Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-05-15

wOman's room night after n1ght. III
is safe to say that until to-day Vas
quez has not been in this city during
the past three months. Vasquez had
two men constantly watching the
Morse party while in this portion OF
the State, and no one was more
thoroughly posted on the movements
of Morse and Cunningham than the
bandit. 1t was Rowland who baffied
Vasquez. He was SO cool, and appar-
ent " Indifferent as to whether I'll @
robbers were caught or not that the
bandit at times really thought he had
nothing to fear from him. He was
mistaken. Like Prospero's Ariel,
Rowland's
LITTLE BIRD
Was obedient to his slightest COM
mand, and flew here and there and
everywhere, collecting information
and delivering it to its master. 1t
told him that for the past two weeks
Vasquez and his gang had made their
headquarters at the house of Greek
George, on the Brea Ranch, ten miles
from the city; that Vasquez spent
most of his days in the house, but
slept at night some distance away in
the open air, with his horse always
saddled and his Spencer rifle by his
side. 1t gave him an exact diagram
of the house, told him in what room
Vasquez stopped, in what room his
arms were, and the number and quail
ity of those arms. 1t told him how
Vasquez's horse was always kept sad
died and ready for travelling in the tall
weeds rear to q window, through
which Vasquez would jump in case of
a surprise. 1t told him on Wednesday
night that OH Thursday Vasquez would
be at the house playing cards, but that
he must not leave the city, as he was
constantly under the eye of one of
Vasquez's spies. Here Rowland's de-
tective shrewdness did him good SER
vice. He quietly selected his partyi
detailed his instructions and cOntin-
ued to walk about the streets in his
usual apparently unconcerned manner.
In little time
THE vASQUEZ SPY DISAPPEARED.
His friends supposed he had got
drunk and gone to some of the many
houses he knew of, to sleep off his
whiskey. They knew he was not in
Jail, for they sought him in that struc-
ture. Subsequent events proved that
he did not get drunk, nor did he leave
town. Rowland had shanghaed him
and kept him under close guard,
where his friends could not find him,
until the party returned with their
game from Greek Georges house. AS
Vasquez and his three associates were
taken into the Jail, the spy-the man
who had been sent in to watch Row.
land-was also marched into the same
edifice. Then it was discovered that
Rowland had been watching the spy
more closely than the spy had watched
him. Vasquez saw that he was trap
ped, and how it was done. He says
HE WAS BETRAYED,
And assures Sheriff Rowland that but
for the treason of some friend he would
not have been captured. 1t will he
seen from the facts here detailed that
Sheriff Rowland has managed the
whole affair in the most mastery
manner. He worked carefully and
patiently, and from the time Vasquez
took up his headquarters at the house
of Greek George he has known his
every movement. He struck the blow
at the right time and in the right
manner tc secure g successful result.
The men he selected were of the true
and tried class, and they faithfully
performed the dangerous task allotted
to them.
VAsQUEZ SPEAKS.
This evening, while weak from loss
Of blood and suffering intense pain,
the bandit manifested disposition to
talk with the Sheriff. He told Mr..
Rowland that he had been betrayed,
and begged for the name of his be-
trayer. He thanked his captors for
their kind treatment, and admitted
that they had treated him we'll, and
acknowledged the plan to have been
we'll laid and admirably executed. He
assured Sheriff Rowland that he had
no hand in the Tres Pinos murder,
and says he did not join the party UNI
til an hour after it had left the scene
of the murder. This is however
little too thin. He says it was his
intention to have followed Sheriff
Morse back to the vicinity of San
Francisco, and capturing ten thousand
dollars that he knew of, hasten again
to this vicinity and take rest. Sheriff
Rowland has interrupted, if not indef-
nitely postponed the carrying out of
this plan. We may add that no
woman in any way assisted in the
capture. Vasquez says he is too Wise
to trust his life in the hands of a
woman.