Haggus - Joaquin Murrieta head shirt

Shirt from Mincecore band from Oakland, California Haggus - The design is of the severed head of legendary California outlaw Joaquin Murrieta preserved in a jar of alcohol.

Joaquin Murrieta was a forty-niner, a gold miner and a vaquero from Sonora. Peace loving, he was driven to revenge after his brother and he were falsely accused of stealing a mule. His brother was hanged and Murrieta was horse-whipped. His young wife was raped and died in Murrieta's arms. Swearing revenge, he hunted down the men who had violated her. He embarked on a short but violent career to kill his tormentors. The state of California offered a reward up to $5,000 for Murrieta, "dead or alive." He was reportedly killed in 1853 and had his corpse decapitated as proof to claim the bounty. His head has been passed around as a side show attraction since