Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1893-07-15
4 LEGEND or A HORSE.
reRRtsLs DEsps or THs WHITE
DEVIL, or CALIFORNIA

st.ry ~ ths Satorlans Nasa1es aud Ms 7
AxenwIna St.ea The spirit al the Dead !
Bandit seemed ~ inhabh the FER"
cioa. Animal its D~ath.
one day a. The freight train running
from san Francisco to San lose rumhir't I,
around a sharp curve JHst outside ot the I
eity OF san Jose white Nurse sprshg ca
the traek and raced wntowarl the tow,
IN from OF the engine For q mile the
train dill not gain on him Then the m
equal footing 81 the cro--tie- and the pace
began to tell on the white steed nm. the
engine crept slowly up 20 him The eii
pineer gave few shrieks Of the whistle 70
scare the horse from tile track, Int lac kept
right on In front, running with the speed
OF a racer with hts long tail streaming ia
a straight line behind him
The pilot struck him ground the tlfeout
OF him ia an Instant aud then plpMed mi"
the dirt on the opposite side 81 tue track
The engineer swore u few choice oaths ana
Jumped out Of the cab The horse was rs
dead AZ doornAil aud the engine had left
the rails
IL was Vasqnez's horse The whole
country knew II the next day lie WAS ~
years old aud totally blind when he met
his death In front Of the freight TRAIN, aud
for ten years had roamed over the unoeeh
pied land about the lower part OF santa
Clara county, free as bird aud feared by
the Mcxicans more than hon lie was
called by them the white devil, aht u
was their belief that he WAS possessed OF u
soul mortgaged TO the evil one--the snhi
OF Vasquez II Ia strange tale that the
old Mexican mothers tell OF this white
horse
/ yasauez was the most noted bandit ~
California twenty years ago lie hid lie
nance to the law, elutieti the detectives ant
searching parties for years aud killed ami
robbed half hundred men lie roamed
over the state Of California from the north
10 the south leaving desotatton and deat u
In his wake He surrounded himself with
a band o. dies perate MexiCaus aud terrorilel
entire communities
A RECEPTION HY yAsQrhz
On q dreamy August afternoon ~ south
ern California the mayor 81 los Angeles
and a fellow official were driving along the
old sand road through the Arroyo ~eCp ~
ward the town over the hrow ~ a bill
half mile In front ~ them group 81
horsemen appeared at gHliop They
swept down the hill ami met the buggy !"
the mayor The gallopiug horses were
yanked back upon their launches, and :
swarthy Mexican upon white hnfs'
showed a pistol IN the mayors face, att
said, with show of his teeth Ia "A smile
your money, senior
The mayor thought IL was a Joke ans
laughed
Quick quicki' said the horsemun, ~ hi
weapon clicked i am NasqueI
The mayor laughed again
"Eef sou don't belief me, senior, look ."
! He pointed back TO the htil htl there ~
peared another group % burseinen ridln
at full tilt from the town
Quick, said NasqueA am no to1I.
The mayor looked doSn the pistol hnrre
at the pair 81 black. Rltttering eSe- thi'
lined the sights and put mp hts hand. IL
was lighteued u his channels baE nf gods
as was his friend and the bold rDbhet
wheeled aud were or at a run, the pos
from the town riding up i've minutes to
late to catch them or TO save the mayer
coin. The baud escaped into the chapai
A raj.
Nasquez made history tu THIS way fe
I've years, aud then wli~ caught IKE II
In trap In an adobe house near tie sect
of the robbery Of the mayor Hilti Wits sis
/ down by newspaper correspondent II
a tailed to accompany the search party L
| survived his wounds, was taken 70 -
r Jose, where one Of his earliest hii na
i Atrocions murders hAd tpen snnahHttH
!. and there met his deuth nn tue sraiinid
i The night after Nasuuek was hangesi
i white horse galloped up the street 10 u
X jail. stood moment al the door ahd ga
y neigh The MeNieans heard III 1t Gu
It to the dead Nasquez There came no
" swer to the horses challenge ani