Weekly Trinity journal., 1863-06-13
Another Traitor Outrage.

Sergeant Chas W. Gordon. of Company II,
4ih Infantry, California Volunteers, now station
ed at Fort Yuma, California, sends us the fol-
lowing particulars OF the unprovoked and brutal
murder of two soldiers belonging to his reg-
mcnt by traitor named Edwards, who was for
merly member of Sbowalter's party, but the
military authorities there generously "swore
him and let him CO." tits another of those brave
acts which traitors here and elsewhere delight to
and will applaud. We would have everybody
read it--particularly Germans who delight 10
bend the knee, and to listen to the chiuairic
teachings of sympathzers with traitors who blar-
ney them into the belief that Union men and I'm
ion soldiers all abolitonists,' that the Gov
ernmcnt can only be sustained by opposing the
Administration, and that nothing can be pure
and holy unless done in the name of Democracy
We know few such Germans, and they, espe-
cially, we would have read what follows
Fonr YUMA May %, 1863.
A detachment was sent from here
a month ago, by steamer, TO Fort Mobave, with
supplies for troops en- route from San Pedro to
that place and on their way back stopped at
.H.i arocure tobacco. While coming from
.e. laa rs they were passing billiard saloon,
t.l ar aIsa OF them went in and stopped few
f-.....7 I'd as they came out of the door, the
1ding in the street, made the remark.
.-.age got you, you sons OF b-s." ana
began shooting, At The fist fire The ball struck
man OF our company named Gninor, from San
Francisco fracturing his leg the second shot
struck Tusten Wentworth, OF Forest Hill, fine
young man, MORALLY wouuding him. At that
time Ferdinand Behn. of Trinity, was coming
tn,va ar1S f,a hOaf nd haa ba fin On m
up, when another seoessionist cried out " here is
another" and Behn was shot through the stom-
ach Wentworth aud Behn died on the boat on
the way down, few hours aflerward. The men
were unarmed, and knew nothing about the man
or their danger until he commenced to fire. Sew
era secessonists had asked them TO drnk-the
murderer among the rest-but the boys suspected
ali was not right and would not drink
The name of the man is Edwards alias " Frog"
and was confined here with Showalters party, a
year ago. But they swore him and let him
CO." aud we now see the result of that policy,
Sh0waler baping Joined the rebels in Texas
There was large crowd of seccssonsts at
Olivia, well armed, and as the boys numbered
only fifteen, all told, they thought it policy 10
let matters stand at the time, as they were The
feeling among The men here is extremely bitter,
and no man is safe who avows sympathy with
rebels now, or will be in future. The act was
most cowardly-fring at unarmed men, i'll The
dark, in strange locality, with not Union man
in the town to warn them of their danger. They
were shot down like dogs by man wearing the
garb Of humanity, for no other reason than vol
unteerng in defense OF free Government aud the
rights of man. Olivia is situated in the vicinity
Of the La Paz silver mines, and is the crossing
place for the traitor bands on their way TO Texas
from California. 1t is a hard matter for troops
to hunt up a single person, as in this case, but
the wish is to destroy the town aud anybody
who interferes.
1t is the request of the officers and men of the
Regiment that yol will publish statement of
this affair, and you may depend that it vas most
dastardly, cowardly assault, unprovoked-a deed
purely ck,uaIric in its character, in a Southern
point Of view. and does credit to the traitor as
sassn and in fact every resident of that hell hole,
! Oiivia