The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1883-04-07

east the smviling moralistS who
favor the Quaker policy, at a dis
tance of 5000 miles, prate about
"the noble red-man." Noble Bel
zebub. AS well talk about sweet
csrIion. There is not enough no.
bility in a whole tribe to properly
supply one of them and render him
the equal of pale-tace ordinarily
equipped in that article. From
down deep in their cowardly hearts
is constantly yelling up the desire
to steal and murder, and every
year they break out and give rein
to their hellish passions. They
should all be placed under military
surveillance, made to earn their
bread by tile sweat of their low,
dirty brows, or sent where the dew
il would scalp them.
Reader, peruse the account of
the massacre and dissent from us
if you can
= Silver City, n. NJ, 31.-A Lords
burg special to the Entelprise says:
l have just returned from the scene
Of the massacre of Judge McComas
and his wife. The report is posi-
lively true about them having been
murdered by Apaches. 1t occurred
Wednesday about II o'clock, about
one mile the other side of Thomp-
sons Canon, on the stage road to
Lordsburg. One horse was shot
and dropped dead near the wagon,
Mrs. McComas was lying on her
face near the dead horse, with her
skull mashed in and perfectly nude.
From her appearance she was not
shot but had her head crushed by
rocl; or something Of that charac-
ter. Judge McComas was fonud
about 400 or 500 feet from Mrs.
McComas, shot through both legs
and in the left side, and his right
arm was shot above the elbow.
The blood on the ground coming
from McComas could readily be
followed by moonlight to where
the Judge was found. He was per.
fectly naked too. No trace of the
child was found anywhere, notwith-
standing the ground was thoroughly
searched for a radius Of one mile
from the place Of the massacre.
An empty cartridge box was
found near Judge McComas' left
hand. He was evidently making
a running fight at the time he fell
dead. 1t is supposed that the child
was taken by the Indians. The
Lordsburg stage passed to Lords
burg during the night and gave
the alarm aC that point. The tirst
to arrive at the scene was Frank
Castle, Bad Stiles, Dick Marie
and Jack Ward, and found the bod
les first. The report was received
at Paschal about , o'clock in the
morning, and Assistant Manager
Thomas S. Nickerson dispatched z
messenger to notify the people
near Paschal and also on to Silver.
A party of fifteen persons and tive
wagons were sent out Immediately
for the bodies, under command O
James Foley and j, NJ. Dennis
who have arrived in Paschal witt
the bodies. They will arrive il
Silver this evening. Mr.. Dennis
was the first man to give the alarm
in Paschal. From the appearance
of Mrs. McComas' body she wa
undoubtedly ravished by the In
dians, and her head had beeI
crushed by them. The Indians sep
arated after the killing into tive
parties, one going towards Hart
ranch and the other in the direction
OF STEMS peak. Signals were seel
from them at that place early thi
morning,
The bodies were terribly blister
ed coming through the hot sun
and were dressed in Paschal. BE
sides Stripping Mrs. McComas 0
everything she had on, even he
hair was pulled down. The Judg,
had lost great deal Of blood il
running 400 feet.