Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-12-07
THE MURDERoUs APACHEs.
Details of the Recent Tragedy in
ArfzODn Ei-

Details of the Recent Tragedy I'm
Arizona.
A correspondent Of the Los Angeles
Star, writing from Ehrenburg, under
date of November II, says:
No doubt ere this you have heard of
the robbing Of the stage and the murder
Of FIVE of the passengers and the driver,
but / thought full account thereof
would be of interest, so | send you the
statement of Mr.. NJ. V. Webster, who
went out from Wickenburg and brought
in the stage and horses. g
The stage started about eight am.
Sunday morning from Wickenburg, with
seven passengers, named as follows: c..
S, Adams, Frederick Scholhm and 9TH
ers, and when about nine miles from
Wickenbutg the stage was jumped by
the Indians, and the driver and two men
sitting on the seat with him were killed
instantly, and were all shot through the
head. Mr. Adams was also shot
through the breast. There were three
passengers seated in the front seat; two
Of them dropped dead in the coach, and
the third one ran thirty or forty yards
down the arroyo and was there shot,
lauced and scalped. All on the front
seat fell off Mr.. Kruger and Miss Mol
lie Sheppard were seated on the hind
seat, and were both wounded at the first
! FIRE, but not daugerously-Miss Shep-
pard in the arm and Mr. Kruger in the
shoulder. When the stage was fred on
| It was crossing sand arroyo, with thick
brush on either side, and some of
the Indians could not have been more
than fifty or sixty feet from the coach,
and were armed with muzzle-loading
guns and Spencer and Henry rifles
No bows and arrows were used. At the
first shot the driver tell OFF dead, and
the team turned off the road and ran up
! the arroyo about thirty yards, and the
off leader was shot ana lei, and the
team then rap against the hank and
stopped. At this time Mr.. Kruger and
Miss Sheppard jumped out and ran up
the arroyo, and Mr.. X. kept shooting at
the Indians with his revolver, and they
ala r6. follow him and Miss S., who,
wban thew saw they we're not followed,
took the road for Collins that IS the
next station this sidel, and after going
about nine miles they met the return
mail in the wagon called the Blackboard,
and no one along but the driver, who,
when he met them, took them back to
the point Of the mountains, and took
one of his horses and went over to the
Vulture mine, and from there to Wick
enburg with some of the miners, where
he arrived at ten pm. on Sunday, Mr..
Sexton then sent his ambulance out
with a posse of twenty-five men, and
found the stage badly riddled with bull
lets, two men dead in the stage, and the
balance as before stated, and took the
bodies back to Wickenburg.
We have been here all day waiting for
the stage, which was twenty-five hours
behind time, and the stage was brought
here riddled with bullets. The only
wonder is that any one could have esr
capped being killed, so many bullets must
have passed where they were sitting. A
! cold watch was taken from Mr.. Scholhm,
and all the money vas taken from Mr..
Adams and two of the other passengers.
On the person of the one who was
scalped there were eighty-fye dollars in
coin; one Of the mailbags was cut open
and the contents scattered around, and
| a roll Of greenhaeks was left as also the
contents Of the bag Two six-shooters
we're left under the cushion of the
drivers seat, all loaded. Allthe valises
were cut and trunks bursted open, and
their contents scattered around the road.
| The wheel-horses were Embarrassed, and
the harness laid back when taken of
them. The horses were turned loose
and came hack to the corral at Vulture
City. The near leader, shot in the left
hip, was standing in the harness besides
the of leader, which was killed and lying
on the ground. None Of the blankets
were taken nor the clothes off the men.
Kruger said there we're ten or twelve
that he saw, and they we're dressed in
soldiers clothes. When he and Miss
Sheppard jumped out, he asked if any
more we're alive, and he heard some one
| saw. whom he took to be Mr. Adams,
al am, but will not be long, probably
mortally wounded at this time.
There are plenty Of soldiers at the
various posts, and men are placed along
the road to protect the mail and the pas
seneers where the citizens are being in
discriminately killed, and where the dan
ger is The soldiers are needed for
parade duty in the camps, where dozen
men are ample TO protect them at any
time; but none of the officials travel
about the Territory unless they have a
cayalcsde to protect their precious lives.
! am told that It is a good thing for Mr.
Collyer that be was not present when
the dead bodies were brought In, so en-
ragged we're the citizens against him.
Yours, ETC., H. I. HAZARD.