The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1883-04-05
The Massacre Of Jadgr nsCo"". and isis

special to the st. Louis Rep'tbiic"a gives thu irl
particulars Of the MASSACRE Of JndGr heC"nras and
his wife
GLoBE. A T.. March 3O--A dispatch received
here states that party went out from lorsbnrg tn
the Of the massacre Of the McComus family ~
the Thompson canyon. where the statement Of the
messenger feariully confirmed The body VI
Mrs. Judge McComas found sho; through th.'
head and lying beside the buck boar. stripped ct
every article of clothing The denf body Of tl,.
Judge found lying abont 3J9 yards sontii of thar
of his wife. and -hot ia four different places and
stripped entirely naked. The hoy. who wiz oni,
six years of age is missing. The bodies ui the rat
parents taken to Silver City.
Parties here who were acquainted With the M"C"-
mas family ut Silver City state that the Judge for
merly resided at ST. Louis. and came to Silver City
four or five years ago from Soeorro, ahd has beru
engaged in mining speeulations there since that
time, in connection with two grown mp sons. lie
was a man well loved throughout New Mexico
were his family where they reside
Mrs. McComas was the Judges secoud wife. Ia
all the previous history of Indian Outrages Of Arz1-
ma and New Mexico the righteous Indignation of the
people has been sronsed To the extent that -
finding expression. especially N Arizona, nov
Agent Wilcox obstinately denies that there any
Apnehes off the reservation. but statement Of HE
official or otherwise has any wright With the p"o2lr
there for his previous statements IN regard 90 the
status at San Carlos proved false
II il demonstrated that the mn-slcrs- nov IN PtU
gress in 10th Territories are rerpetrated by White
Mountain Apaehes from Ssa Carlos. allied With
some Of Juh- and Jeromni1s Chirirachuas fr'..h
from Mexico These latter are San Carlos Apache.
who left the reservation September ~ tsS: return
reinforced their strength by the AGGRESSION Of Chif
Loco- band, and after killing Cb"f Of Poiire Stsr
ling and an Indian scout. went a grand raid
throughout the Territory: after killing hundred
and forty three people altogether they returned ."
Mexico from which they have recently emerged
again. Communication lg- been kept up all winter
between these Chiricssbua chiefs IN Mexico, and
their eonfrerts in San Carlos. and thorough nnrr
standing exists between them. The feeling ngain-t
ten Crook is outsp0ken and severe. lie cam. hrr.
last year herallesl Indian fighter and manager
par excellence. IL il charitable to think thnt Crock
actually believed himself to he the fictitious charr
ter from military ability made for him year- ago hs
a correspondent who fed at his table, and wb'
wrote from his headquarters; and tba; be artu.
ally relied the imaginary dread HE maine would
inspire in the ipaehes. and that he did not have an
idea that outbrcaE would oeeur-at all events.
he took not the slightest prreautiOE 90 prevent
outbreak, the slightest preparations for the re
appearance Of the Chirieahuas from Mexico, both
OF which he would have fOres.en TO be insyi
table had he taken ordinary nsraus to inform him
self As long ago . the seventh Of this month.
wrote the Republican that the usual premOhitary
symptoms Of an outbreak were apparent and chrou-
ieled tine particulars OF the frat raid of fifty Apa-
ehes from the reservation Gen. Crook il very cui-
pablo indeed and there can be possible excuse
Tor his being ignorant Of facts known to your
correspondent with other eitizens-fscis prey
nsnt with Importance to the unprotected people Of
the Territory. of course experts Geuerul
Crock 10 accomplish anything nov. owing 10 the
very peculiar and divergent system of aid tacte-
followed reeprocally by himself aud the red aiir-