Los Angeles herald., 1891-06-10
Accused Of Raping His Young
Daughter.
His Wife An Eyewitness to
the Horrible Crime.
He Makes Fight for Liberty But
Gives Himself Up.
Sheriff Gibson's Long Chase Over the
Mountains The Outlaw Tracked
With hB1oodhounds-He Comes
to Town and Surrenders.

Sheriff Gibson and his deputy, Henry
Russell, together with Coroner Weldon,
had an exciting chase yesterday through
the hills between Glendale and Pasa-
dena after the rape fiend, Francisco Bor-
retas, for whom warrant was issued by
Judge p. f. King of Burbank on charge
of attempting to ravish his own daughter.
Borretas managed to keep ahead of the
officers, but finally, being very close
pressed, came over to the Southern Pa
cific tracks at the Three-mile house and
asked friend to drive him into town
and to the sherif's Office in order that
he might give himself up. This was
done, and Borretas was lodged in the
county Jail about O'Clock in the after
noon.
Borretas, who is a man 45 years of
age, is accused by his wife of having at
tempted to rape their sixteen-year-old
daughter early in May. The family
lived in Verdugo cafion, several miles
above the Verdugo ranch house.
Mrs. Borretas caught her husband at
tempting to commit the crime for which
he is arrested, and was herself an eye
witness OF the. disgusting affair. She
fled Immediately with her daughter,
who is a prepossessing and well-devel-
oped young girl, to the Verdugo ranch
house, and as soon as possible swore out
the warrant. e4
Constable Curran took an assistant to
the Borretas place and attempted to
make the arrest, but the inhuman father
set savage dog on the officers and they
were compelled to return to Burbank
without their man. Ever since that
fruitless attempt at making the arrest,
Borretas has been conceeling himself in
the thick brush of the cafion. He was
heavily armed with musket and re-
volver, and only returned to the house
to eat and sleep, spending the days in
the brush.
Mrs. Borretas in the meantime has
been in great fear OF her life. Her hus-
band busted himself during the time he
was an outlaw in sending threats to her
through friends, and she did not know
at what time he might appear and offer
her violence. Accordingly Sheriff Glib
son was sent for 10 assist in Borretas's
capture. and that officer and Deputy
Henry Russell went up to Burbank Mon
day. They could get no trace of the fu-
gitive on that day and sent down during
the afternoon for Haskell's 8 bloodhounds,
which Coroner Weldon took up to Bur-
bank the same afternoon.
The chase began at daylight yesterday
morning. The posse struck out through
the brush, and soon got on the track Of
the outlaw. The country which they
had to travel through Is some of the
toughest in the county, but they pushed
on with daring, and soon were close onto
the fugitive. Borretas took the alarm.
and lost no time, in getting out of the
caflon. He circled around through the
hills towards Pasadena, but turned off,
and leaving that town to the left, made
in toward the Three-mile house, when he
went to the house of friend and was
driven into town. The officers were close
in pursuit and headed directly toward
the city when they found that Borretas
had decided to give himself up, arriving
here shortly after he did, ragged and
worn ont. They had made good hunt,
and succeeded in bagging their game.
Two other Mexicans, who have as
sisted Borretas in keeping at liberty,
were put under arrest Monday and
brought down to the city by the
sheriff, but they were finally released
before charge was made against them.