Los Angeles daily herald., 1875-01-09
VASQUEZ.
Gossip About the outlaw ls'arsicmiaI
.......I'.. I'D OF his Trial.

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The indictments against Vasquez,
now on trial at San Jose, are three in.
number, all found by the Grand Jury
Of Monterey county, In November
last, and are as follows: samo, ,.-.
First, the murder of Lander David.
son; second, the murder of George
| Redford; third, aiding and abetting
one Theodore Moreno to lnurder Ber-
nat Behwry; all at Tres Pinos on the
26th of August, 1875. Moreno was
convicted in San Benito county and is
now in the. State Prison for life. VAS
quez is on trial for the murder Of Da-
wilson, and the General has
explainedthat in the event of a con-
victiOn on one Indictment, the others
will be dismissed or, failing convic-
tion on one, the trial on another in
dictment would at once be proceeded
with. tHiig fq stflttsa Cd"
The exploits of this bandit have been
published in full details in the HER
AID, but the following brief account
of the alleged murder, for which he is
now OH trial, will refresh the memory
of old readers and be instructive to
newcomers: .se 81. sss7
The robbery at ssnyder's store, at
Tres Pinos, was committed on. the 26ti
of August, 1873. The bandits entered
the store about dark and searched the
persons inside. A sheep-herder hap
penipg along as Vasquez and Mo-
reno were guarding the door, and not
,Obeying the order to- halt, was shot
dead by thelatter A teamster named
| George Redford droveup, and was ac-
costed with the same demand. He
hesitated, and then started to run; but
a shot from Chaves,' who had left the
store, caused him to fall. He arose,
not being mortally wounded, when
Moreno finished him by putting a
bullet through his brain.N Mr.. David
son, who kept the hotel next door, was
standing near the threshold when this
! occurred. He made anattempt to en-
ter, and had got the door partially
closed, when Vasquez Shot at him.
The bullet passed through the door
and entered his heart, killing himin-
stantly. 1t is for the murder of this
gentleman, that Vasquez was called
up for trial. Snyder was compelled to
disgorge all the money in his posses
sion and the robbers decamped. For II
long time the officers of the law were
puzzled by the celebrity of Vasquez's
movements, but he. was finally cap
tured not far from Los Angeles.
When Vasquez was first brought
into court he seemed to be in a jolly
humor, but his failure to. secure q con-
tinuance puta damper on his spirits.
His long confinement in Jail had, to-
use the words of q San francisco re-
porter, "reduced his complexion from
a swarthy brown to q sallow, ,tallowish,
color.'' He was dressed in fine broad
cloth, with immaculate toilet. The
| San Francisco Cutt says: ttt.,, '.,to
| AS yet, but. one subpoena has been
issued on the part of the defense, and
| it would seem by this that they chief
| ly rely on the weakness of the case for
the prosecution. But of course, moth
| ing can be determined as yet in this
regard. Vasguez has evidently many
friends who are backing him in his
hour of trouble, but there is, a remark
able absence of the Spanish element
in the audience that throng the Court
House. 1t was rumored that an at
tempt would be made to rescue, the
prisoner in case the verdict was adj
verse to him, but there is probably
nothingin it. 46i ~. an 79dh.