The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1883-04-05
yuoee n. c. M'cosaas AND WIFE,
SLAM ~ SAVA0eS,

yUoee n. c. M'cosaAs AND WnrE,
SLAM ~ SAvAoES.
FoRr Ssurr, Kan., March ss.-This
afternoon news was received here of q
terrible outrage near Silver City, New
Mexico, in which Judge II. McCoInas
was killed and his wife and youngest
child captured by Apache Indians.
The information received IL very
meagre. and - all embodied in three
dispatches received by Hon. z. +.
Ware this afternoon. The first dis
patch Is dated Silver City, New Mex
leo, and signed by John N. Wright.
ss follows: Fl. c. McComas, wife and
Charlie killed by Apaches yesterday.
A party has gone nor the bodies. l
have telegraphed r. F. McComas
You telegraph the other relatives.
Ada and May are In charge Of Mr..
Lucas. Come at once. Will advise
you further as the news comes in"
The second dispatch dated the same
place, from the same source says:
Later news indicates that Mrs. Me-
Comas and Charlie were taken Pris-
onen.n
A third dispatch IL dated Tucson.
A. T., March -, and signed by 5. A.
Manlove, rs follows: "a messenger
has arrived at Lordsborg stating that
Judge McComas has been killed by
Apaches and his wife and child cap
tured by Indians"
A fourth dispatch was received by
Governor McComas at 10 o'clock to-
night, and indicates that Mrs. Nc
Comas was also killed. IL IL dated
Lordsburg, New Mexico, March 18th,
and l. from w. J. Cro-ley, a. follows:
Your brother III. g Mctomss and
wife were killed by Indians twenty
five miles north of hare yesterday az
ternoon. The bodies have been cent
10 Silver City. Dave goes over there
TO take charge Of the remains. Your
nephew, Charley, was taken captive"
Judge Hamilton Calhoun McComas
was q brother of eX Governor McConias
of this city, and son Of Hon. William
McComas. OF CabeI county, West Vir-
ginia, who for several terms was
member of the United STATES Congress
and senate. lie WIS born in Cabel
county, Nest Virginia, November ..
1881. aud wa- educalc'i in that county
AT abnut twenty-five yeats of age Ia
Wa admitted To- the liar aud practice.i
some two years there. He then r.
moved L. Monticello. Piatt county.
Illinois. @l' re he practicei until ls6S,
when he Removed to / ort Scott. While
in this city Judge McComas was rec
ogniz-i a. a leading practitioner ami
an c-tisnabie cit,Z-n- lie became AS
sociatei here with J. ID. Mckeigh in
the Practice Of Law. AMI some year
ago removed with IIiai gentleman la
ST. Louis, where they opened law
chambcrs. While i'm this city Judge
McCouna. Received the Democratic
nomination for Chief Justice of the
State. From ~; I.nuiS he went to
Silver City To look after mining inter-
ests for ~ Louis company composed
of IL. GratZ Brown and other capital
isis While there. in conjunction
with his brother, Rufus r. Nrt'omas.
of Nebraska City. be purchased "A
mine. and becoming engaged i'm sew
eral mining stiits, determined TO re-
move with his family TO Silver City,
where he located and devoted himself
To developing his mine and practicing
law, having dissolved partnerul,ip
with J. v. Mckeigh and formed a
copartnership with Mr.. right, of
Silver City, whose name Is signed TO
two az these dispatches.
Mrs. Mrt'omas is AN accomplished
and estimable lady, a sister of Hon r.
r. Ware and Charles Ware. of this
city
Senator Ware. who leaves on the
A. NJ train to-day for New Mexico.
expresses hope that IL may not prove
n bad a. al first reported, but Gov.
McComas says he has no hopes Of ever
seeing his brother again alive. He
says that the minute he heard the
news a terrible certainty of its truth
came over him.
TUc>oN, a. r., March 29.-Judge H.
&. MeComas aud wife were murdered
yesterday by Apaches nj Thompson
Canon. eighteen miles east of Lords
burg. New Mexico. Their son was
with them and is supposed 10 have
been captured. Judge Met 'omas was
member Of the law firm of MrComas
x Mckeigh, Of -. Louis. His wife
was q sister OF Senator Ware, Of Kan
-.
IL IL rumored that the troops and
hostiles had an engagement i'm Wheat
stone mountains last night, and the
troops were worsted. The citizens of
Benson held a meeting last night,
setting forth the inability Of the
troops rs handled and urging the gov
ernment 10 adopt a vigorous policy.
DENVER, March 29.-The RepuJH-
cans Silver City, New Mexico. special |
says: Judge McComas of this city, /
formerly of Illinois. ca route to Pyra- !
min City, with his wife and child, |
were killed by Apachas i'm Thomson |
Canon, twenty-five miles north of