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TIBVJtCIO)iJf-Mr * 9The Chicago Tribune printsrlt;- #esque narrative of the life and carTiburcio Vasquez, the Californiawho recently expiated hiscrimes on the gallows. It readsromance. Never was there suchety of crimes crowdedspan of twenty years of a singleVasquez was the peculiar productland and time which furnished himhis opportunities. He was not of“Argonauts of ’19,” whose historyfurnished Bret Harte with sogenre sketches. He was of theundergrowth of Spanish California,sessed at once of the cunningMexican, the crueltyand-the intrepidity of the Califo:delicacy of a womanferocity of a wolf. He comb:politeness of a Spanish grandeethe groveling instincts of a monbora a California Greaseraped the accomplishmentstleman. He was not a Robin HoodTurpin, nor a Jack Shephadcharacteristics of all of them. Mlawless than a countrylawless, and better informed thanneighbors, he managed to escape fcijealthnow boutwitting his pursuers, now by heroiresistance, that cannot fail to comma]admiration even from those who arepalled at the list of his crimesmake a better hero for a ne“Beggars’ Opera” than Macheath, anmany a time might have sung :Let ua take to the road ;Hark ! I hear the Bound of coaches,The hour of attack approaches — 4To j our anus, brave boys, and See the ball I hold \Let the chemists toil like assee, Our tire their fire surpasses, And turns all our lead to gold.thathirty murders. He began his murde:ous career when he was 16 yearsconstable who daredwhile he was punishingdisputed a girl’s favors with him. Thwas the occasion of his takinmountainsforth made his home, except at brilt;intervals when he was servingtentiary or lurking in the townshis pursuers. He defied Vigilantesorganizediiis horse thieving andbery in the most reckless and darinmanner. Theenthusiasm, in spite of its rlt;manee. There is almostbe mongrel and the “greaser” abotAmd vet it is relieved bv manvepisodes and deeds of daring, vhic create an interest from which our horndisgust at the rest of his life eannlt;altogether free us. Rescharacter that died with himscaffold. There will be robbershorse-thieves. and murderers, andwill never be anothlt;California, anv niwthan there will be another Fra Diavo.Ihdy, or Robin Hood in EnglanCalifornia hasromance, but the opportunityrepeatingsince his arrest he has
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Chippewa Falls Herald
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, US
Fri, Apr 09, 1875
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