Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-10-14
THE EVENING STAR.
TUESDAY.......... October Ii. 1S7g.
NTassacred by the U,es

WaSsacred by the UteS.
HORRIBLE SCENES AT WHITE RIVER AGENCY
| DEAD BODIES OF AGENT MRBKER AND THE
EMPLoYEs-THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN MISS
| ING.
telegram from Rawlins, wy T., october IS.
| says: Emil Weber and Geo. Fuhr, two cour
days ago the White River agency. From them
Is learned the following particulars: GEN Mer-
san es upon the tn agency on the ta In
Among Others he found the bodies of Carl Gold.
| stein, an 1sraelite, who left here with govern
supplies wa sef tonne n1s u5es at White River
| this side OF the agency. He was shot twice
| through the shoulder, and was about two miles
Moore, formerly from cambridge Mass. who
was with him when he left here, was found
about 100 yards from Goldstein, two bullet holes
| In his breast and
HIS BODY HACKED AND MuTILArRD
with knife or Ratchet AS the command ad-
vanced through the canyon they came to an old
coal mine, and in 1t was found the dead body OF
| an agency. employe named Dresser. He had
evidently been wounded and crawled into the
mine to die. His coat was folded up and plac cd
under his head for pillow. Beside him lay Il
In one of his pockets letter was found watch
follows:
'White Riuer, Sept. %, D. m-Maior Thorn
burg: l will come with Chief Douglas an1
another chief and meet you tomorrow. Every
tnlng quiet here, and Chief Douglas Is flying tn
CullCo SldltS uhS. we nave Decn On gu ira
three nights, and will be TONIGHT. Not that
we expect any trouble, but because there
might be. Did you have any trouble coming
through the canyon?
N. c. MEEksR, U. s. Indian Agent"
,ot on entering the agency scene OF quiet desc
except one, were burned to the ground, and not
living thing was in sight except the COM
mand. The Indians had taken everything
except the flour and decamped.
THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN WERE MISSING
and nothing whatever could be found TO indi-
cate what had become of them. They have
either been murdered and burned or else taken
away. as hostages. Their dreadful and unmen-
tionable fate call forth the most profound SYM
pathy. The dead body of Father Meeker was
found about 100 yards from his house, lying on
his back, shot through the head. The left side
OF his head had been smashed in with some
PUNT Instrument, a piece of barrel stave
driven into his mouth, and one of his hands and
arms badly burned. The dead body of Mr. w.
Fl. Post, Father Meeker's assistant, was found
between the building and the river, bullet
hole through his left ear and one under his ear.
He, as well as Father MeeKer, was Stripe Ell
was found dead. He was stripped naked, and
| had bundle of paper bags in his arms. His
face was badly eaten by wolves. There was
bullet hole in his left breast. Frank Dresser, a
brother of the man found in the coal mine, was
found badly burned. He had, without doubt,
been killed instantly, as bullet had passed
Of Eaton thompson, Price, Eskridye, and all
other employees not before named, were also
found. Eskrtdge was found two mites this side
| of the agency, naked and with a buliet-hOe
| through his head. In the position occupied by
| the Indians during Thornburgh's battle, In
| breastwork made Of stone, was found the dead
| body of an unknown White man, dressed III
| buckskin. He was sitting on his knees and had
his gun in position to fire. He was shot through
| the forehead. From this 1t appears the In
| dams are not alone in their hellish work. The
| Supposttion is the Indians have goae south to
| join the Southern Utes, and the impression
among TIE officers of Merritt's command is that
| that the Indians who fought Thornburgh num-
| bered at least 100. Lieuts. Burke and Schuyler
arrived here this morning. They state that
on the afternoon of the day on which General
Merritt reached Captain Paynes camp he had
a11ght with the Indians. and had to move camp
about mile from Payne's old position that
night, on account Of the fearful stencil created
by the dead animals. Merritt moved upon the
agency, and reached there Saturday. The In
dams are retreating southwark, and it Is eX-
pected that in small bands they will drop into
the several agencies, and thus covering up
themselves, 1t will never be known who were
the warriors who opened battle on Maj. Thorn
burgh. The dismounted companies and the
wounded will be here In seven days.
"TowN TALK" TALKS Too MUcH.-A tele-
gram from London, Oct: 18th, says: Mrs
tuted criminal libel suits against one Rosen-
berg, the proprietor OF a scurrilouS weekly
sheet called the Toon Talk Mrs West, In the
Guildhall police court to-day, charged Rosen-
berg with stating that she was In the habit OF
CALI on photographers and asking for commits
slGns on the safes of her photographs. Her
husband testified that the statement was
untrue. He declared that he had done all In
his power to prevent the sale of his wife's pho
tographs. Mrs. Langtry charged Rosenberg
with stating that her husband had filed petit
| ton for a divorce, coupling the names Of the
Prince Of Wales, Lord Londesborough and
| Lord Lonsdale as correspondents in the action.
| Her husband testified that the statements were
| untrue. He said he lived with his wife and had
| never thought OF filing petition for divorce.
Rosenberg was remanded In default OF bali.
DROWNED IN A STREAM OF BARLsY.-WhIle
| vessel was being loaded with barley at the
wharf at BoWmanville, Ont. on OCTOBER 4th,
some boys went up to the third story Of the ele-
| vator and amused themselves by jumping Into
| a bin, from which the grain was running by
means Of spout down the ground door. One
| boy, about II years of age, named Terry,
| jumped into the hollow formed over hole Of the
| spout and, being unable to climb out, was
| smothered. Attempts were made to rescue
him. but this was found to be impossible, and
| several hundred bushels had to be run out on
| the floor before he could be reached, taking
| about two hours and a half. The bin Is twenty
| five feet deep and the boy was about ten feet
| under the grain and standing upright when
| found. Life was quite eXtinct-[ Toronto Mail
| BREAKING Up A PARTY WITH CAYENNE PEP-
PER.-About half past 10 O'Clock last night the
| party that had assembled in the house of Mrs.
| Schwartz, On 7th street, near Broadway, to pass
! a social evening, began to sneeze violently aud
to weep rivers Of tears. Investigation showed