Arizona citizen., 1872-03-02
ANOTHER MASSACRE.

Life at Apache Pass - These
 Crimes Justly Charged to COlyer,
 His Knaves, Fools and Tools.
 Hon. s. R. DeLong writes us under date of Apache Pass, February P, as follows:
 John Wasson, Esq: It has again be- come my painful duty to inform you that on yesterday about 1015 A. NJ, within one mile of this post, near what is known as Bear Springs, a party of Apaches attacked the cattle herd of Kelley & Co. At the first fire, one of the herders named John McWilliam ms was killed-shot through the heart and head. After firing three shots at the Indians, the other herder, John Dobbs, shot from behind. One mimic musket ball entered his left wrist, passing through the joint, shattering the bones of the hand and coming out at the roots of the fingers; the other struck the right arm above the elbow passing through and out below the joint, shattering and destroying the joint so that when eXcision was performed, nineteen pieces of bone were taken out. The body of McWilliams was buried this morning with military honors.
 The alacrity with which the company of Twenty first Infantry-Captain Harry M. Smith-and D Troop, Fifth Cavalry, under LieutenantS BabcOck and Davis, got upon the ground, saved the cattle herd. The cavalry pursued the Indians for a few miles over the mountains, but finally abandoned the chase.
 In and around here seems to be pecu- liarly the bloody ground " of this Ter rit9ry, as since the first of July, 1871, there have been seven men killed by Apa- ches in this Pass: one at Cienega de Sauz one of Captain Smiths company, on July l3, 1871, in Cienega de los Pimas and bur jed at San Pedro as the company was on its way to take post here. This Pass is the main one through this range of mountains to and from New Mexico.
 Here is another chance for the in grained liars for the Apaches to rack their brains for more official and sworn falsehoods against settlers strug- gling for an honest livelihood in the face of death and perhaps torture John McWilliams and John Dobbs recently left the employ of the mail company in fear of losing their lives, only to become victims of the dreaded tiends in another pursuit. John Dobbs may still be better off than John McWilliams, but men of sound limbs don't recognize much preference in their conditions. John McWil- Hams may be satisfied with his new home, but can John DobbS be with his present one? Would 1t not be more satisfactory to Dobbs to have been taxed half or all his net earnings the remainder of his life, with sound limbs, than to endure the life in store for him? We believe 1t would, and hence no public expense is too great to protect citizens in their lawful pur- suits. We have the strongest faith that the heads of our Government re- gard this subject as we do, but the sentiment of the country has been debauched by the Colyers, Whitmans, and their affidavit men, and while Government has desired to go right, official liars and perjurers, in the name of God and philanthropy, have led in- tiuential societies and men to protest against the right and advocate the wrong. But for Colyer's unparalleled course of ftlsehood and misrepresenta- tion in and about Arizona, we believe the energetic measures designed by President Grant when he cut red tape and shelved the bad Stoneman for the good and able Crook, would have con- tlnued in 1871, and at this very time Arizona would have enjoyed a greater degree ot peace and security than she ever has. We hold Colyer and his lying knaves responsible for the mur- der of about a score of men in this Territory, and we believe an all-wise God will so hold them.
 In these murderous forays at Apa- che Pass, it is fortunate indeed that such prompt and we'll disposed officers are at Bowie. Captain Smith has al- ways done promptly all that any off