he two men, each armed with Il
Henry rifle and a six shooter, and, in
Enyl.si, demanded halt. Osborne
Thought it was Il joke, and carelcsSly
Cropped the rein ON his SOrrel, so as to
inrrct>e its pace. In doing so he drove
Fight into three more of the bandits,
WHO gave him to understand that he
Proceeded further Il; great peril.
NasqueZ. quick as thought, made his
fappcarauce on the near side and COW
cred John with Henry rifle. which
little maneuver caused the smiling face
Of our friend Miles to elongate trtle.
Then he smiled again, and then, As a
Henry rifl", rs big rs Il Dahlyren can
pom. fooled around his left ear, he
drew on the PlatOnic countenanc"
asain, and began to view the scene from
"hn>ine>>" standpoint. Two of the
h'ghwaymcn diSmOunted, while Vas
squez and the two men who did not dis
inount covered the two millionaircs in
the wayon-Aliles, Osborne, Pat Cone
aM Jack Rhodes-with their rifles and
PIX shooters. "lland out your
lhoner!" said Vasquez, land hurry
ZIP ior there are a dozen men coming
,ii's way" Charley (oh! wouldn't he
nave liked to have been ''ten thou
salid Miles away!') declared that he
s,adi t got Il cent with him, which ellie
ed rom the knight of the road: "rhen
take that watch!" At this juno
Ire the urbane City Water Collector
"Eed first at his own English hunt
" lever, and then at tJohn's-becau>e,
VI see, he didn't know exactly which
lnonometer suited the fancy of the
aiornm Duval. But the latter, in Or
ITO create no hard feelings or mi>un-
I'lahdlng i'll the matter took both OF
rlr watches in out OF the wet. About
aee dollars and half, in United
'Mes % silver coin, also, was donated,
'u then the outfit was permitted to de-
art, the robbers i'm the meantime, per-
wing the Harris and Sands party at
e Top of the hill about a thousand
aus OH, d;sshiny OFT in different ,!i-
ine city was wild during the after
roon' and all sorts of rumors gained
b. ;eie,ce. One was that ".Jeemes
Ms' OF Pipesville," had been killed;
mher aoa that Round House George had
.u " robbed; another that Dave Maine
@r. "a tered the desperado, and would
navy, AVE nm mp for lunch on Saturday
M, a,, and still another that they had
a, p,'ored Paul Schiller's music box.
r,ahe % none of these rulnOrs could be
u As D anything resembling facts.
er ,oou. O'Clock, Billy Rowland, af-
rmo mmcatlng his forces as best te could,
sr;e e 10 town for reinforcements, be-
nen my mat. with proper number Of
.eed a. =. ms command, he would sue
hon ~ eiierting a capture. In few
"e''s General Baldwin and two