Bisbee daily review., 1907-11-24

ways .m1ShtS good to IJtle cnddren- But for all, he was a mighty bad egg-mighty bad I don't mind tell ing you about him. for there are lots of people in this generation who never heard Of him.
 The above remark was made by an old Californian a few days ago.
 .It was in the time of the Vigi- lsnts," with an excited twinkle in the ol3 eyes. -and didn't that wiry, sharp little devil give 'em the chase of their lsresl The officers would think they had scared him clear out to the hord- CTS, and putin their heads to other business. forget him, till he'd give 'em such a jolt right under their noses. cut up 8 piece of deyiltTy and of and out Of reach before they could say Seat
 "Tiburcio was naturally smart boy. so when he was is he thought he had learned enough at the common school of the times to set out in Fife for himslf Be didn't Ike to work not a bit--So he set up a dance house that was his ruin
 ~The class Of women who went 70 these fandangcs were halfbreeds. hciding 2 fascinating power peculiar to cross breed beauties of human brutes. just borderin' on to eiy.liza- ticn-and it's a mighty fatal infiu- enee to fall under, can tell you-- and the man. well. they thought you coulint ee man without doin' somethin' desperate or Gariu'.
 "His boon complimentary years older was Anastasio Garcia, robber that was striking teror in Monterey county fiharoio took him for a lead CT He was a regular visitor If Tibur- clos dance hall and between this vile genius and TibaTeio grew a love tbat snapped only in death. Garcia was engaged in quarrel with ore Jose G1eira. ais rival for the hand Of a btnom. dusky beauty Yasquez took a hana fD help Garcia. and when the mixuD was stirring red hot Hardi- meunt. the cons5ahle, put in an ap- pearanco ari in trying to quiet thsag was killed.
 rThe dance broke up, and Garcia, Guerra and Tiburcio, between whom las the muiaier, fed Guerra was eaEght by the Vigilsnts committee next morning and hanged. Garcia got away out later was caught down ir Los Angeles county and hanged for the same crime Tiburcio was hid den by friends until everything qui9ted down. Tihurcio YasqHez's bandit lie began with this bloody date.
 His fandango house was shut Gp; dead broke. a hunted dog by the jaw, and with the hatred of the Mexican for the griago risnted in the breast, what eoald yoa expect. but going to the bad9
 "Soon after he got in with 'les- peTate cattle thief gang and spread ter9cr as a leader from the first. Fer five years they piled their trade, iaen the Vigilants got after them and only cne or two escaped the grapevine dance. Tiburcio got away, boldly formed a new company, was made leader. and for several years stock was nowhere safe in Santa Clara, Mereed. Fresno and Tulare counties. Then he was caught stealing horses and sent up for five years. He es- caped but was caught and returned.
 Confinement produced only a change from one kind of stealing to another He went to gambling To- eating out here at the New Almaden and Enriquita mines. south of town.
 Round out there. and. yes. here in San Jose. for three years he lived the life of a sport, as he used to say, but natures call of the wild got the bet ter ef a gentler voice that at times cur0ed the restless spirit. and early one morning sn 1864 the Italian butch CT at the Enriquita was found stabbed and shot to death Tiburcio was SC lected at the inquest as the Spanish , interpreter. The miners were all Mex jeans. and Tibrgcio was the only na- tIev California in the place who could sneak Engiish Tho -fastimnnat- eiHeE in ny Tibureio taken from the wit nesses on the stand threw no light on tne murder. 50 nobody was arrested. Tfbnrcio suddenly lett the diggin's and didn't come back.
 aNelI it turned out afterward that Tiburcio translated the testimony which was damaging to himself to suit himself He and another fellow had been under the very shadow of the gal. lows and squirmed free. Oh, he was . cofke;
 The country had breathing spell for two or three months. then hot regions on wheels came down on us Tiburc:o in the saddle with two old pals. Francisco Bassinez and Nareis 50 Rodriguez, began by robbing the VfsaIia stage at Soap Lake. They drove the stage out of the road into an old field. robbed the eight passengers tied 'em hand and foot, laid 'em by the side of the stage with their faces turn ed to the brofling hot sun. and rode on and left 'em. It @ss many hours be fore they were discovered and re liezed. I can tell you we were all fighting mad then. and ready to hans the last one Getting a posse hrT riadly together. we started in hot pur suif. we overlook the three meas Menerey.
 D0iTigaez was captured and gos ten years Tn state prison. Bass.nez was killed. and Ti5urcio. the little, wiTy ss.sx- Se=.i sssssssstt itssiiT-ssssissis tssis body the ball striking the right breasi and lodin' under the left shoulder
 Although as he told me sfterward he thought he was done fcr.he stosf ms ground. frinf shot after shot, unti he had killed our constable: then put spurs to his horse and rode sixty mile. before he halted
 eAnd that reminds me to tell you he never rode any bat a white horse sad always rode that SO hard the eye Henf out. only to be supplied by an other. near as possible like the las one
 soon as be was able to leave hi ra6tna canyon hiding place he lei fer Mexico. With a rest of 8 mont he returned by water 10 San Francisco Psecopi0 had got there ahead of hin