Contra Costa County CA Archives History - Books .....Killing Of A Man, Name Unknown 1882
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Book Title: History Of Contra Costa County, California

   KILLING OF A MAN, NAME UNKNOWN.—At an early hour on the morning of Thursday,
October 13, 1859, several citizens living in the vicinity of Lafayette missed
their saddles, and it was at once conjectured that horse-thieves had visited the
neighborhood, several horses having been stolen from that district a week
previously. The alarm was given, and in a very short time a party of some six or
eight citizens started out and soon got on the trail of the supposed plunderers,
those in pursuit being guided by fresh tracks of horses. The trail led across
the hills in the direction of San Ramon valley, crossing it about a mile on the
west side of Alamo, and from thence towards Mount Diablo. They proved to be
Mexicans, who had picketed their horses and encamped on the ground close by,
having with them saddles belonging to David Carrick and Homer Shuey. They were
suddenly surprised by their pursuers and ordered to surrender, a command to
which they paid no attention, but endeavored to make their escape. They were
fired upon by the citizens, when one of their number fell mortally wounded,
having been shot through the head. The other two took to the chapparal, but as
soon as they became aware that the pursuing party were making demonstrations to
capture them at all hazards, the rascals came out of the brush and gave
themselves up. The wounded man was conveyed to the Walnut Creek House, where he
died the same night. He was a Mexican, apparently about twenty-five years of
age, and on his body was found a letter from the noted desperado Tiburcio
Vasquez, dated from the State Prison at San Quentin, and bearing the
superscription, "Sra Dona Guadalupe Cantua—By the hand of S. T. Bsa.," who the
victim doubtless was.

Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

HISTORY OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA,
INCLUDING ITS GEOGRAPHY, GEOLOGY, TOPOGRAPHY, CLIMATOGRAPHY AND DESCRIPTION;
TOGETHER WITH A RECORD OF THE MEXICAN GRANTS; THE BEAR FLAG WAR; THE MOUNT
DIABLO COAL FIELDS; THE EARLY HISTORY AND SETTLEMENT, COMPILED FROM THE MOST
AUTHENTIC SOURCES; THE NAMES OF ORIGINAL SPANISH AND MEXICAN PIONEERS; FULL
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; SEPARATE HISTORY OF EACH TOWNSHIP, SHOWING
THE ADVANCE IN POPULATION AND AGRICULTURE;
ALSO,
Incidents of Pioneer Life; and Biographical Sketches
OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
AMD OF ITS TOWNS, VILLAGES, CHURCHES, SECRET SOCIETIES, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO: W. A. SLOCUM & CO., PUBLISHERS
1882.


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