Arizona weekly citizen., 1885-08-01
ON THEIR TRAIL.
ne r"Ase of Citizens Trailing the Indians
 Who Murdered Peterson
CRIrrKNpEN. Lnlv of 1So,

| -'@u hoout ~ niles, at about ' o'clock last evening. Tbi. morning Mir. Finley, one of ina p,rt, Aihuiy gave me brief outline of tba facts connected with the kilIi,, o, fetefson, and the following of the trail made by the murderers.
 The mail carrier left Crittenien on tba morning O; the 22i, left Harshaw op ,,o -od' left Lochiel about II o'clock. left Washington Camp between I2 md I o'clock, and reached tue point where his body was fouai at about ? P. m., on the same day.
 Mr. Sydow, of Lochiel, passed the Due Nose mine, where Mr. Einley was waiting for the mail wagon to fake. b,,r and hls instruments into Harsbaw- Ha got IT with Sydow, and on ra.cr.;-'', town the news which the latter gave for, | eerniug the killing Of thres Neyicq,s a. QultHca and two at San I,ars1c In, ' small band of Indians vbo yvr-,4 tI,..,, i,.' Ing followed hy party of NaXicar- ' caused excitement and fgspi,.i,, ,,f To,-i ! play toward Mir. Peterson. kIa-s-, | Dun, F.eemsn sud Hayes inn,e5i.trI,. LOOK thc roa tO Washington CaDn re. | turning to Hg.fhaw by I2. u,iisipi,f n, t3e usanwhi!e Mrs. Peterson blj ar 1 riyed n Harshaw. Att D. ,u.. on .ba 24ih, Mrs. F., Judge Baldwin. nnd Nr l Syd0v started out on the search. Tbssa were speedily followed by Messre. FIn- ley, Pagan, Powers. Sloan and GIeason. | each oI his own notion separately. tsk. ing tae road toward Washington Camn ! Al the same time Messrs. Allen. Alsfn and Neyil left the latter camp oD tbe i same errand, taking the road to HarsbaNv | The former party divided before reach | Ing the MoWry camp, m order 10 widen i the area of search. Dan Allen'a marty ! was first to ind the body, and shortly afterwards all the riders resched inc | scene of the tragedy.
 Ihe body was found below the road from which 1t had been dragged: the wagon wss some fifty yards further be- | low, between two trees; harness eut of | the horses and left upon the groupd. There We're two mail bags, large and small. The new large one was GU. open and nearly half of Il taken away. the smaller enc slIt open. The mail matter was found m two places, torn into bits. The tracks of two horses without shoes were very plain. Tracks made by men wearing mOccasins were numerous. The murderers must have spent cuusidera- ble time Tn the vicinity.
 NIT. Finley and his party starled on the trail from where one portion Of the mail matter was torn up, the farthest re- moved from the scene of the shooting. | Here the tracks of tEo horses with ! SnnAs zr rsar h 1 eight tracks with shoes, four Of one shape and four O' n different shape. These shoes and shOeless tracks and the variance of the two sets of shoes became the test of the trail from this point on- ward. So long as found together the evidence of a correct follow was ire sistable, The start was made about lU a. n. The trail crossed tie Washing ton Camp road going east, crossing the the San Rafael road. Roads were avoid ed, the trail running nearly always on one side or the other. The party put up a pile of stones at the latter point aud went to HsrshRw. three or fou- miles distant.
 About 8 p. n. Friday, Shean, Con- 1 well, ECntaine end Pagan again took tue road for the sto4e pile and started on the srail. Following t about 10 miles young heifer with the Cameron brand freshly killed and tne rib portion of one side taken away. A. daylight, on tie morning oi the 2Jth, the trail WAS agai. taken which led within o8s-haif mile oi Rice's ranca. Haviug had neither sup- per nor breakfast Jne riders visited Mr. Eice Gad were welcomed with tearty meal Mr Rice joined abe party. Tie ] c. H.Ha I-.fE fsl IT, OsDon.rFs l,,>e. Ne-- ms the trailed far:. stopped ,viGenti- for re- fires: iuea- aaI renamed quite a whiie Foar marks made :y fau- persons sit t;r., Cn t-a sl3C ot the aTTlFn were EJE o5zervrI showing that iLe four horses all had iiieTs. L. has since osca learned that Den Aliens party returning tl Washington Camp took up two vCTl out horses hear the Tcsd, most Ehei. bsing abandoned the dap blf' Tc b! their rider. wao soon replaced them 6y the mail carriers team. From thIs rest ing ulace the trail wEs followed some [ miles where tbe SonOrt railroad Was crossed near the east end f bridge No @ and about mile east ot EisIn sta ton. Here the number of tracks were Increased greatly, showing either an in-
  horses or that some new animals were foread into the compauionship of tht four animals with riders. MT. Finley $ pgrty determined to visit the station and get water and food with view oi following the trail 10 a known spGng n the Mustang mountains. There ls al great difference it will be observed ID fine speed of travel of those pursued and those pursuing. The first are free to "po AS you please the latter often lose .be trail and have to search their way, Hence k IS almost impossible to come up with the pursued on Q rough and un' known country.
 The station keeper at Elgin, by namC Chares Hand. n rude and ignorant brute almost refused water for the horses and roughly denied food or provisions ioi fine marty. It was then determined ;C leave the trail and reach Crittenden foi return to Harshaw in the morning.
 NIT. Finley and party feel convinced the shooting of Peterson was done D! Indians on their way back to the north either AS couriers or returns to the reser vation. According to many sources oI information there have been seen seV eral small bands of Indians. Murder: have been committed, and stock killed and stolen and other depredaiions per petrated. The indications at the place of meeting with the mail carrier are oI n character which shown inc presence of IndIaBs or some persons wearing moccasins and otherwise acting as In dians would. Hence there Is reason now to believe the meeting ot Peterson was accidental, the object of his killing was to replace the two abandoned horses and to gratify the hellish appetite fol blood. rapine and slaughter character istic of the Apache Indian. t.
 Indians on the Bisbee Road.
 Mir. William Wallace, who came II