The weekly Arizona miner., 1871-11-18
THE wIcKENBuRG HORROR
A Corrected Account of the Massacre
The Inquest

Last week we gave an account of the capture O. the mail stage and the murder Of five pas.rpger. and the driver. near Wi:kenburg. Our account was gathered from . series of conflicting y.rba | reports and although inaccurate in few parilcu HFs' was, lh the main, correct. Subsequent mail. have brought us the particulars of the outrage which We now propose to place before our read CTS.
 In the first place, then, there Is no longer q doubt as to the authors of the crime They were inul"ns-Apache-Mohavc from the Date Greek reservation. They were secietcd by the roadsldo behind piles Of grass and shrubbcry which the, had collected and arranged in q manner that must ia'I to attract attcuton-by placing in an upright p"slilon which gave them the appearance of clnmps Of sLrubbery produced by the natural pro. cess oi growth. In the second instance the inur. derers were not mounted, but were all on foot. The hdlng places which we have described, ex tended Tor some distance along the roadside, and when the stage had reached a point about tue middle of the line IL was rnkod Oy the rre of the assassins in three dircciUn.--n front In rear and and directly opposite the sdcs The driver and three of the passengers were killed outright a, the first fire and the remaining four passengers with one exception, wounded. Al ths time the survivors were Miss Sheppard and Me.srs Kru. ger Hamel and Lorng The si-named had thus far escaped. As the Indians were rushing upon the stage, aflcr firing the first voliey, Miss shep pard and Mir. Kruger sprang to tue ground, at the side opposite 10 that from which they were approaching and escaped with their lives. un. fortunately for Messrs. Loring ana Hamel, in the excitement oi the moment they lost all presence of mind. and sprang from the stage at the side occupied by the Indians. The former being un. armed could offer no resisteuce and SO cndeavorcd 10 escape by flight But the efIor, was hopeless {; be vas in the center Of group Of sAvages and tLerc fell, pierced by two bullets and despatched by lance thrust iu the breast Mir Halnel was Killed about the same instant; aud those who are best acquainted with the Indian customs be. ltcTe that be must have fought braSely for his life As he Was tLe ouly member of inc party who wa. .calped-it being customary with the savages to dishgurc the bodies Of those who fall while fight. in. to defend their lives
 Al a late hour oB Sunday night the victims were brought 10 WiekenbuTg and on the following day an inqsest was held, on Inc bodies. The follow. is. is copy of the verdict rendered:
 We the undersigned, summoned as jury 10 bold au inquest oh the bodies Of the following. names persons found murdered ip the stage coach, about SIX miles from the town oi Wickcuburg, Dii thc lh Pa. rod. on the IgUrniag Oi tue 5 ot November ls1l. from all Ih. syAaepce obtained irom the two surviving passengers. do Ind thsi, q. s Adams, JObg LcpIx, Fred N. Laring Fred W. SbOholm, W. G. sIinOn, snd |. M Himcl Hound sealpcdl, came 10 their death hy snn-hot ~oADds. received Al tue bands oi Indians trailed towards lhe Date Greek Reservation
 F. PUEcELLA, JULiUs A GoLpwArEH DAVID MoKGAS, NJ ". WEBBkH AAnoS BARNETT DENNIs NAI
 CHAs. II RICHARDSON, CHAs BARBOUR
 MACk MOsxts, Foreman
 In addition To Inc foregoing account. which we have received from persons who visited tle seene Of the massacre, ~e append the iollJwing Ltler from Wickeuburg, written under date oi Sovrn. bcr l2th:
 Editors Miner leo In looking over the last issue of your paper, lNov Hun, rcpod g,,iug de. tai;s concerning the late tragedy which occurred nsar our place, 1 wish 10 correct one error tue murdcrers were not mounted on horses" but all on foot and wearing thc Ap,c,,c nOcissins, icay- ing ou their trail many Indian articles, tamogg others, bone dust used by the Indians as mcdi- cinel which were brought in toy Geo. Munroe.
 The affair Is serious one and unprec d'nicdly bold, therefore our citizens wish 10 have the blame atiacbrd 10 none but inc guilIy ones. con sequently tbey have spared no trouble nor sx. pvnsc in thoroughly satisfying themselves. so .ocn in the morning ae ii became light eaough 10 See n footprint, party Of our citizens were on the spot and took thr trail. Judging from the in- dcations after killing the passcngvrs, something scared Inc Indians. causing thca Lo leave in hoi baste-scatteTi0g iB different directions. Alter following up those different trails a distance of four or five miles, they all united, forming one large trail, and heading towards the Date Creek Reservation. The iraii showed them to be a large party of Indians, some forty ffty in num- Der IL was useless for the few citizens then on the trail 10 follow them farther, the Indians bav ing some twenty hours the start They returned 10 wiekenhurg, where they met Capt Meinholdi, with detachment of troops from Camp Date Creek with orders to all efforts to find out who the inurderEs were. Thereupon Mir. Mon roe and Mr. Frnk, immediately returned with Capt Micnhodt and bis command, again took the trail and followed it until citizens and sol. dicrs were ali thoroughly satisfied the perpetra- tors of this horrible decd werc Indians.
 We being of the scouting party, subscribe to the above being true report bcin. thc fret on the ground, aflsr Ihc massacre, and of the last who leit the trail
 w.J BARELAY, Geo MUsRoE,
 EDWARD PRRSTIss GEO. BRYAN,
 .IasR MuA