Tiburcio Vasquez was born on April 11, 1835 in monterey, Alta California and his dad was Jose Hermenegildo- Vasquez and his mom was Maria Guadalupe Cantua. With a spanish tradition Tiburcio welcome to the family was celebrated big and his nickname St. Tiburtius. Therefore, Tiburcio birthday was always referred as August 11, 1835. And, his great grandfather came to Alta California during the De Anza expedition which was in 1776. Tiburcio was built around 5 to 7 inches tall . His family sent him to school which he was taught in 2 languages which was english and spanish. By the year 1856 Tiburcio was completely influenced by Anastacio Garcia and he was one of the most dangerous bandits in California. By the year 1856, Tiburcio was rustling horses and 1 day a sheriff caught up where he was which was near Newhall and then he was taken to jail and he severed the next 5 years behind the bars in San Quentin prison. …show more content…
After he was released again he has committed many more burglaries, cattle thefts, and highway robberies in Sonoma County in 1866. Then he was capture at a burglary store in Petaluma and he was sent to prison again for the next 3 years. His trademarks was keeping his victims hands behind their back and leaving them faced down in the dust. But, Vasquez remained in the Los Angeles jail for about 9 days. Tiburcio had many requests for interviews by many of the newspaper reporters, but he only choose to see 2 to 3 from the San Francisco Chronicle and one of them from Los Angeles Stars. He had told them his aim to return from California to Mexican rule. But Tiburcio had insisted he was an honorable man and he has claimed he has never killed anybody. He was taken a picture by Valentin Wolfenstein behind the jail by May