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AN NTERLUDE OF CALM WAS NITIATED IN 857 WHEN WITH A
COMPANION HE STOLE A HERD OF CATTLE ON THE SANTA (LARA RIVER
NEAR Los ANGELES. VASQUEZ WAS CAPTURED AND SENTENCED TO FIVE
YEARS IN SAN QuornN. HE SERVED TWO YEARS AND THEN, DURING
A GENERAL JAIL BREAK, ESCAPED. RECAPTURED, HE WAS FINALLY
RELEASED JN 1Bb3.

foR A SHORT TIME VASQUEZ TRIE:D PROFESSIONAL GAMBLING IN
THE NEW ALMADEN QUICKSILVER MINES, THEN IN FULL PRODUCTION.
HE APPARENTLY DECIDED THERE MUST BE EASIER WAYS TO MAKE MONEY
ANO WHEN AN ITALIAH BUTCHER WAS MURDERED IN A $400 ROBBERY N THE
THE ENRIQUETA MINE VILLAGE, CAPTAIN JAMES HICKS ADAMS,OUR MOST
FAMOUS SANTA (LARA COUNTY SHERIFF,STRONGL'f SUSPICIONED VASQUEZ'

IMPLICATION. Bur BECAUSE HE WAS THE ONLY ONE AVAILABLE SPEAKING
SPANISH AND ENGLISH, VASQUEZ, OF ALL PERSONS, WAS ASKED TO ACT AS
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INTERPRETER AT THE INQUEST! HE INTERPRETE0'' THE PROCEEDINGS SO
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CLEVERLY THAT THE JURY PROMPTLY RETURNED A VERDICT OF MURDERED
BY PERSONS UNKNOWt{ SHORTLY THEREAFTER, SHERI FF ADAMS FOUND THAT
VASQUEZ AND A FAUSTINO LORENZO WERE INDEED DIRECTLY INVOLVED
BUT SUFFICIENT NCR MINATIHG E\/ DENCE WAS LACKING.

FROM 18~'+ TO 86b VASQUEZ MINGLED WITH THE FAMOUS RENEGADES,
JUAN Sorn ANO TOMAS REOONOO,AUAS PROCOPIO. Soro WAS CONSIDERED

JUAN-Soro-,HE FIERCEST OUTLAW IN CALIFORNIA
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