Morning journal and courier., 1881-09-05
The Massacre by Apaches.
What Brother Officer Says of His Slain Comrades and the Murderous APAfhes.
 From the New York Sun.l

What n Brother Officer Says of His Slain
 Comrades and the Murderous Apashes. From the New York Sum-
 The army officers either resident or visit
 ing in this city were most painfully affected at the news of the massacre of General Carr and the officers and men of the Sixth cavalry.
 General Carr and other officers of his con-
 mand were well known to them, and were
 personal friends of many. At the Army and Navy club the news at first was not credited,
 and was believed with hesitation when con-
 frmed. feeling of relief and horror was
 manifest in the club, and the dread news was
 the chief subject of conversation. At many
 of the large hotels military gentlemen were
 surrounded by friends who piled them with
 questions. They spoke of General Carr as
 kind hearted gentleman, and one of the best
 officers in the cavalry service.
 Cap,ain Daniel Madden, of Company c, Sixth cavalry, is at present in command of the recruiting station at 174 Hudson street. He was found at his residence last evening depressed at the death of his brother officers, He said
 ''General Carr was great favorite in the regiment and his loss will be sadly felt. He was about five feet seven inches in height, stout and with gray beard. He leaves wife and three children. His eldest son IS practi- sing law in Arizona. Two brothers of Gen eral Carr are in the firm of Walter Carr & Co.,, 37 Pearl street, produce dealers The General was actively engaged all last summer in charge of the scouting service. He had great experience in Indian warfare and knew too much to be led into an ambush. You
 may be sure that he died bravely and fight ing to the last. The Apaches take no prison CTS exceBt to torture them. We know this, and we therefore never allow ourselves to be taken alive. The last bullet is always re- served for ourselves when there IS no possl- bility of escape. The Apaches are cruel and cowardly They would never attack so large a body of troops unless they had them at great disadvantage. There are hopes that all may not have been killed. If they could have secured position of defence in the mountains small number of soldiers could have kept off thousands of Indians. Cap tain Hentig leaves wife and three children. He has been on many Indian scouts, but l believe that this was his first fight. He was | nephew of General Daniel Fucker. He | joined my command in 1869 as second lieuten- ant Lieut.. Gordon leaves wife and two chil- dren, who are on 8 visit to Washington. I Lieut.. Stanton was single man of great promise. He was in command of Go. E, l Capt. Adam Kramer's company. Capt. Kra- mer was in this city this week on a two 1 weeks leave of absence, and to that he prob | ably owes his life. He is now in Philadel- phia He told me that on his way East he
 passed through Grant, and there met Second
 Lieut.. Charles B. Gatewood, who had got 1 1SdV0 UT 6USouCo LO DC MdI1lCu1 dAio "eso s.-- l ing his wife Vest Hear that Gatewood is
 killed, as he must have rejoined his company
 before the fight. Lieut.. Carter was married 1 in San Francisco in September, 1880: He was an excellent officer. Lieut.. Thomas Cruse was gallant, daring officer. He was | the first one killed I understand that the
 fight began in this way The Indians had
 a council, and Cruse went there
 with company to arrest the 'medl, cine man. The latter shot Cruse and | was in turn killed by the soldiers. The
 trouble might have ended there, but the In.
 dian scouts, employed by the government
 and armed with Springfield rifles turned and
 attacked the troops. These scouts were
 greatly trusted, and this sudden assertion
 must have had demoralizing effect or
 the soldiers The soldiers were not greer
 hands They were old Indian fighters who
 had been in the campaign against Vlctorls
 last year. They must have killed many oi
 the Indians before they were overpowered
 It will go hard with those faithless scouts l