The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-20
STRANGLED.
Executions Of a California Bandit and a
Negro Murderer.
THE END OF TIBURCIO VASQUEZ.
A Sketch Of His Terrible and
Revolving History.
Accused Of Committing Thity-Seven
Murders.
VASQUEz'S LAST WORDS OF WARNING.
Hanging Of Fouks in Vir-
ginia.
The Murder Of Mr.. and Mrs. Herndon by Their
Negro Servant.
A Sketch Of His Terrible and
Revolving History.
Accused Of Committing Thiry-Seven
Murders
VASQUEZ'S LAST WORDS OF WARNING.
Hanging Of Fouks in Vir-
ginia.
The Murder Of Mr.. and Mrs. Herndon by Their
Negro Servant.
SAN JOSE. Cal, March 10, 1875.


SAN JOSE. Cal, March 10, 1875.
The renowned bandit Tburcio vasquex. was
hanged at thirty.nve minutes past one P.
~, In the Jail yard to-day. In the pres.
snce Of two hundred officials. reporters
and spectators He carried himself boldly
and with nerve until the last. He died
without a struggle, repeating the litany. Hts
neck was broken. He protested to the last that
he was guiltless OF murder, but evidence is too
plain that he killed eight persons. He was the
terror OF the Southern country. The night before
the execution he dictated an address to
fathers and mothers enforcing the necessity OF
educating and keeping = lookout for the children
Of future generations. Their welfare depended
npon the performance OF this duty, and he asked
the pardon OF all he had injured. He thanked the
Sheriff, the of1cials and his friends. Another ad.
aress was prepared BY him in which he appealed
10 his old associates not 10 carry out any threats
Df revenge against officials, but to change the
course OF their lie and to take warning from his
End. large number OF Mexicans, native Call
iornians were present at the funeral. The people
appear to breathe freer since Vasquez's death.
Tburcio vasQuez was probably one OF the m ost
eonsommate and Dloodthlrssy villains or modern
times. He stood accused OF committing no less
Than
TH1RTY.sEvEN MURDERS
and other crimes, such as highway robberies.
arson, horse stealing. violence to person,
male and female, that could scarcely be
credited even II related with circumsran.
Nal detail, accompanied by indubtab.e
evidence Of the facts in each individual case.
Such q character. revolving as 1t Is, commands q
place In current criminal history, and as such we
win proceed to give brief history Of the monster
hlVuSo md no nor oro or nh nfh lnOAv
deeds as have found place upon the crlme-stained
calendars OF California during MS reign OF terror.
TIBURCIO vASQUEz
VAS q native OF California, having been born in
Monterey county, and at the time OF his execution
was less than forty years OF age. 1t seems incred
lble that being comparatively 80 young in years
should have been so old IN crime; but such Is un-
fortunately the fact. From his early youth he had
been transgressor OF the laws, the first crime
for which he was arrested being committed in
1854. wnen ne was but about twenty-one years
Of age. On that occasion he managed to get
into difficulty with another Californian one night
ct fandango, and the constable OF the town In
terposlng 10 quell the disturbance VasQuez
turned upon him with knife and
STABBED HIN TO THE HEART
When the case was brought into court, under
some plea Of SELF defence or false swearing, Vas
Quez was acquitted. He then joined bano Of
aesperajoes whose chief business was horse steal
ing and cut.throating generally. and in common
With his associates became the
TERROR OF MONTEREY COUNTY
nntl their operations were cut short BY the Vigil
lantes For stealing horses In Los Angeles county
IN 1867 ne was sentenced to i've years. imprison.
ment at San Quentin, but he escaped, with other
prisoners, at o break made on the 25th OF June,
1859. He still adhered to his evil and was
again arrested for horse stealing IN Amador
county, arriving at his former place OF imprison-
ment on the l7tn OF August, 1883. His term ex-
pired on the 18th ofAugust, 1863. vasquez's name
next attained TO prominence in the annals OF
crime IN 1854, when county Sher1n came into the
possession OF facts which led him TO believe that
the notorious bandit had
MURDERED AN ITALIAN
81 the Eurtquita quicksilver mines and robbed his
victim OF $500. Notwithstanding the efforts made
the Sheriff and escaped beyond hIs reach. He
was next heard nom III 1855, In Sonoma and Con-
ira Costa counties. and 10 1857 we find MIN again
In the State Prison under . -FOUR years. sentence
ior horse steahng; but for some reason or other
ne was discharged by act OF the Legislature on
June 4, 1870. Tue following Is o summary in brief
Of some OF his most daring exploits subsequent 10
bis release by the act referred to-he first joined
. band OF outlaws headed by
ToMAso RoDUNDo
who committed many outrages In Santa Clara.
Monterey, fresno and Alameda counties. me
band was broken up and scattered, after q v,gor-
pus campaign against them, In 1871 by Sheriff
Morse. OF Alameda, during which this officer
killed Juan Solo, subsequently capturing In q san
Francisco restaurant Procopi0, who had only just
returned from Mexico. to which country ne and
Vasquez mad ned. VaSquez did not remain In
idleness alter returning rom Mexico but lett San
Francisco and took AS his rendezvous and hiding
place the Cantua canyon, near the New lara
mines, Were he
ORGANIZED A NEW BAND,
nt the head OF which ne placed himself The
The stage Sas stopped near Soap Lake, all the
passengers robbed, tied and then LAID on their
nS amonS wsc ~ ys sna
lrebaugh's ferry. IN 1873. Then came the descent
upon the Twenty,one-mtle House, between San
daytime and Jour men were robbed, aud after.
ward bound and thrown on the noor The
ROBBERY OF sNYDER's STORE,
on the Tres Pinos was next planned, ana on the
26tn August, 1878, the ban dts entered the
about dark ana searched the persons inside. A
reno were guarding the door, and, not oDeying
the order TO matt, was shot dead BY the latter. A
teamster named George Redford came up with
his team, and was accosted with tle same de-
mand. lie hesitated. and then started to run;
cause MIN to rull. He arose, not being mortaiy
wounded, when Moreno finished him by putting
bullet through his brain: Mr.. Dayldson, VINO kept
scotia-was standing near the threshold wnen
thus occurred. He made an attempt to enter, and
had got tue door partially closed, when
vAsQuEz SHOT AT HIN.
The bullet passed through the door and entered
nis heart kl,E him inssa&ts; . or Inc mur
trial IN san Jose.
TIE TRIAL
commenced on the 4th OF January last and con-
tlnued ABOUT one week. The prisoner being ac-
cused or q single murder, That OF Mr.. Davidson,
nearly all the testimony bore upon that point.
Inc chief witness TOR the prosecution was one OF
the outlaws own band, one An tonic Leiva, who.
II seems, renamed loyal until his chief ran or
With MS wife and made her literally tine captured
''BANDiT's BRIDEu
the mountains THIS part OF the trial might
have been rehshed by the lovers OF the romantic
iuloS anu adventures oil the period We IND elem
published III our weeklles.
THE CASE WAS OPENED
ov District Attorney Briggs, oil san Benito county.
lie said the prosecution expected to prove tnar
during the month oil August, 1873, a conspiracy to
DO ioooery at Tres Pinos Tor Snyder's store), IN
what WAS then portion OF Monterey county now
san Benito), was concocted by Vasqucz, Chavez.
Moreno, Gonzales and Leiva; that the base
u operations was the residence OF Lei
va. on the Cantour Greek, eight miles
from New ldria; that tne plan was 100
tue party 10 cross into san Joaquin Valley, after