Arizona citizen., 1874-01-17
MURDERS IN NEW MEXICO.
Terrible State of Affairs.

FoRT STANTON, N. M., January, 1S74.- The killing of Gylum, Harold, Martin and another man early in December, has
 led to a deplOrable state Of affairs in this county. Bodies of armed men picket and
 patrol the country around; people in pur- suit of their lawful and legitimate buSi- ness are brought to a stand on the high way and compelled to take observations down the muZZle of Henry rifle or a Colts army. Visitors to our beautiful country are sharply interviewed and turn pale at the command "WhO's that?" ac- companied by the OminOus click of @ trig- ger; devil may care gents apostrOphizing the Silvery moon or somebody's cCW at night, are keenly scrutinized and if found obnoxious, they soon go to their final if not peaceful rest.
 Business is at a deadlock, the only ar ticles in demand being hand-grenades, breech-loaders and ammunition by the
 ton. Our people are making arrange ments for the coming tussle, Grming cap ] a-pie, and sending their families to places | of security, clearly showing that we now stand in an attitude decidedly belligerent | if not in an actual state of war, without the aid of an act of Congress or the form | ality of a cabinet meeting.
 Ten men killed and half-a-dOZen wound ed in as many days and all out of pOpu- | latiOD of few hundreds, entitie our peO- | pie to great credit as No. lmarksmen, and 1 now that the Irish "Team " has challeng- | ed us Americans for the ElchO Shield and 1 the championship Ofthe world, we couldn't do better for the honor of our race than to oppose them by a few of our fellows from Lincoln, Lincoln county, hOnOred and re- spected Territory of New Mexico. Our cOunty-seat that once bOasted of small
 but intelligent population, now looks as | gloomy as GOidSmith'S Deserted Village.
 But few are left and they are applicants l for a nights lodging in the graveyard | The supposed cause of all this war and | blOOdshed was the killing of MeSSrs. Har- rOld and Gylum, but there are other caus-
 es which would now take too much time and space to explain, for it is certain that prejudice of race kept alive and famed | into flame, had something to do with the matter.
 Before the excitement had time to cool down over the two men found on the Rui- | dCSa river, another of more startling
 magnitude had taken place, changing the state of matters and things in general. and throwing Lincoln with what's left of | its population on it's beam ends. This | was the shooting of four men, (MeXlcanS), | and dangerously wOunding two others
 which happened in the following manner:
 A sister Of one of our leading Mexican cit l iZenS was to be married and 1t was prOpOS- ed to honor the happy event by grand | ball in the courthouse. A number O1 Mexican and a few American families had assembled and were no doubt enjoy | ing themselves, and
 "There was a sound of reveiry by night
 And all went merry as marriage beil,'
 when one, two, three, four, five, six shots
 were heard and four dead mep lay on the
 ball room floor, one severely wounded
 and a woman dangerously shot through | the knee. The courthouse walls bear the
 marks of many bullet, and the court
 room floor is bespattered with gore. IT
 the midst of life we are in death. A par l Of I11o n p6 int( | the ballroom, used their rifles pretty free
 Iy and the result was as above stated.
 Since then the MeXicans swear ven
 geance, refuse to make peace, and are de
 termined to treat the Texans as they
 would hostile Apaches. To make theil
 threats good, they jumped party of foul Texans two days since, which resulted II
 one Mexican being wounded. It's war tt
 the knife and as the military declines tC
 interfere. one or the other party must finC
 refuge in the graveyard.
 Yours truly, I