Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-09-22
G. E. WARD.
Was He Murdered By Indians or
 RustlerS?

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 8 The Coroner's Jury Believe It Was Dom r By Indians.
 From the Epitaph.
 I AMOS F. WILLIAMS
 l Being duly sworn depOses and says
 My name ls Amos F. Williams. l an
 fifteen years of age. Was born ID SaI
 Francisco, California, and have been II . Arizona for two months. I live out al Morrison's ranch near Antelope Spring:
 Tn COchise county.
 c. Did you know George E. Ward iu
 his life? A. Yes; 1 knew him. He Is now dead. He died yesterday about It o'clock a. m.
 c. Do you know the cause O. his
 death; if so, state 1t. Tell all you know
 about II. 4. Yes, SIT. 1 had my horse
 III the barn feeding him on Oats, as 1
 was going out herdIng some horses. 1
 took him up and saddled him. 1 took
 my canteen and went to put my gun on.
 My horse was kind of skIttlsh, 50 1 left
 It on the porch until came back. I
 went down and watered my horse and
 was standing by my horse watering him
 and holding him. I was holding him
 while l was watering. l leaned on the
 saddle and looked around, and George
 said: Amos, look hereW l saw him
 pull out his pistol and shoot. I thought
 he was shooting at a rabbit, and when
 he shot, another shot came right behind
 his. He fell on his knees and said: ] Amos, come here, come here, am l shot" I said: "Who shot you?' He | could not speak. He fell on his face at | that time and grunted a little bit. I
 was there at the time, and picked up his ! pistol, which was laying at the side of him where he lad It down, ana jumped on my horse and run. l got up the bill over little ridge, and I saw seven or eight Indians, all mounted. Two of them had saddles that I know of. I turned round and ran up the hill little further and threw off my cauteen which
 hurt my leg. From there I went to the
 hay camp; but no one was there,
 so l went down into the field
 where they was cutting and told them
 the Indians was around and had killed
 the man l was with, so they cut their
 harness, and the man told me to drive
 hls horse up to his camp. l drove It up
 to the camp and they were saddling
 theIr horses and getting their guns. My
 stirrup broke and so 1 asked the man
 for the loan of his knife and 1 fixed 1t and came on with the men to Antelope Springs. There were about six of them and they drove up and stationed around the house and around the hay pile. gave each man a rife and one of the men said: Hold my horse and will go down and help bring him up." So he said: Have you got blanket ID the house, Bub?" Yes I said. I gave him one and be told two men to stay up 1 ou the hill and give the lay, SO I took l their horses and went down with them. | l said; "I guess we had better take of | his belt" They asked me where his pls- | tol was. l told them I got it; so they | packed him mp to the house and laid | him on the floor. One of the men told | me had better go to towu, and tell hIs | brother, SO l left with man with a | white horse and started to the hay camp | from Antelope and got a drink and came | to town.
 Q. How were the Indians dressed? 4 | Some of them were naked and some had ragged pants and overalls on. They all left together and started towards the Dragoon mountains. They shot twice; the shots fired by the Indians were pretty close together. I could tell at the time of tue shots the direction of the Indians. 1 looked all around to see, and looked that way. think they fired pretty close to me. When 1 first noun ted my horse took the road over the hill; that road leads away from the hay stack. Deceased was 8t the spring about five minutes before I went down to the pump. He tried to drive the cattle of and then said, "I will give them some water, anyhow" He did not say anything about Indians before he shot or after; he simply said "Ame, look here" I did not see any Indians of of thelr horse; I only saw them on their horses when they were going away. The Indians took the little ridge ID leaving the hay stack, and cut of on that little trall. The Indians had red hsudkerchlefs around their necks and some had big Sonora hats on; they went up the trail along side of the road; they were about 200 yards when I last saw them. l dld not hear them speak, was in pretty direct line. l did not have any arms. took his pistol after he called me; he laid the pistol beside him The pistol had was not cooked when took hold of II. l did not see any her k loaded the pistol put six shots in the pistol, he filled it mp. At the time he took 1t from me they were all empty, took an empty shell, be had lot more in the house and had some in his belt, his belt was about full. When I got the pistol he had one empty shell in it. The other chambers were entirely empty. I took that shell out when I get to the hay camp. I did not notice the pistol ac all; put 1t Tn my belt. I did not notice 1t until got to the hay camp. first noticed that the pistol was empty at the hay camp. l recognized a pinto and T sorrel horse that they were riding. was out herdIng stock that morning, it was early in the morning about 5:30 before breakfast. l come home and got my breakfast, had a sorrel horse the first part of the morning and buckskin i1 the stable at the time of the shooting. l had the buckskin; had him already saddled. l did not take much time. l herd the stock all day but I rounded them up and come in for breakfast. We have breakfast about : o'clock. 1 was the herder; he was going to stay around the house. 1 was out sIde the fence the time he was shot. l saddled up the horse about 20 minutes before the shoot ing occurred, may be 30 minutes. l got back to breakfast little after :, be was eating when I got back. I got my breskfest there, and took the other horse out and saddled him. | was hang ing around, then I was sitting down and had a smoke. He cleaned up the house and heated the milk and fed his deer.
 O. Where was MT. Ward at the tune he was shOt2 A. At the spring filling the trough. He was about forty feet from me. I was at the pump.
 Q. When q Id you first see the h. dians. A. After I left; after he shot, when I was on the horse. I saw nothing of them before; they were l guess, l00 yards from me when I saw them, up behind the hay stack, and they were just leaving 1t. The hay stack is about 50 yards from where Ward was. They hay stack IS nearer to where Ward stood than where I was. There were two shots fired by the h. disns. The Indians were luther up the hill from ne when they fired; I was be- hind the house and they were behind the hay stack, and that prevented me from seeing them. There is a house near there, but not exactly between Ward and the hay stack, but further back The Indians were all armed; they went toward the Dragons, riding fast. No, sir; I did not know what had killed Ward; was scared; l thought 1t must be something when l got the pis- tol; stuck 1t in my scsbbard; I took 1t with me to the camp; that Is the pistol here. l brought the pistol to town with me; 1t was loaded with one shell; the man here filled # for me st the hay camp; I don't know his name; he asked me what size my pistol was and I told him and he filled 1t for me. The ground about the hay stack is hard and rocky. I never examined since the shooting to