The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-09-11
HELEAVES A RED TRAIL.
THE EXPLOITS OF MORALES, THE
CALIFORNIA TERROR.

THE EXPLOITS OF MORALES, TIE
CALIFORNIA TERROR.
Murders Ranchers and Steals Horses
Without Let-Wins Bride at the Pts
tolls Point-He Laughs at His Pursuers.
Los ANGELES, Cal, September c.
There is now riding up and down
through the Counties of Los Angeles,
San Diego and Orange bandit more
desperate than ever was Tiburcia Vas
quez in his best days, and who promises
to outdo even that famous Desperate
before finally captured. About four
months ago there was discharged from
the State prison at San Quentin, where
he had been serving a seven years SEN
teoce for horse stealing, young Mexl-
can about 80 years Of age, named
Sylvester Morales. He had been sent up
from La Ballona township, Los Angeles
County, and was. one 'of the most des-
perate prisoners ever in the epenitentlary.
At least half of his seven years SEN
tence was spent In dark cell, and the
convict received no credit marks during
his term. Immediately upon his dis
charge, Morales went to the New
Almaden quicksilver mines, near San
Jose, with a partner in crime who had
been released from prison about the
same time This partner was Joe
Bunch, and the two were ripe for any
villainy. They went into a saloon at
the mines on Sunday afternoon and en-
gagged in game of cards, during which
they quarreled over a question as to
who should pay for the drinks.
SHOT HIM ON THE RUN
Bunch finally paid the score, and the
men came out of the place, mounted the
horses which they had left standing out
side, and started to ride away. Bunch
was hrstin the saddle, and, when Morales
mounted, his partner started to ride off
in gallop. The Spaniard gal!oped after
him, and, while his horse was on dead
run, drew his revolver and shot Bunch
in the stomach. Morales rode on with
out stopping to see whether or not the shot
had been fatal, and Bunch fell to the
road, where he was afterwards found
and picked up by some chance passers,
who nurse3 him back to life. Morales
rode still onward for 400 miles in a
Southerly direction, stealing thirteen
good horses on the way and riding them
to death, and was next heard from on
the 18th inst, at his old stamping ground
in La Ballona. Here he stole a horse
from Senor Refugio Machado, who had
reared the outlaw. from an infant and
had always been his friend. The animal
was valuable one, and when Morales
learned that it belonged to Machado he
sent word to that gentleman that he had
not intended to steal his horse, and
would steal another and return it. Sher-
if Martin Aguirre, Los Angeles County,
was notified, and going down to Ballona,
lay hidden in Machsdo's barn three
nights, waiting for the man to come.
Then the Sheriff got tired, and. on the
fourth night, Morales rode up to the
barn and left a horse securely tied.
WINS A BRIDE AT THE PISoL's POINT.
The next heard from the redoubtable
outlaw was on the Goth of August, at
San Diegnito, a little town about thirty
miles South of San Diego. A Mexican
rancher named Jose Morales, who bears
the same name but is no relation to the
desperate. lives in the outskirts Of that
place, and on the day in question was
in San Diego on business. Shortly after
noon the rancher's adopted daughter,
whose true name is Nymphia Brown,
but who is called Nymphia Morales, was
standing in the front door of her fathers
adobe house, looking out upon the street,
when she noticed dashing cabellero,
mounted on a fiery black horse, come
riding by, and was astonished to see
him pull his animal suddenly back sss
and stop and, upos
very beau.
tifuI, for at least i've minutes, and then
dismounted and led his horse up to the
door. Drawing six-shooter he leveled
it at the now thoroughly terrified young
woman, compelled her to mount his
horse, leaped to the saddle in front of
her and the couple rode off. Since that
day no one of her friends has set eyes
upon Nymphia Morales. When Jose
Morales returned from San Diego be was
Mortified to learn of the abduction of his
daughter, and a party was at once Or
ganzed to go in pursuit of the ao-
ductor.
BE CoWED aIS PURsUERs.
Since that time there has been no let
up in the hot chaseafter the outlaw, and
Morales has known no check IN his
career of crime. Two members of the
party sent out to rescue the girl over
took the couple at San Juan Capistrano;
in the extreme Southwestern corner of
Orange County, coming upon them eat
ing dinner in the house Of friend of
Morales. The pursuers saw a black
horse tied in front of his friends house
and walked boldly in, intending to eff
feet the capture. Morales saw them
coming, however, and was too quick for
them. When they entered the room he
had each of them covered with SIX
shooter, and any attempt to arrest him
was out of the question. One of the
pursners simply asked for light for his
cigarette, remarking that ne was a
friend and not an enemy. He received
what he asked and withdrew. The pur-
suers, when they went away, took the
outlaws horse with them, and while
they were going out of the front door
Morales and the girl walked out of the
back, went up a little hill and diSap-
peared in some dense brush. This Yas
last Saturday afternoon.
A RANCHER MURDERED.
On Sunday morning the residents OF
San Juan Capistrano were horrifed to
learn that wealthy rancher named
Henry Charles, living about four miles
from that place in the mountains, had
been shot down in the NIGHT while at