The Tombstone epitaph., 1882-06-03
INDIAN DEVILTRY.
Two Men Killed at the South
 Pass of the Dragons.
The Remains Brought Here
 Yesterday.

About noon time yesterday the city wa
 thrown into a fever of excitement ant
 indignation, in consequence of the arriva
 of the dead and mutilated bodies of Sey.
 mour Dye and Harry Curry, who wer
 killed by the savage redskins near tn,
 South Pass of the Dragoon Mountains or
 Tuesday. The remains were brought her,
 from Dial's ranch, under an escor
 of six men. Two of the party escOrtins I the bodies were eye-witnesses of tn,
 slaughter. No description that we coulC | give of the scene would be as vivid as tn,
 following statement made to an EpI1APH reporter yesterday by Wm. H. Gill, who
 saw the murders committed, about half $
 mile distant from his place of observa- | tion:
 Tuesday noon, was about six miles be- | yond Dials ranch, in the South Pass; me, three Indians driving about fifteen head ol | stock. About mile nearer Dial's, saw | two men ahead ot me on load of hay with three Indians on horseback following them. Saw the Indians rise from an ar-
 royo a short distance behind, as they lief,
 the stack. They overlook them as they got to the road about one-quarter of a mile south of the stacks. They run in ahead of them on the road just as they reached that point, and fired one shot just as they were passing. The horses on the hay wagon, getting frigt tened, wheeled around in the direction of tho hay stacks. The Indians again headed them off and fired one more shot. The two wagon horses stopped, and the Indians dismount. cd and commenced to unhitch them. Was about half or three-quarters of a mile in the rear during this time. Saw 2 man fall off the load as tho last shot was fired. Supposed the two men were killed, and then turned back. Went back in the direction of the Chiricahuas, and had not proceeded moro than mile when we saw two Indians coming down of hill about mile ahead of us to the south of the road
 We were on foot and driving pack horse. Had one gun and arevolver. The Indians followed us for about half mile. We climbed on top of hill. lost sight of the Indians, and stopped there until evening, and then went to Dial's. Did not go by the road, consequently did not see the dead men until yesterday morning, when Dlal sent out some men with a team to fetch them in. Dial had no knowledge of the occurrence until informed by us. He had seen no Indians, nor sign of any, except loud barking of dogs on the evening of the occurrence. The murdered men had been dragged sDout 150 yards after death. Both were scratched to certain extent but not mutilated."
 The unfortunate victims of barbarian and hate were employed ss woodchoppers in the Dragoons, and had gone to the place mentioned by Mir. Gill for load o lay. 5. Neathery and the two murdered men were partners. From him we learn that Dye has family residing at Alagan, Michigan, and Curry had no family so far as is known. Dye was thirty.fivs years old and Curry thirty.one. They had no property. The hostiles departed from the scene of the murder in southeasterly di. rection, making for Sonora. They had band of about 40 horses, and the presump. tion is gaining ground that they are driv- ing the stock to Sonora to reinforce Juh's band that had been so thoroughly demor- alized by the Mexican troops recently. While the sight of the ghastly remains nat urally excited the people, still general revolt of the savages is not expected, or danger anticipated except from a few struggling bands wandering through ex. posed settlements on their way back and forth between Sonora and the reservation. An inquest was held by coroner Matthews on the bodies yesterday, and verdict re- turned according to the above facts.