In an interview with Col. Henderson who was in town in Fresno, captured the first hand knowledge of the capture and death of Joaquin Murrietta. Col. Henderson stated that much of the story about Murrietta is not correct. He was not married so there was no truth about his sife being violated by miners and turning him to crime. Murrietta was born in Sonora Mexico and was attempting to mine gold. He was mistreated by the locals and his claim stolen which caused him to swear he would never work honestly again and would turn to robbery instead. When the California Rangers were established Col. Henderson volunteered and he was actually the man that gave chase to Murrietta and tried to shoot his horse out from under him. One some of Murrietta's men began to shoot at Henderson, he felt he had no option but to shoot the famous bandit. Col Henderson was able to see a large scar that was a hallmark of Joaquin before he shot him so he felt sure that the rangers had the right man. Three fingered Jack, an accomplice was also shot by another ranger. Harry Love is mentioned in the interview as the commander of the unit of rangers. It is interesting that the local populace in the Valley were protecting Joaquin with signal fires and the group claimed they were capturing wild mustangs as a reason that they were camping in the foothills.