Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-09-21
~ nunpsa o. s1.sasaIrr ADAMS.
4 Yull Aseesat Of the Gold -Bloodsd Crime,
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4{BFon The Evoning Express.)
a Rentleman of this city is in re-
o6lDt Of . letter dated Tucson, Ari-
1oaa, Sept. 9th. which gives the
eoesset perticulars- concerning the
~ atroclous murder near that
t1acs, and from which we are per-
mltted sto quote. The correspon-
d6at hys:
YOu will no doubt hear of the
Go11- -blooded murder committed in
D&VIdDonss csfipn, about twenty
~ miles from here, but as the pa
noe1 hoN4 not the correct account,
! ut1l Inform you Of the facts
& O. the evening of the I'd, u Mex
Inn went TO the ranch Of Vail,
ofVay = Co., about fifteen miles
fGl1m III oafion, Hnd Informed them
~ tNo men were lying dead in
- Gn6on, aud he supposed they
N6xs6eon drowned by the flood Of
Uoeso which had gone down the
IGuUi1us day, there having been
6nVy taiue ia the mountains. The
Mfxioaal also said that they had
ogidoatly been travelling In bug
- an4 we're going toward
xue130. Early next morning, Har-
~ and one OF Ills men went to the
oalk0n and found the men, one II
whom woo McFinlsy, of the WASH
loHtoo mine, and the other Mr..
AMsnns. Yhe paymaster arrived
Goon afler and they found, upon ex
>omj1attoo, that Finlay had been
sHog FROM BEHIND,
And The bullet had passed through
hls hsaxf, and Adams through his
tody Just above the heart. From
~ appearance of things they knew
tbey hnd been shot by white men or
Moxicaus as the harness had been
1aken from the horses without cut
ting. whereas the Indians of this
country cut things TO pieces. Har-
vey and his com pa MONS buried the
bodies and one of the firm came
disectiy here and reported to the
outhorities, while others from the
unch started to follow the trail OF
t1o miscreants. In this they had
considerable difficulty on account
- the rain that hUd fallen and Oh
l1fefnied the tracks of the murder
ers. bat before dark they had traced
them south near the Santa Rita
uhounlains and next morning they
met : person who Informed them
of having met the same tracks fur.
ther south. This was proof of their
havlnx Ned Into Sonora. The Sher-
~ vos promptly Informed of what
hod taken place, but am sorry to
~ cur Sheriff is
HOT POND OF ACTIVE SERVICE,
And excused himself because his
wife wss unweli. He made III any
Deomlsss. however, to the nu-
norous persons who had
ureed his going or sending men af-
ter the murderers. Finally, the
next day, two men were started off,
bus 20 much time bad been lost and
the men were so wretchediy
mounted and armed, that it is |
doubtfuI II they find the rascals.
There seems but little doubt but |
what The deed was committed by |
two NextcAns, who have been en-
ployed 1t the placer gold diggings
no6r Davidsof,'s Cafion, and who
oanae from Sonora some months
The officers arrested woman
= the diggings who is supposed to
~ the wife of one OF the men, and
oho was brought into town. She
Dti1l persisted In saying that she
knew nothing about il; that the
1Bou left the diggings that morning
Hnl had not returned. The country
N the neighborhood Of the Santa
Ulta and MILESTONE Mountains is
DUIL OF The WORST KIND OF CUT
THRoATs,
Ard while We have Sheriff with
= little interest In doing his duty,
rnattsrs will never improve. But
me thing is perfectly certain,
.hould anything Of the kind hap. L
Don jn that part Of the country
1gatn, the miuing and ranch men
viii take the matter into their own
Dends and hang the parties where
.Vtf found.
The Governor has offered re-
ward for the apprehension of the
lnur1ofers, aud suppose the fami-
H. % the murdered men (for am
|nId both have wives and young
h1ldron) will offer another re-
D1Ysl. " they are able TO do 40, but
& q l,Fuhnble that the men are now
y 9on0ru, aud II will be difficult
natter to get them out, though !
IneoroIy believe that Governor
1sroscal and his officials are much
I1cro setiye in furnishing crime
1En our 0fiiciaIs holding the same
1r1ftions, and it only requires CO.
|1ceation on the part Of our off, !
Gi8 to prevent either Sonora or
kSjSonn from being made the shell Ia
~ for criminals OF either nation.
oooefely hope that General Free 9
Dooo will give us peaceful times
@HIn, which we have not had since
,cvoFoof Stafford resigned his posi-
-. You ask about IN
THE APACHEs. l.
r dl11cult 10 tell where they
= mining friend Of mine, from
n ~ Pedro River, met some Of