Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-04-05
TIE apacaes.

CHICAGO, March 80 Tucson, A. T.:
Judge McComas and wife were muir
dered yesterday by Apaches at Thorn
as canon, Is miles east of Lordsbery
Run. Their son was With them and is
supposed to be captured. Judge Nc
Oomas was member of the law firm
OF McComas & McKegaH, of ST. Louis.
bis wife is sister of Senator Ware, of
Kansas. There is rumor that the
troops and hostiles had an engagement
ID the MILESTONE Mountains last night.
and the troops were worsted.
The citizens of Benson held a meet.
ing last night, setting forth the inability
OF toe troops as handled, and urging
the government to adopt a vigorous
policy.
DENVER, Col, March 29.-TheRrepub.
leans Silver City, New Mexico. speciaI
says: Judge McComas, of this citv.
form erly of Illinois, en- route for Pvrs,
mid City, with his wife and child. was
killed by the Apacnes at THOMPSON
Canon, 70 miles northeast here. His
wife and child are prisoners. A party
lett this morning to bring in the BODY.
A large body of armed citizens now
equipping followed the trail to res-
cue captives.
Soldiers are stationed at Fort BAY
ard. All the feed country west of here
is reported full of Indians. Several
camps along the ella have been at
tackled, and probably fifty whites muir.
dered IN the last four days. Arizona
reports to the effect that Indians
threaten the annihiliation of all whites
in Grant county.
DENVER, March 29.-The Tribune's
Sante Fe special says: Six companies
of the fourth cavalry are out scouting
after hostiles. Col. Forsyth and Major
Noyes, each with two companies, are
on Stems range; Capt. Thompson, two
companies, on ella river Capt. Black,
company of New Mexico volunteers
on the line of the railroad near ella.
FORT SCoTT, KS, March ga pri-
vate dispatch received here this after
noon from Sioux City, N. NJ, states
that Judge j. G. McComas, late of this
city, and more recently of St. Louis,
was killed yesterday by Indisns, and
his wife and young son, Charlie, taken
into captivity. Judge McOomas was
brother OF Ex-Governor McComas of
this city, and son of Hon. VIM. Nc
Comas, of Lowell county, w. Va.
Since leaving s.. Louis about yea ago
he has been practicing law at Silver
City, with j. M. Wright of that place.
and has been developing his large min
ing interest in that country. Mrs. Nc
Comas is a sister Of the Hon. E. p. Ware
and Cnas. Ware, of this city. A dis
patch received at 10 o'clock tonight
indicates that Mrs. McCcmas was also
killed and her infant child carried off
Capt. Crawford, with 100 Apache
scouts will arrive tomorrow and pro-
oeeo to the frontier to head off the
Apache that are being driven from So
nora by General Pegua's troops, sta
toned along the frontier, waiting to in
tercept them.
SAN JUAN, March ga Lordsburg
dispatch says party has just returned
from the scene of the massacre in
Thompson's canon. They found Mrs.
Judge McComas shot through the head.
lying by the side of blackboard and
stripped naked naked. Judge McCo,
mas was found about 200 yards south
of his wife, shot in four different places,
also slipped naked. Boy missing,
Tucson, March" ga Ben9ion
special Just received says: Unusual
fires were seen from that place last
night, at the foot of Dragon noun
tains. They were successive flashes
and it is understood that a large mum
Der of Sonora Apacbes are approach
ing the line near Negales The people
there have called for United States
troops. One company has been sent
to that poiNt. 1t is rumored that q
skirmish occurred between the troops
and Indians in Whitestone mountains
last night.