Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-01-06
49, .sr .<BURG MASSACRE.
Wttne.sV q Account from an Eye.
Killed. -oW Young Loring MAS

Killed. 40" hounS Aorins ""s
ring the Ives OF the lamented Fred. W. To-
list, OF .esilliant and promising young journal
Ind ~hose murder, with five others, IN the
j. an country, last November, many conflict
- reports have been printed, have received
ecpy of a letter written by one Of the two sur
vlyors OF the party. giving the nrst connected
account of the affair. The letter says" We
left Fort Whipple, near Prescott. Arizona Ter
ritory, on Saturday, Nov. 4th, i'm the best health
and spirits. To be sure, the stage was rather
crowded, but being all OF such good temper we
had real nice time. Loring being the most
lively of us all, anticipating q speedy return 70
his friends East. Well, he retained his inside
seat until We reached Wickenburg. on Sunday
morning, Nov 3, 1871 when, after leaving here,
ne preferred to have an outside seat, to which 4
most decidedly objected; but he insisted ON
oeing outside for short time. had two re-
voiveJs and he had none; In fact no arms what
ever. He rejected my offer of a revolver, say
ing at the same time, my dear Kruger, We
are now comparatively safe. 1 have travelled
moh'ns, and have never seen an In
dian" Well, we rolled on until about IL
O'Clock a. m, when the fatal attack was made.
The irst warning had was the warning cry OF
the driver, who cried " Apaches! Apaches 7"
At the same moment the Indians, who Law con-
ceaied, fired the first vOley, killing poor Loring.
ne oIlser, and the other outside passenger, a
Mr.; Adams They killed also the on lead morse
and wounded the other lead horse. The horses,
very much frightened, then ran forward about
twehty yards when they came 10 a sudden stop.
AT the same time Loring fell of the stage, and
SO the other passenger. At the same moment
the Indians fired the second volley from three
sides-the both sides and rear-not more than
TOUR or i've yards from the stage, killing Mr..
Shohoim, one of the inside passengers, and
wounding Miss Sheppard, myself, and q Mr..
Salmon, OF Lieut.. Wheeler's party. The latter
one vas MORALLY wounded and fell out of the
stage, and crawled away, but was finally cap
tured by the Indians, scalped, and otherwise
mutlated The only one not yet wounded was
Mr.. Hammctt, OF Lieut.. WheeIer's party. Both
ne and myself commenced Immediately firing.
Zach one fired six sbets. Not having any more
ammunition ceased firing. The Indians then
disappeared beyond the bushes.
But what a terrible spectacle il was to see the
siN Dead bodies in plain sight Loring WAS living
uhuer my very eyes, not yet dead, butsuiferiug,
apparently, terribly. He was shot through has
lett temple, his right eye, and his lungs. He
suffered for about four minutes, but am posi-
tive that he died before l made my escape
knowing that it would be useless to attempt to
escape until the Indians would come back "a
| piunder the stage, 1 remained perfectly quiet
having in the meantime ascertained that Miss
Sheppard was yet alive, but badly wounded
She succeeded in gettinga loaded revolver from
| ore OF the killed passengers, which she gave to
| me. L then told her TO keep cool and be ready
! ~ run as soon as would give the signal. Well,
| IN about six minutes of terrible suspense I saw
the Indians slowly creeping up toward the stage
l. counted and saw plainly fifteen Indians all
| dressed in soldiers blue trOwse-s. When they
came within five yards of the stage jumped
up, yelled and fired ut them. The woman NJ
| the same time yelled also, and we succeeded
admirably in driving them VI for the time being
ana got time TO leave the stage. Before LETT
The stage cried out as loud as possibly could
/ II any one was left alive, bur only Mr.. Adams
| answered; but he was MORALLY wounded and
| could not even move his hands or feet SD had
| 10 leave him to his fate. He was afIergar,i,
round with his throat cut and otherwise mutt
lated. The Indians afterwards followed me for
| about five miles; and had y running light with
tne IN until fell i'm with the buck board, 4
had to carry the wounded woman for over two
miles on my lett arm. L myself received one
shot through the right arm-pit, coming ont on
Tie shoulder, and two shots in my back. The
woman also had three shots. one dangerous
After the news reach WickenburS we were
brought to WickeIburg after sixteen hours OF
terrible suffering and agony. / stopped at the
place of attack and closed the ewes of nv Door
travelling companions. LOrlng, poor boy was
not mutilated, but looked calm aud peaceful on
ceptng his fearful wounds through the head
lie wore "solders' clothing" Loring and four
OF his companions in fate were decentIv buried
the next day, Monday, November s. 1871, i'm
nice Collins. L saw them buried. The other
man who got scalped was buried on the road
MIR. Sexton, of the Nulture Mills at Wicken
burg, attended to the funeral. Rest assuredtba
our friend Loring had decent funeral Peace
he with his ashes | forwarded everything he
longing to LOring to Lieut.. Wheeler which Won
can have ii you desire it. There are four bul .
let-holes through the same. What Loring lost
don't profess to know. know lost everything
but my life. The Indians got, to my certair :,
knowledge, about TWENTY-FIVE Thousand dollars
nine thousand dollars belonging 70 me and Miss
Shepherd.
There is not a particle of doubt in my mind
that the at,ackIng party were Indians. But the
commanding officer, Capt. O'Beirne, sist ipfan-
try. not only allowed the Indians to 90 unpun-
ished, but also refused me, Miss Shepherd auJ
the Two surviving cripples, shelter"