Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1873-04-14
OF THE MODOCS.
uurderof Gen. Candy and ID Thomas.

ueace commissioners ID 4 mrssa.c was sent
out nv the commissioners asking Tor Talk this
morning, nj a point about mile from our
picket line Later III the evening Bogus
t;harlcv came 10 and told the picket that he
corl,d take his gun; that he Charley did not
intend TO go back any more The pick"t
l,rnupht him u and touk him to the tent OF
General Canhy, where Charley left his gun,
and remained at the tent al Frank Riddle dur
ing the night.
This morning Boston Charley came in and
told the commission that Captain Jack and I'VE
other Indians would meet the commission out
side our llrcs. Bu.tun Charley and Bogus
Charley then mounted horses and started Tor
the lava beds. About an hour alter their DE-
mrlurc Gen Candy. DIR. Thomas, lir. \. IS.
M"acfaln, and Mr. Dyer, with Frank k'diIc
AID hi- squad Tor interpreters, started i"r the
place .pIulntc'i.
The party arrived at the appointed place,
and were closely watched by the slgnal officer,
Lieut.. A,an>. fran the signal station on III"
hill ny. rIuukllIg oar camp. About liall Ii"'r
after Tx. larly had arrived Il cry came from
the signal station saying that the lnIlans had
attacked the peace commissioners and that an
engagement had commenced between the In
dams and COL Masuu Ina moment the troops
were under arms aud dcplnyed as sklrmIshers
under command of Col. Green. and orders were
given to forward d,ublc-quick. Very shortly
AFTER Mr. DYER returned and told Us that the
Indians had attacked them and that he thought
he was the ouly one who had capped. But
in few moments after Riddle aud his squlw
were seen within the picket line From hun
we gathered the following account Of how the
massacre commenced:
Mr.. Meacham made il short speech to the
Irlsans followed by General Candy, and then
Dr. Thomas Then Captain Jack made Il
speech, asking for Hot Creek and Cottonwood,
places now occupied by Farched and Doris,
f;,r reservations Mr.. Mcacham told Captain
lack that it was not possible to give him what
he asked Schonchin told Meacham to say no
more, that he, Meacham, had said enough
upon that hjec,. and while Schonchln was
speaking Captain Jack got up and walked be-
hind the others, turned back and exclaimed,
"All ready" He then drew his pistol aud
snapped the cap at Gencral Candy. He then
! cooked his pistol again and fired aud General
| CANDY fell dead, shot under the eye. Schou-
chin then shot Meacham in the shoulder and
head, but he is still alive. Boston Charley
and another Indian shot and killed DR.. Thomas.
"iIookcr jim chaS, Dyer for some distance
| and Dyer turned upon him with pistol IN hand,
ami Jim ran. An Indan knocked the S'luaw
If Riddle off her horse ard took It, but Cap,
tain Jack made him return it, and then an
other Indian chased Riddle and shot at him.
Some allowance may be made f)r the truth OF
this last statement
| About hundred yards to he west Of the
place OF meeting was found Mr. a. b. Aiea-
cham badly wounded with pistol shot over
the left eye He was Immediately attended to
and carried back for medical treatment. Fifty
yards further on the body OF Rev. DR.. Thomas,
| lying on his face and stripped to the waist.
Life was OK tinct from pistol shot wounds IN his
head The body OF Gen Canty. was stripped
of every vestige Of clothing and lay about one
| hundred yards 10 the southwark, with Two ps-
to shot wounds in the head.
| TIC troops are now 10 the lava beds lying on
| their arms, and will probably advance tonight
under cover of darkness.
There are here about six hundred troops
who can be brought iuto active service, and
it Is believed they will end the Modoc war
| Mr.. MeachaIu IS not expected to survive.
WASHINGTON, April l3-The information
of the murder of Gen. Candy and DR.. Thomas
was communicated to the President at Il late
hour last nig ht by AJjutant General Townsend,
| and General Sherman was also apprlScd at Il
late hour Of the occurrence. The feelings Of
the President and the General at the sudden
announcement were Of the most intense sorrow
and Indignation, and there was not moments
hcsitancy in the declaration that the Modocs
shall be made to suffer to the scvcrest extent
| for their crime.
| 1t is now evident that the act was long pre-
mcdia,cd, and this fact adds to the deep sense
of wrath that the massacre has aroused The
President has uurcscrvcdly expressed his sane
ton of the srvcrcst measures now necessary TO
| l. L. L., VI. J., in
this respect have been fully stated to the au-
thoritics acting under the War Department.
General Sherman has also autographed to
General Schcficld instructions to move the en-
tire force at oucc upon the Indians.
The CRUTCHErT FACTORY CAsE.-Tho case
of James Crutchctt Ut Washington, which WAS
the fourth 90 the docket Of the Mixed Commits
sion on United States aud British Claims, has
inst been decided The claimant is natural
born subject of hear Britannia Majesty, but came
to Washington in lSi., and has ever since re-
sided there In lSjG he became largely cnsag
ed in manufacturing erecting on land purchas-
I'd and owned by himsclfa large factory, iittiog
up the same with machinery, motive power.
tools, material, &c, for the manufacture OF ar
ticlrs of peculiarly Anlerlcen character, Interest
aud value, from timber previously purchased by
him from the Mount Vernon estate. and in
tended as memorials Of George Washington.
This factory was shortly after the breaking out
of the civil war, taken possession OF by the Y.
S. for military uses, and the possession retain
ell by them for several years.
The government paid him $4,000 for the use
Of his property and The further sum OF Sl,2OG
for repairs on the same; but he alleges that this
was IN inadequate aud insufficient compcnsa
ton and that he received the same under pro-
test. lie claimed balance Of $4,000 as dam
ages The commission have allowed Huns II, 900.
SCENE IN CoURT-The Richmond ccrrcs
pondent of the Petersburg Appeal writes on
Saturday: "a singular scene was witnessed
in the United States Court to-day. Mr. 0. T.
Beard, wholesale liquor dealer. on Cary st,
recently from the north, was arrested sometime
ago for refusing to show his books to Lcmuc
j. Bowden, revenuciofbcer. He was sent on
for Indictment by Commissioner Atkins but
the case has ucvcr becO brought to trial. This