Arizona citizen., 1871-12-30
The Baker Family Massacre.

| Pima, Blue Water Station, Dec. A,
 1S71.-Before John $. Thayer, Coro- ner, in the matter of the inquisition upon the bodies of John w. Baker, Mrs. Julia Baker, William Baker and John Baker deceased.
 We, the undersigned, the jurors summoned to appear before John 5. Thayer, Coroner of Pima county, on this 24th day of December, 1871, to inquire into the circumstances of the death of the parties aforesaid whose
 bodies now lie before us, find that
 John w. Baker was native of New
 London in the State of Iowa, aged
 about 31 years; that he died from the effects of two gunshot wounds, one in
 the breast, and the other through the
 throat; that said wounds, were in-
 ficted by persons whose names are un-
 known in the jury. That Mrs. Julia
 Baker, wife of J. w. Baker, was from
 New London, Iowa, aged about 30
 years; that she died from the effects
 of six buckshot wounds Ill the left
 breast; that said wounds were in
 ficted by persons the names of whom
 are unknown to the jury. We find
 that William Baker was son of J.
 w. and Julia Baker, aged eight years
 that he died from the effects of pls-
 tol-shot wound in the back, inflicted
 by unknown persons to the jury. We
 find that John Baker was an infant
 son of J. w. and Julia Baker, aged
 five months; that he died from ex-
 posture to the weather while lying on
 the ground near his dead mother. We
 find that the deceased one and all died
 on the evening of the 21st of Decem-
 Der 1871.
 We further find that the deceased,
 John W. Baker, had on the 18th, 20th
 and 21st instant, four Mexicans en-
 ployed ill cutting and hauling hay to
 his house, that on the evening of the
 2lst, said Mexicans had unloaded
 their hay, leaving their tools on the
 wagon; that said four M6xicans were seen the night of the 21st in possess sion of the two horses belonging to said Baker and on the road to Sonora that on the morning of the 22d. said possession of said horses and about 40 }, miles from Blue Water Station-the home of deceased.
 Tt appears +n tho Inrv in +raA;n or 7 the effects to the causes which prJ- duced them, that Mir. Baker was about eight feet from the kitchen door. and .. while in the act of delivering some : provisions, with his scales lu hand, to , one of the Mexicans, he was shot by
 two others from behind d wall about , Ie.rht feet distant, and be fell where he stood Mrs. Baker was putting supper on the table and, hearing a noise, ran out of the door with her
 babe in her arms, and was confronted t by the assassins with the double bar !. reled shotgun belonging to the Sta- ton. She seized the muzzle of the
 gun in her left hand, and while hold ing to 1t, 1t was discharged, one shot 7 passing through her left hand between
 the thumb and foretinger, the powder burning her arm and settting her sleeve on fre--six shot taking effect in her left breast She had dropped the child about six feet from her hus-
 band, and fell about two feet from it.. Their little boy had run out at the time and in the act of running back, was shot in the back by pis- tol ball. He lived for some minutes, his little boots being full of blood 3 and the wall being bloody in several l places where he had leaned against it. The Mexicans then broke open two trunks, searching the house generally for money, but took away but little if any clothing, and it is believed but
 very little money. Two of them
 mounted the two horses, and the oth- CTS followed behind, holding to the horses, and thus made long and rapid 3 strides for Sonora. Signed: John B. Allen, Foreman and SamuelB B. Wise, 7 Milton Ward, Charles Lassen, Samuel ) Lewis and William Mackay.
 ) This morning Charles O. Brown reports having learned the names of the murderers, as follows: - l Francisco, - Serbantes and Jose
 Montez the latter two reside at El Rial de Guadaloupe, and all in Sonora.
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