Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-09-22

ing another, winch gave 10 man to
 ride back. One of the men asked the
 boy if he wanted to go; he said no at first, and after that he said he had no
 cartridges in his pistol I asked him the
 size of his pistol; he told me; 1 told him
 I could fill 1t for him and did SO from my belt. We all got ready and rode back
 together; coming to the house we did
 not see any signs of Indians in sight;
 the boy and myself rode down to the
 trough together; I did not go right close
 to Ward, but stopped and looked at him.
 He was lying face downward. l then
 rode up to the house. l saw carbine
 standing on the porch. Some one of
 men told the boy to open the door; be
 did so and We all went in. l got rifle
 and some cartridges; then one of the
 men said We would go down and bring
 the body to the house, having myself and one of the men as guarls; the oth-
 CTS went after him. After they got down
 they laid him on a blanket and asked
 me to come and help pack him up, which | I did. We laid him on the floor in the
 house. Then left for Tombstone; the
 boy came with me. I got to the hay
 camp about twenty minutes to twelve o'clock. The body was lyIng facing south, the same as the trough.
 H. sPASGENBERG
 being duly sworn says: My name is Her man SDangenberg. William Nash and myself were riding in from the springs | slowly. About two miles from Antelope l Springs Fred Dodge overlook us and asked up if We had seen any Indians. He said that he had seen three or four early in the morning, and two more about noon. We asked him if he had | heard about Ward being killed. He said | no. He stated that he was coming into | town to get some rifles so he could de- fend his men.
 w.R. M'COMB Being duly sworn deposes and says: My | name IS W. R: McComb; age, 35 years; reside ID COchIse county, A. T., Tomb stone; farmer. knew c. F.. Ward in his life time. l was going down 10 hitch | team onto moving machine, and this young man Amos came in and told me the Indians were around: that they had killed Ward and had better go to camp. l done SO; rode one horse and told him to drive the other up. We got to camp and found all the balance that belonged to the camp; also a man riding Q gray horse and leading a black one. We wanted to go over and find Ward and somebody asked the boy if he wanted to go back over there. Fl saId no. Then they told him to give somebody his pistol. He said there was nothing ID It, or 1t was not loaded. l told him we had plenty of cartridges. The man on the gray horse proposed to fill 1t and did SO out of his belt. Then the boy said he would go back with us. We went back and found everything quIet around the house and nothing apparently disturbed and then went down and found Ward lying beside the trough on his face. l propoTed tO carry him up tO the house, and as sd the boy if he had a blanket. He sai1 yes, and got one for us. He came down to the trough and led cur l horses up to the house. Myself, John Belk and the man that rode the gray horse carried him up to the house and laid him on the floor. The boy gave us guns and l don't know how many were taken-One or two. I told him he better rlde to town with the gray horse and tell Wards brother what happened, and he i rode off with the man. We stayed there until Ward came rom town; this Is about alL The ground Is rather hilly; it is hard and rocky. The ground would not {
  the stock IS running around there. C examined the ground to see if there was a trail. discovered nothing that would f denote any trail. You could not tell, there were so many tracks around there. E The hay stack is about fifty yards from 2 the pump and about thirty-fve or forty yards from where the body was found.
 FRED. DoDGE's STATEMENT.
 Williams gave his testimony in a ' straightforward and unhesitating man s ner, which went far to impress all pres ent with his sincerity and truthfulness. q He IS boy of more than ordinary intel d liSence, and his frank. expressive cOun- . tenance certainly gives an emphatic ! denial to the dark, insidIus hints and Inuendoes which have been circulated by certain parties m regard to the kill ing. While returning to town in the : evening Coroner Holland and others overlook Fred. Dodge, who was also en route from his ranch, which lies about three miles from Antelope Springs. Mir. V Dodge had heard nothing of the murder s of Ward, but stated that be was gong t to town to procure rifles and ammu- c hilton, as he had seen indians in the O vicinity of his ranch during the day. He [ said he saw 8 party of three about 6 D o'clock in the morning, and two parties T )f two each at different times during the [ lay, thus making the number testified to 8 by Williams. An Epitaph reporter iH- O erviewed Mir. Dodge Sunday evening ln his arrival ID town, and he stated positively and emphatically that the parties seen by him were Apaches, and hat be was willing to make affidavit to I hat effect.