The herald., 1896-10-30
CATTLE THIEVES BAGGED
A Gang Of Four Captured by the Police
Detectives
Stole Anything On Four Legs-Their
Operations in the San Fernando VAL
ley-Hogs by the Wagon Load

AS the result of two weeks of the
hardest kind of work the police detec-
tives yesterday brought to bay gang
of Mexican cattle and hog. thieves who
have for months been operating in the
San Fernando valley and adjacent ter
ritory. Four prisoners are now behind
the bars of the city Jail charged with
grand larceny, and the officers claim to
have such strong case against them
that there remains no doubt of convic-
ton.
Lazaro Bisamo, Francisco Rodriguez,
Lucho Ybarra and Regnaldo Lopez are
the men in custody. Ybarra is as yet
only implicated in one theft, but the other
three are known to have been engaged
chalance, driving or hauling the stock
cattle and hogs with the utmost non
chalance, driving or hauling the stick
to this city, where it was disposed Of
About the first of last August twelve
head of cattle were stolen from the ranch
of Andrew Joughin, situated about seven
miles from Santa Susana pass, near the
Simi. 1t was in this crime that Ybarra
is alleged to have participated. At that
time he was employed there breaking
horses. The foreman of the ranch was
absent on vacation. 1t is claimed
that he entered into an agreement with
the other three and turned he cattle
over to them. They drove the animals
into this city, sold them to butchers in
Sonoratown and afterward handed
Ybarra his share of the proceeds.
A few days later three wagon loads of
and Bisamo on the Patten ranch near
San Fernando. one of the six large
ranches owned by the Los Angeles Farm
ing and Milling company. The porkers
were loaded into wagons, fourteen in
one lot, thirteen in the next and twelve
in the last. Driving into the city, buyers
were quickly found, two loads being
disposed of to butchers and one to Chi
naman.
The first notification the officers had of
the thefts was just two weeks ago yes
terday, when Mr.. Joughin, being in the
city, happened to meet Detective Auble
and told him of the work of the stock
thieves. Together with Detective Haw-
ley and Officer Talamantes the case was
taken up and has been worked to a sue.
cessful conclusion. AS suspicion had
peen directed to the quartet their rec
ords were looked up and it was soon
found where they had sold the cattle and
hogs to the butchers.
Rodriguez is said to be a brother to
Andreas Rodriguez, now awaiting ex-
animation in the county Jail on charge
of brutaily merdering the old German,
JOnn Iepe, at san Fernando on the 21St
of this month. Bisamo and Lopez were
not known to the officers and came near
er giving them the slip In some man
ner the gang must have received warn
ing that the officers were on their track,
and started for cover.
The first to be arrested was Rodriguez,
who was captured in East Los Angeles
four or five days ago. Ybarra was only
taken into custody yesterday afternoon,
having come into the city on business
and being picked up on Upper Main
street. Bisamo gave the officers a long
chase. He was arrested Tuesday after
noon in the mountains about fifty miles
from Santa Barbara by Officer Tala-
NANTES, who had been on his track for
several days. A telegram was sent to
Chief Glass Wednesday, as soon as the
officer could get to Santa Barbara, and
yesterday morning Detective Auble went
up the road and met Talamantes at San
Fernando, taking his prisoner back to
this city.
At San Fernando Talamantes stopped
off, and after a search ran across Lo-
pez, whom he placed in custody and
brought to this city in the evening. All
the members of the gang are thought to
be in custody at present. They were
taken into the detectives room on ar
rival and closely questioned, through
Bailiff Appel, who speaks Spanish flu
emily. Bisamo, it is believed, is weak
kneed and will confess the whole thing
in an endeavor to save himself. The
officers are not relying in confessions.
however, but claim to have clear case
with evidence to spare.