Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1855-01-29
Three Miners Attacked by X Obbcrs.
From the Sacramento Statesman, Extra.

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From the Sacramento statesman. Extra
p, ,cppvr,Ir Dec % opM
The Mountain Democrat, Extra, saws. Ne
received the following startling intellioence
last NIGHT after our naner had been worked off
Rocky Canon. the Mace of the traoedv 10 q
deem and almost inaccessible canon, about for
ty miles north of this Mace. near Todd's VAL
lev. and uninhabited
Rocky CANON, Wednesday. Dec. 30, 1854.
Nooificer having been within convenient
distance to attend n case of emergency that
has inst happened near our isolated camn here
the UNDERSIGNED constituted themselves a Chr,
oner jury. and held an inouest over tbe de-
ceased bodies of twelve men that were killed
within mile of our camD ON the 10Th inst. a
full account of which we deem if our duty to
publish. Three of the UNDERSIGNED were eve
witnesses of the whole scene. tbonob too fa, off
to give aid in any wav. On Yesterday. 10Th
instant, three men, who afterwards proyed tn
be MIR. JAS. C. McDoxAID. of Alabama now
deceased: MIR. Bo11vAR A Sp,pKs of Miss.
issippi, and Cant. JoyAT4Ax DAVIS, of So.
Carolina, were travelling on foot on a trail
within mile ofour camp. to Drosnet vein of
gold. bearing quartz. some twenty or thirty
miles north Of this place. AS thew were mass
ing the base of a mountain three ftbe under-
signed, being ont on hunting exnedit;on on
it's side, saw a party of men who were conceal
ed IN the bushes near the trail sprung I'm and
commenced firing at them. Mr.. MCDoNA1D
fell dead. He was shot before he was even
aware of his danger. He and his marty had
nothing but their reyolyers. TUoNAs SpApEs
shot twice at the banditti, and then fell Sc
verelv wounded. In the meantime Cant D.y.
IS, who was the first to commence shooting in
defence of himself and party, in an instant af-
ter the first volley of the robbers, being still
under, kept up an incessant fire unon Them
with his revolver everv hall forcinc, its ,,;ot;,
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~ o'' INC "uHS uii''ii an '''o 1O"us VI JUN par
.'eS Seenleo 10 nave 9lscharSed' Inc sur'lV-
ny iUooe!s i maui! cnai Sc upon OapV' DAVIS
WIN oo"le NlliNe''ai ~ one WIN siiortS"of9
vi VI oaoIe Gapt""n laws S'oOu MS ground
nii II "Itln Tue! Iusheu up abreast Oh MN
"lIhih ABOUT iour steps, lie maze spring
upon theln with large oo"le- knl1e' and gave
tLree Oh 'hen wounds that proYed fatal
having wounded Ihe o'her one very slightly,
anu oiSarineu MN oy throwing nus khue III the
ar III WaralilS OH olow' as TINS last man eX-
pressed IN a tome OF Srautude before his death,
N"Pt' - went 70 %otA al once tearing up ms
U"n liil anu oiilunS up an the wounds OF
tle ll'IhS' o! ooth ms Irlehus ana enenles.-
va al, eHa a. Oh the persons oil the de-
~ n =. 90
capt ~ anu party we discovered papers,
careluily concealed IN their pockets ,purport-
ing 10 De copy OF laws and by laws by which
they were governed
Inc last OF THIS band has Just died His
wound ne thought' himself but Slight and
seemed IN 'alr way OF recovery until within
the last hour' but corroborated all the evidence
proven ny Cne papers III ms DOCKET
oI9hed oy w. u THOMPSON,
and 10 others.
AhoIher Ietter DARED,
tn william, Henderson, E. Ock p 0ASoHi Dec ~ 1904
Onite an excitiUg scene seq ban"ensd vostordov
within a mile of onp tent While two of M
FARMERS and nv self wore bunting oyor tbe
hills. we heard renort Of ouns beloy M and
saw two parties shooting al each other Being
satisfied that thew we've all strangers we hoo
itoted for n moment before we ve 'tnred 70 ,,o
down. A feelino Of dntv boweyer nro,ont6eJ
us tn hasten down n tbcr, n, or,ron' 4 wy.
we saw two persons Iall in the ftbt~Cthese
norsons were of tho ,,ortv 81 th,oa ,,o
nNNDHN man lUII