Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-06-12
Why he Made War Last Winter,
and Why he Ordered Candy
EV to be Killed.
A Story to be Taken Scum
GranO Salis"-Jack on his
Last Legs.
Allen David, Jacks AccOmpliee,
or COwardly InstigatOr to
Murder and Outrage.

SAN Francisco, June 11.-A dis
patch was received to-day, dated Boyle'i
camp, June 8th, giving the follow.
\ ing: Captain Jack spoke the follow
ing to-day, on his first interview will
! General Davis. He tries TO implicat,
Allen David, the Klamath chief, and de
nfes being present when Candy wa.
killed. 81 don't know how to open the
1 subject about Allen David. I received
a letter Ia the Lavabeds by old Schon-
chin. His message from Allen David
was as follows: Il don't want you tC
lower your gun and fight like a squaw
but you must fight like men, At first ]
thought the message was a lie, but il
came 50 often | believed it. was about
to lay down my arms when / got the
message. Allen David told Schonchin
to tell me to fight; that he thought the
whites were going to fight him, and be
would soon let Captain Jack know what
he was going to do. Allen said: Hold
on to your guns; am getting ammuni-
ton and will join you in few days; ]
have sold my property, and am
buying powder Allen said, Don't
act ike a woman; be man.
l will join you soon, and have
lots OF people. / want to get the guns
first. Whatever offers the commission
ers make, / don't believe what they say; I;
they are trying to fool you.' 1 was go
ing to give up and surrender when / got
this message. l expected when 1 killed
the commissioners that Allen David
would be with me the next day, or soon
after, and 1 had already given up my
arms. / ate food from the government
aWN To. .Nra Er.l,A
after eating their food. When l got
this message 1t made me act as though
acted for Allen David, and / expected
him to join me soon. Allen David
caused ME to leave the reservation. /
had bad feelings toward the Klamaths;
so many such messages came. I be-
Heyed and thought he meant it, so l
acted. lie and I were no more good
friends, but he urged me to do this
thing last winter. was going wherever
they wanted me, and ! wanted some
quiet place, but not on. the rocks.
Allen David was always pushing
me up. The Klamath chiefs said the
same. They talked as though Allen
David was a big chief. He said we
must not think the Klamaths were wO-
men; they were not going to lay down
their arms to the whites. l had all the
trouble and did all the fighting, he did the
looks, and though they tried to get me
into a scrape, want you to know why
commenced the war last winter on
Lost river. Applegate and Brown came
and said that the big chief was coming
to talk, and we must go to the reserva-
ton. The soldiers came and surrounded
US before day, and We held no council.
L did not expect that l was asleep. I
told them not to shoot when my boys
got their guns. The soldiers fired the
first gun. did not think they wanted
to talk after the soldiers began to fire on
my people. Some of my boys fired
back, but l did not. l took my things
and ran as fast as possible away with
old SchOnchin. One reservation said
he had nothing to say himself, as he
only brought q message from Allen
David. As to General Canby's things
ne had on, he said he could not say
about it. 1 went away.
The boys who killed Candy got
-he things. l was there, but
went off as soon as l found l
could not stop them" Captain Jack, on
being questioned, said that Bogus
Charley and Setback Nasty Jim killed
General Candy. ALLEN David advised |
hem to kill Candy. I am telling the
ruth; did not kill him; had it done, |
)ut did not do it. l don't lie; bring |
hem in that saw it; want to face
hem. If had my chains off would |
ell all men who did these things. |
SchOnehin says he did shoot at Meach- |
I'm but all the Modocs know that he was |
poor shot and could not hit anything" |
Captain Jacks answers are, of course, |
! tissue of lies, but many agree that |
I'D Schonchin, from the reservation,
vas the messenger who took the mes
age given him by Captain Jack to
,harge Allen David, the klamath, with |
lrging them to make war and kill Cen
'ral CANDY.