Daily national Democrat., 1860-08-23
Murder of American Citizens, near Tue
son, Arizona.

from Fort Buchanan, August 4th, saws tbat
on the 23d OF July, William Williams, of the
san Pedro Mining Company, left that mine
Tor Fort Buchanan to purchase flour. leaving
at the mine the following persons, viz: Mr..
Brunkow, Prussan by birth. but who had
resided In the States ten or twelve years--he e
was an assayer and smelter, and had charge
OF putting up the mining works; Mr.. Morse,
formerly Professor of Chemistry in the High
school at st. Louis; James Williams, engin-
eer, OF Virginia, and lately from St. Louis.
and brother of Capt. Williams, of that place ;
and German cook named David Brontrager.
Owing to the difficulty of procuring wagon,
Mr. Williams was able TO leave the Fort until
Thursday morning, 26th July. On the even.
ing of that day, he arrived at the mine in
company with two boys, and found the dead
bodies OF three of the persons he had left
there-they having been murdered. 1t ap-
pears from all that can be learned that the
men were murdered by party of Mexican
poems employed at the mine. They spared
the life of Brontrager. the German cook, and
carried him off as prisoner, but let him 90
when they reached San Pedro on their way
to Sonora.
On the 9th of July he reached Camp
Jecken. His statement as to the murder
having been committed by Mexican poems
was taken as true, from the fact that one of
them, named Jesus Rodrigues after arriving
in Sonora, told that he had aided in the mur
der, and related nearly the same story the
German cook had told. In fact, others of
the gang spoke of the deed they had commit.
ted, and boasted of it. The affair caused
great excitement throughout the Territory.
On the 4th of August meeting was held in
Tucson, nndthe following resolutions (which
we take from the Herald) were passed:
WHEREAS, The citizens of Tucson deeply
deplore the loss which the entire community
has sustained in the death of Frederick Brun
kow, j. q. Morse and James Williams, and are
deslrous OF paying to their memory the trib.
ute OF respect which it is their rig to receive.
aud our sad privilege to pay and
WHEREAS, These, our fellow citizens. were
murdered barbarously and in cold blood by
Mexican poems, at that time in their employ
and
WHEREAs, The murderers, after taking a
large amount of valuable property, escaped
and are now harbored in Sonora: now
therefore, we, the citizens of Tucson, in mass
meeting assembled, do
Resolve, That the unprovoked and bloody
massacre, which has lately taken place at the
San Pedro Mines, is of too serious of a nature
to rass unnoticed or unavenged.
ResoIyed, That when our best citizens. in
the peaceful pursuance of their business, can
he murdered in open day by Mexican poems.
and the murderers, after robbing them of their
property, can escape and find safety by sim
ply crossing into Mexico, it is time that the
people of Arizona, in default of protection
from our own Government, should adopt
such measures as are necessary to insure, for
the future, such protection to life and proper
ty as 1t is cur right to have-our bounden
duty to maintain
Resolved That we are of the opinion that
such security for the future can be insured in
no other way than by holding the State,
which shelters the murderers responsible for
their punishment or surrender, as well as for
the restitution of the stolen goods and prop
erty.
Resolved That we, the citizens of Tacson,
will cheerfully cooperate, to the extent of our
means and influence, with our fellow citizens
from other parts of this Territory, in all legit-
innate steps that may be taken to effect these
results
ReSoloed, That copies of these resolutions
be sent to Mesila, Arizona City, Tubac, So.
noita Valley, the Membres Mines, Forts Bu-
chanan and Arivaypa, as also to the friends
of the deceased in ST. Louis, anG San Fran.
cisco.
Upon the adoption of these resolutions, the
meeting was addressed by several gentle
men.