The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-05-25
rnr.r THIEVES CAUGHT.

-ras created in town on Tuesday Dan OLesry brought the news into a {. nlautingn of four Indian thieves cFB 2, ,re iearued that sometime during Sat fgn p Nav IS, Indians stole four mules s-'sf oh of S C. Rogers, only three oi Fsg lr,,m from Camp Hualpai. Mir. Roger, t5a- +.lonei Mason, commander of the Post u9 ,inp. and at half past nine o'clock sls ..-,.d in pursuit of the thieves.
 s , ~as under command of lst Sergeant lg s- Troop, Fifth Cavalry, with Sergt. sts.3 ,orporals Creery and Lynch, privales Nsf H.u McCuc, Campbell, Collom, Coc Bres Waity; citizens, Ed Clark, Chas Aae ,r. Jouagan and Dan. 0 Lcarv, the post g- ,g d them, from the ranch, in north Ii, eight or ten miles, then in q north. e gross Chino Valley. On entering the t- -,,,nt Stauffcr ordered Il faster move. f'at command pushed their horses for ...aa f breaking lope for fifteen miles ,,i ne the mesa east of Chino, the trai ...l' cast towards Red Rocks, and crossd
 re.i. q. out one mile above the upper ''old
 Bere the party halted an hour, and r',.7 r'.,-'. the trail followed it till it was too
 4a Q longer. Monday morning, at day. e' L r.- rsuers were again in the saddle, and 1 nt sring southwest and being fresh , -r .,I, ressed his confidence in soon over.
 -as iudians, and they went on lively for .. ubeu four of the cavalry horses gave ,f Ser r.aBt <. ordered their riders to make
 t., o( ticir way with the animals back to
 .,,rrsl .ttlcment, and the rest of the con- .-I ,rs4e on without stopping till half past
 , m n q south southwest course, when t.-.f- v 10 was in the lead, caught si 5ht of a
 mad ip the brush, on the banks Of Ash Creek --.f4d tiiat tue Indians were close at hand, the dis5Jel some following down the fork oi
 -ses ,pward the mule, and others cutting ,,..s r9i t onto another fork of the creek and . Ind tas four in number, were surprised, and g.-Bt5tm. elves between two fires. The lndi. ....rs..ei ight, but were soon dispatched, not M -.rared death. Private Coe was wounded in .t-ad lr an arrow, n scalp wound, only; and g.sy vas pounded by an arrow in the left breast ,f. tr.ov ,assing through his siing-belt and al.,g, ana entering his body about an inch o.a 8tngerOus wound.
 Ts lnd11s evidently felt secure and were bus as aged jerking the flesh of three of the f'e,, phcu they had killed. They had even the r--rr..s and entrails hung up on the bushes to lr The pJuy campcd close by the scene of con as.a.i Tac,day morning, having gathered all the -Hs neat together, burned it and struck out for 71d Hb.pple, thirty miles distant, arriving here ,5suds sun town, bringing in the live mule, three y8ss 'Ji- U arrows and one gun also buck skins, Hs.-itiLH ahuotuSi tioDulco- 1uC Phiig iSSShSu sry praises and congratulations from the nili. rl ial at'zens and spent the evening in town, z ..l hcroes or the day. Their ride was a a-l aae SInday they travelled 70 miles between sHA g. aud 7:30 P. M. over some rough c)untry, Ncratf ,ley made 50 miles and had the ii ght. Ise.diy they travelled 30 miles and started home Wednesday morning for ride of 40 mile.
 lts ;be third successful pursuit made by Srgaiai $ and his men, and demonstrates the is t.at p.uck md perseverance in following the . skins g do the work.
 Col NasOAs orders were given to the party to -g tl- mules or the Indians, and both were cap ,get Dan. O'Leary rejoces that his office oi yt r0t sinecure, and that he can lead men sl8 s.c afyous to follow
 Foe naression prevails that the Indians were A'aehe Mohaves, of the Date CrecK persuasion Eea ,ie i.Ci that their course in circlng around loa liutpai 10 Ash Creek, indicates that they -s1g- eat siie of the Verde, or they would have l-, ou Eaii rom CEino Valley.
 lhe euil-iol men of K Troop, 9th Cavalry hay, anLanSrd in letters from Department Head tsucfa for ieir gallantry in the affair narrated saFr