The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-05-15

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The Albuquerque On. NJ. ReUiel0 ha
tila following particulars of the killing
of Judge McComas and family in South
| ern New MeXico recently:
/ Mr.. Wells, one of the County Com
hftsSfoners of Grant, was amonrthe frs
4 on the ground, and he states that III G.
| Comas was king on his face, with his
right hand eAte1dedan the left draw
bacl, and resting partially on his back
lie had received one shot through the
| right wrist, shattering the bone com
pletely; another through the ffeshy part
OF the same arm below and near the ell
bow; another through both thighs. en-
tering from the right side and passing
| out at the left; another entering ut the
point of the left shoulder and passing
| clear through the body and out at the
point of the right shoulder blade and
passing out near the pitof the stomach;
another cutting the flesh slightly belo~
his right breast, and still snetlfer,@eut-
ting cash in his left side. He had bled
profusely, and a stream of blood marked
the way back, from where the body law
to point in the road where he had
either Jumped out-of the btHekboarl or
had fallen, out .upon, SreceIsltiw &the
first fire from the Indians The blood
in the blackboard showed that he had
been SHOT before he got ont. and the
quantity of blood in the road indicated
that just before. or. immediately after.
getting out, he received n dangerous, if
not mortal wound. His body was found
on the roadside, stripped of all clothing
except his shirt. The horses had run
but short distance before one Of them
was shot and killed, and its fall had
partially turned tlle blackboard around
fsa tho LOFT TIo,., $40,
presented thesadStest sight of all About
ten feet to the left of the blackboard lay
the dead body of Mrs. McComas, her
face downward and lil1eW ise sttiapedsof
clothing, with her skull crashed a little
above the right ear, evidently done with |
q pistol or gun barrel There were |
marks of two other blows having been |
given on the back of the head, probably |
with q pistol. No other marks of vio- |
lence whatever could be,tliscovRred about |
the person; her face rested somewhat on |
the left side, and the blood had flowed |
in pool about her face and mingled |
with her.desheVclad hair. Her shoes and |
stockings were lying off away in one di-
rection, the shoes cut from her feet; her
sorsetsiay in another directienfrom her
body; These were the onIy articles of ap-
oarel to be found. Her footsteps before
icf SHOES were cut Oh could be seen IN
places on both sides OF the blackboard,
md some were deeply impressed in the
oft earth and ground around. of the
leel or toe, rs though in a desperate
Struggle to escape her captors. or, more
likely, to save boy, for the Judge al
'eady lay dead, and she them poor, weak
woman, utterly defenseless herself, was
Ter child 5 only protector. 20 trace ofthe
10y could be discovered. No imprint
II his little feet could be found anywhere
Ipon the ground This, however. is
asily explained When the blackboard
vas stopped by the fall of the horse
hrs. McComas mdoubt eddy seized the
title fellow and held him to her bosom
With the desperation of despair, and
Ehen finally torn from her arms he was
'laced and held upon pony or at once
arried away.