Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-01-09
YOUNG LoR,NG's FATE
First Authentic Account of the RIoken.
burg Massacre.

EHREEBURG, Arizona Territory,
December q, 1872.
William g; Peckham, Esq, Trinity Building,
DEAR SIR-In acknowledging the 70
csipI of your sstsr OF November 10, 1871
l am plessso. 20 give you an account OF
this death of nv friend Loring, who Was
we'll known to me, ana whose untimely
dssth Is deeply regretted by me. We lsft
Fort Whipple, nssr Prescott, AriZ0ns
Territory, on Saturday, November 4, in
bhe best of bsslth and spirits. To be sure,
the stage war rather crowded, but being
all of such good temper We had real
nice ltme, LOring being the most lively OF
as sll, anticipating speedy return 70 his
friends east. Well, hs retained his inside
sest until we reached Wiokenburg, on
Sunday morning, November 1871, when,
after leaving there, he preferred TO have
an outside seat. to which most decided
ly obisctsd: but he insisted On being out
side for short time. had two r5volv-
sTs and he had none; in fact, no arms
whatever. He rejected my offer OF re-
VolVeT, saying st the same time, "My
desr Kruger, We are now comparatively
safe. 1 have Travelled with Lieutenant
Wheeler for nearly eight months, and
have never seen sa Indian" Well, We
rolled on until sbout IL 3 M, when the
fatal attsck WIS made.
The first warning hsd was the warn
ing cry of the driver, VINO cried "Aps-
ohes :" 'Apach6sl" At the same momsnt
the Indians, who lsy concealed, fired tbs
first vOlley, killing poor LoriDg, tbs
driver, and the other outside PASSENGER, &
Ar. Adams. They killed also the off lead
horse and wounded the oIhsr lead horse.
The horses, very much frightened, then
ran forward twenty yards, when they
came TO a sudden stop. At the ssme time
LOring fell of the stage, and so did the
other passenger. at the same moment
tbs Indians fired the second Yolley from
three sides-boJh sides snd the reEr-nol
more than four OF five yards from ths
stage, killing Mr., ShohOlm one of the in
side passengers, ana WoundlUg Miss
Sheppard, myself and 6 Mr.. salmon, of
Lieutenant Whssler's party, The latter
one was mortsliy wounded, and fell out OF
the stage, sEd crawlsd away, but wss
finally captured by the Indians, scalped
and otherwise mutilated. The only one
not then wounded was %r. Hammett, OF
Lieutenant Whesler's party. Both he
and myself commenced Immediately
firing, Both fired six shots, Not having
any more ammunition I ceased firing
The Indians then disappeared beyond the
busnss.
But what a terrible spectacle it was to
sse the six. dead bodies in plain sight
LOring WIS lying right under my very
syss, not yet dead, but suffering, appa-
rsntly, terribly, He was shot through
bis temple, his right eye and his lungs
He suffered for about four minutes, but I
am positive that be died before 1 made
my escape. Knowing that it would b.
useless 10 attempt TO escape until the Ia
disns would come back to plumber the
stage, remained perfectly quiet, having
in the meantime asCertained that N iss
Sheppard was still alive, but yet badly
wounded. She succeeded in getting 8
loaded revolver from one Of the killed
passengers, which she gave to me. then
told her to keep cool and be ready to run
as soon as I would give the signal. Wei,
in about six minutes of terrible suspense
1 saw the Indians slowly creeping toward
the age. I counted and saw plainly If
teen Indians, all dressed in soldiers blue
trOwsers. When they came within five
yards of the stage l jumped up, yelled
and fred at them.
The woman at the same time yelled
also, and we suOo eded admirably IN driv-
ing them OF for the time being, and got
them to leave the stage. Before left
the stage l cried out as loud as possibly
could II any one was yet alive, but only
Mr.. Adams answered; but no was NOR
tally wounded and could not even move
his hands or fest, 80 had to leave him 20
his fate. BE vas afterwards found with
his throat cut and otherwise mutiiat5 d.
The Indians sftsrWard followed me for
about i've miles, and hsd a running
fight with them until fell in with the
'buck board" had to carry tbs wound
ed woman for oyer two miles In my left
arm. myself received one shot Through
the right arn-pit, coming ont on the
shoulder, and two shots in my back, The
woman also had three shots, one DANGER
Gus. WILLIAM KRUGER
Chiet clerk to Captain G. W. Foster, A
s. NJ, United States army, Ehrenbnrg
Arizona Territory,