The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-08-03
CRIMINAL.
A Woman's Body found near
Cedar Rapids.
Murders, Homicides and the
daily list of Crimes.
IS IT MURDER?

CEDAR RAPTDs, Iowa, Aug. 2-The de-
composed remains of a widow named
Leach, which had evidently been bereft of
life for the past eight or ten days, was ac-
cidentally found in an out-of the-way
building, about two miles from the city
limits, near the Chicago and Northwestern
railroad track, Sunday afternoon by a
neighboring farmer who was endeavoring
to remove drove of trespassing cattle
from the field of the old lady. Upon APP
preaching the house peculiar and often
sive odor emanating from the premises was
observed and search instituted for the
purpose of ascertaining the cause Upon
entering the house, the old lady, who had
been living alone for some time past, was
found hfeless and in an advanced state of
decomposition, having been literally cover
ed with vermin. The coroner was notified
and the remains were decently inferred in
the Catholic cemetery, near Cedar Rapids.
The old lady was the possessor of a little
tract of land composing ten acres and had
been the recipient of aid from two daugh-
tiers, one of whom is married and in good
circumstances. The husband was killed
by a railroad accident at Solon, Iowa, on
the Burlington, Cedar Rapids and North
ern railroad, about eight years since.
INDIAN MASSACRE.
SAN Francisco, Aug. 2.-Ambroise
Lamprax, of Natchitees, Louisiana, arrived
in this city to-day from Mexico. He was
with the party of surveyors that were at
tackled by the Apaches, south of Elpaso,
State of Chihauhau, and thirteen killed.
Lamprax says that he joined the party the
day before the attack. The night before
the massacre he lost horse and hired a
boy and thought he saw Indians signaling.
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limped half mile behind.
When the party was among sand hills,
the fighting began. LampraX says the
party were well armed, but the men had
no leader and did not know how to fight
Indians
He tried to lead the party, but was taken
prisoner by the Indians, and would have
been killed, but his lost Mexican boy ap-
peared and told the Indians that he could
be ranSOmed. He was secured and could
not see the fight. The surveyors fought
desperately against the Indians who num-
bered As or IS, of whom six were killed
and nine were wounded. All the whites
were killed, six of them being dispatched
white lying on the field wounded.
Lamprax says the Indians were under
rigid discipline After the battle the In
dians took LampraX into the Sierra Madre
, Mountains, where they buried their dead.
For more than q week, the Indians depre-
dated under Euris in Sonora committing a
number of murders. They went down the
coast to the Gulf of California, and in eros
sing to an island, Lamprax made his escape
and got safely to Guaymas after some five
days tramp. Lamprax says the Indians
were under the command of Victoria, as
he knew that chief very well by sight.
Lamprax is on his way to Washington to
lay the subject of the massacre before the
government.
SUSPECTED.
WEsT NEWTON, Pa, Aug 2.-Six men
were arrested on suspicion of being the
murderous thieves who were discovered at
DIcKeesport last night and who escaped
after killing one man and wounding 9th
ers
VICTIMS
CHICAGO H., Aug. 2.-Of the victims
of Yesterdays shooting Officer O'Brien is
growing feebler and will die soon; OMara,
though he has ball in his head, has shown
wonderful vitality and will probably sur
vive; Tom Cahll is in a fair way to re-
cover.
LITTLE Rock, Aug. 2.-Wad Willis col
ored, shot and killed his wife Sarah for
witnessed intidelity at Mariana, to-day.
MAGNOLIA Ark, Aug 2.-Just across
the State line, in Louisiana, on Sunday,
Capt. James Walker killed James DOYLE,
who had seduced and deserted Miss Walk
er. Capt. Walker hal sworn vengeance
should Doyle return. Miss Walker was
the belle of the county.
PTTTsBURG, Aug. "A thieves den was
unearthed to-day by one Mcclure, a hard
ware merchant, who had suffered by their
work, and the thieves opened fire, killing
Mcclure, mortally wounding an officer and
1 seriously wounding two others. Some 200
people are on the track of the murauders.
A SENTENCE.
LIVERPOOL, Aug 2-McGrath and
McKavitt, having pleaded guilty of the at
tempt to blow up the town hall, the jury
found them guilty of causing an explosion
with intent to endanger life and damage
the town hall, and McGrath was found
guilty of knowledge of the explosion at the
police office in May last. McGrath was
sentenced to penal servitude foRlife, and
McKavitt for fifteen years,
A STAR CRIMINAL.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2.-Benj. B. Wiley,
the original contractor in the Star Route
contracts in Utah and Arizona, who has
heretofore eluded the officers, was arrested
to-day.