The Yale expositor., 1913-08-21

in Los Angeles. Pedro Gonzales had been shot
by an officer near Camulos to prevent his rescue
from arrest by the bandits. The TETON Indians
becoming enraged at some depreciation that con-
cerned them had swooped down upon the ban
dts. stole their horses and whipped OF
the gang with lashes
Although he wreaked a horrible revesge
against those who tried to capture hiLa. he
made any attempt to punish these Indians
who took the clothes from the garg.
General Bean of San Gabriel, who tried to
ganize a movement against Murrieta, was way
laid on the road and murdered. catopagn
was started against the bandits in the town Of
Saw Mill Flat and Murrieta had the water pol
soned
But finally Murrieta's Nemesis appeared. He
was Texas frontiersman. named Harry Love.
who had come to Los Angeles to live. He
gained a company of rangers from among the
daring horsemen OF Los Angeles and went on
systematic hunt for outlaws.
After various adventures and narrow escapes
on both sides, the end came early Sunday
morning, July 25 1853 Love and two or three
companions were riding ahead Of the mounted
rangers the fats just west OF Tulare lake in
the San Joaquin valley. They came upon small
company of Mexicans eating breakfast around
camp fire.
Love asked them what they doing and
one of them replied that they were their way
to Los Angeles. He asked further question OF
of the poems; whereupon Mexican on the
other side of the fire spoke up haughtily. say
ing: 81 am the leader Of this band; say what
you have to say to me-"
II will speak to whomever l please" retorted
Love. Noticing that the Mexican had risen and
was siding over toward saddle that lay on the
ground, Captain Love covered him with a re-
volver and told him to stand still. for there
revolvers the saddle.
While they standing there. ranger who
knew Murrieta by sight came up. The recogni
ton mutual Joaquin suddenly yelled for
his men to escape as best they could. Leaping
a horse without saddle bride. Murrieta
went headong over a bank and down into a
vine, landing in tumbled heap at the bottom.
Neither his horse nor himself was hurt, however.
Scrambling to their feet, they started off at a
dead run down the canyon. One Of the rangers
had followed them. His horse had fallen also.
Without attempting to remount, he took careful
aim and shot Murrieta's horse as It ran
The outlaw leaped from the falling horse and
continued his retreat on foot. BY this time half
a dozen rangers were following him. Three
times, as they fired. he to hesitate and
reel; then again. One last shot and he
stopped.
Turning he raised his hand and said: Don't
shoot any more; the work is done" He stood for
a minute with weakening limbs; then he sank
slowly to his right side his head upon his arm
Wicked old Joaquin Murrieta more An
other pursuing party overlook and killed Three
Fingered Jack. One OF the bandits escaped and
drowned himself in the San Joaquin river An
other was murdered by Mexicans who were
afraid he might reveal to the authorities their
connection with the band.
Murrietas head was cut off and. until the San
Francisco earthquake was on exhibition in a mu
scum In San Francisco.
At the time of his death Don Joaquin pre-
pairing his grandest coup. He intended to col
lect all his booty. and march his men openly
like an army, into Mexico. The old-timers assert
that he had his loot cached in the TETON for this
getaway" and that II is still there.
1smael Ramirez says that he spent three
months looking for the buried gold. One rainy
night he the mystic light pickering under
meath old oak tree back OF the ruins OF Fort
TETON. He carefully noted the location, intending
to dig at the indicated spot the next morning
When he went there at down, however. he found
that rancher had also seen the light Ramirez
found enormous hole and a great iron kettle
from which the rancher had taken $4,000 in
gold
According TO all reports the light has begun
to dance and flicker again around the TETON
ready to guide some oae to the uneasy gold
the arch cqt-tbrcat and bandit. Joaquin. Murrieta