Weekly Phoenix herald., 1883-09-20

= burying of the dead has been giEen over by tile authorities to some Kired Indians, who go from house to house carrying off those supposed to 1 be dead or dying. Owing ao the[ pecuiiarity of the disease, which at favorable turning point leaves-she patient in comat Sraie, it is be. lleysd -.ls;ai Ih many are being put un der the ground by the indian under takers, while still living.
 LEPRosY.
 SAN FRANcrsco, Sept. 1s.-Conse- qucnt upon the case f Marie Nieh- olas, the Hawaiian lepcr, brought here on the steamer City Of New York, the board of supervisors adopted resolution providing that any person afflicted with leprosy shall not be permitted to land and that the failure of captains of yes sels to report leprous eases 10 the quarcniine officer, shall be puni shed by fine of from $500 to $1 ,000 and Imprisonment.
 CATTLE MAN MURDERED.
 TOMBSTONE, Sep. 16-A fifteen ycar>old- boy named Amos Williams arrived here this morning with the news that Geo. Ward, who owns stock ranch at Antelope Springs al the foo; of Draeoon mountains, dis tant about twenty miles from here, had been killed by Infia@s. The hoy was accompanied ny Pctcr ! Corpsticn, well known citizrn, who staitd lie Lad seen the deal body, ,I,ui was not present at the killing Tne l city was thrown into great excite, ment, and large party of men arm ed and started 10 la1e up he trail of the Indians, who were said to he lending north towards San Carlos Your correspondent interviewed the boy shortly after his arrival and got from him his story of the killing About 9:30 a. m, Williams and Ward were engaged watering stock when eight Indians suddenly r de up from the direction of So'disr's Holes and opened fire CD W Ward, who fell dead. Williams said he was fifty feet away. I he Indians fired d volley at him, bat did not Int him, and jumped on his horse and rode U hay camp, distant mile and a half, and we the alarm. The story was doubted by your correspondent who in order to test inc knowledge of the boy cnncerning Indians ask cd him what kind of hats they wore It being a well know fact that Apa> che Indians never wear them. The boy immediately replied wIde rim straw hats The community was loath r. believe that the decd was comr.itted by the boy, but Wand was shot, an'i If not Indians or the boy, by whom? The following facts in possession of your corres- 1 pendent is thought to throw light or .he subj ct. In August last Sefior Cayetano Silvas, large cattle ranch CT near the frontier of Sonora. had a large baad CT cattle stolen. lie with q party tracked the same accoss the line int, Sulph TIT Springs Valley, in this county, where they found about twenty head Inch had been sold by the thieves. No trace at the time could be had of the other 310 heldt Silvas came to Tombstone and gave his rowrr of alto ney to the E vatt Broi hers to recover he cattle if pos slble. By means, not necessary to mention, Silvas discovered 120 head | in possession of q man named H. D. Stevens. near Wilcox. Hemand was made on Stevens for the cattle but he refused to surrender claiming 10 have bought them for S4 per head, S;lvas at once yepisvineu the catt'e and the sheriff took charge of the same. Yesterday Stevens, by his partner z. L. V;ll. gave bonds in the sum of $4,00O to await the decision of the dis rict court and get possess sion of the cattle. When the rust Iers. who stole the cattle in Sonora. brongh them to Sulphur Springs Valley, they passed Antelope Springs at Wards place. This is sul,stant> lated by the boy who, when ques> toned concerning ;he matter, said he hSs;t seen band from d distance bat Ward had examined the cattle, and seen the men, three ID number. who were driving them. This cir> cumstance leads to the belief that the rUstlers getting wind of the pro> ccedipgs against $ ovens and, know ing Ward would be strong witness agalnst them if apprehended, killed him to close his moHth. The body of Ward was brought to the city and the inquest Is now going on. Ward was native of Mishawaka, Indiana, aged 9 years.
 NOT SHERIFF WARDS SON.
 TOMBSTONE, Sept. r. = Sheriff Ward's son was not killed. Tie man was George Ward, one of the owners of the Antelope Spring ranch. All evidence shows tlie man not to have been killed by Indians. When found he had on full belt of cartridges. In the cabin few feet distant were seycrill rms and Il nilnntity of au.>