The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-09-14

morning of Saturday, November 4, Ioil car ryinc the U. S. Mail and the following named passengers: Frederick W. Loring, Frederick Shoholm. P. M Hamel, w. G. Salmon, C. 5. Adams. Wm. Kruger and Mollie Shepard; {; driver. John Lentz The journey to Wicken- buro was almost pleasure trip, for the pas seneers. some of whom looked forward, with nleasure to the time, not far distant, they then thought. when parents, wives, children, sisters brothers and friends would be met and embraced. in far off homes in their native or adopted States.
 With this white, civilized, feeling upper most in their hearts, coupled with the belief that they had turned their backs, forever, upon the dangerous Indian country, those whom we have named rolled out of Wicken- burg on the morning of the 5th, and had not proceeded more than miles, before they were assaiIed, from every side, by showers of bullets, fired from guns in the hands of mur- derous ipaches, who lay concealed, behind low brush, on either side of, and close to, the road Unprepared as the whites were for an attack of this kind, which, like most attacks by Apaches, was made at time when least expected, little, if any resistance, was made, and Kruger and Miss Shepard fled west for their lives, followed by the Apaches, who, for some reason, soon gave up the chase, and ceased firing upon the affrighted pair, who, as luck would have 1t, were soon met by the mail wagon from the west, the driver of which carried them back to Culen's station, and, mounting a horse, struck out for Wick enburg, which point he made in due course of time. On being made acquainted with the dreadful massacre, party of citizens started, in the night, for the scene of the slaughter. and, when daylight came, the bodies of the slain were examined and taken to Wickenburg for burial.
 The trail of the murderers was followed, until the party satisfied themselves that ln- dians from Date Creek had committed the horrid crimes. The party then returned to Wickenburg, where Capt. Meinhold, U. s. A., and some soldiers were met Our little band of citizens joined Capt. Meinhold and party, went out, found the trail of the murderers and followed it until all, citizens and soldiers expressed themselves we'll satisfied that the authors of the deed had gone on the Camp Date Greek Reservation.
 Soon after this, Mir. Kruger and Miss Shepard returned to Wickenburg, a Coroner's jury was summoned, and the following is a copy of the verdict rendered:
 We the undersigned, summoned jury to hold an in the hodes of the following named persons found murle. la te stage coach, about six miles from ;he town of Wickenburg the La Pt road the morning of the 5h of November s7l from all the evidence ob ,aned the surviving passengers dc find that C. Adams John Ienz Fred. W. Loring Fred. W. Shoholm, w C. Salmon and P. M. Hamel eouDd scalped) came ;o their death by gnshot wounds received at the hands of Indians tred towards the Date Greek Reservation. F. PUKcELLA, JULIUS GoLDwATER,
 pAvIp MoReAN, NJ. w W EBBER,
 A.. BARNETT DENNIS MAY,
 CHAs IT. RICHARDSON, CHAs. BARBOUR
 MACK MORRIS, FOreman-
 While this tragedy was being enacted, we were on the Gila river. and the person who lad charge oi the MINER happening to learn of a suspicion that had been expressed that the crime had been committed by Mexican bandits, gave currency to that rumor Tn hls account of the affair. Interested so-called friends of the Indians here and elsewhere seized upon this flaw in some peoples judg- ment. and attempted to make capital out of it, but George Monroe and the other citizens who had examined and buried the bodies, and followed the trail of the murderers, pub lished, over their signatures, letter contain ing the best of proofs and reasons for assert ing that Indians committed the deed / Time sped, we came over the road few weeks after the attack, and satisfied ourself that Indians did commit the deed.
 But, the public mind continued to be di- vided: Vincent Colyer, Captain OBeirne and other vile whites harped upon the matter until they succeeded in schooling portion of the Eastern public that white Arizonans committed the crime, for the sake of plum dering the passengers and to make sure ot the continuance of war with the Apaches. Of course, baser lies were never before in vented. and, thanks to General Crook, we are now enabled to say, that
 "Time at last, sets all things even"
 That which, to some persons, appeared mystery, is now made perfectly clear by Q chain of evidence and circumstances such as cannot be broken, and we take some credit to ourself for having always contended that h. Apaches-committed the deed.
 The Hunt for Evidence and the Result
 During the latter part of January, 1872, Wm. Gilson. citizen of Date Creek, inform ed General Crook that he had good reasons for believing that Date Creek Indians were mixed up in the affair." and Mr. Gilson is a gentleman who has always responded to the wants of the aforesaid savages.
 General Crook then set spies-both Indians and whites-at work, to hunt up testimony, plenty of which, it appears, was soon after forthcoming.
 First came an. Apache Mohave Indian boy, who had been raised by Dan 0'Leary. Him the robbers and murderers sent for to go out and tell them the denominations of the green backs they had secured at the time of the massacre Next came Irataba, Chief of the Mohave Indians, one or two of his Captains and several of his warriors, who have testi- fled that the murderers, after first going to Date Greek, went upon the Colorado Indian Reservation. boasted of the deed they had done; spent their green-backs and other thunder. These proceedings were, it is said, hroupht to the notice of other white men, hes;des General Crook, and if we are not mis- taken. Dr. Tanner, Indian Agent at the Colo rado reservation has, for some time past, been in possession of these facts, and has assisted
 Again, Wallapai Indians have substantiated these accounts. The murderers have said that b of then number made the attack, and b more w wer' within hailing distance, ready to aid. me, took very little clothing, trinkets, etc, rear ing that the possession thereof might one oa' II bosr la<