Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-06-06
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On the Line uf tho Murdered
Apache lndians. i
MOST HORRIBLE SIGHTS wTTNEssEl
corpses Of Both Sexes Mutilated Il !
CHASTITY Manner Diseovessd By
the Dozens. y
A WEEK OF slooDY INDIAN auDss

SILVER CIrr, N. NJ, June 5.-Ths wssk
has been one of unexampled suspense aa1
terror here. Never have the Indiana q
their bloody raids been 20 near the city.
The 6rst news Of the proximity o The In.
dams was received on Wednesday Of last
week, when boy, riding horss white With 4
foam, dashed into town from welty . rAscA.
on Bear Creek. He brought word thAs hos-s
tile Indians were in the hills, that an attack
on the ranch, in which wers sstAsrsa
many women and children, we sxs
pected, and that help was needed. a
volunteer company Of IS men We organ
lied and went to the rescue. Al 1:3o
clock the ranch WA reached. All ths
families within radius Of seven miles vsro
collected there except one. A party sst e
to bring them in, while two other pAriss
started for q water hole in the hills, see'
they expected TO find the Indiana. whe, how
ever had lied. Returning to the ranch,
larger party was organised TO 70 10 JunipeP
Springs, but the Indians had hed from that
spot also Scouts spent two hours Ia search
ing for the trail, which led TO Little Walnut
Creek. Along the stream were
The Most Horrible sights Wstassssd.
The dead bodies, frightfully mutilatsd
and naked, were lonnd at short intervAla
The houses were pillAged, and clothing and
household articles were scattered every.
where. At William 0gden's Eve dead
bodies all scalped, lay in pool OF blood.
The two women had been outraged and
their breas, cut of. A fveyearold girt
had both hands cut off, Following the trail
over the hills, Gomez ranch was reached.
| A number Of children were gathered !thefe.
They had escaped death BY hiding. Theln
parents living in the vicinity had ail bssn
killed. Six miles further on, At the hosse
Of Felix Marquese, Eve dead bodis were
found. Mrs Marquese and her 1.ysaroA
daughter had both suffered at the hands e
the Indians before being killed. The bodlso
were slashed with knives, asd presented =
sickening spectacle.
One Of the heroic deeds that occur @
such occasions was performed by htt1o'
Willie Carpenter. The parents were se0o
| distance from tne nOubo Wnou tnS INV
appeared. Willie and his sister were paAy'
ing in the yard. The boy caught unk -
little sister and slipped into the voods DC
crawled long distance, and finallyry, |. a.
this city, having carried his sistef 6ve
en- bis back. The palents were vils
ioy TO end their children. whom they
posed the Indians had carried Of.
The boy VINO brought the news 70,
had narrow escape. At one time hs 6t10
himself within Q lew hundred yapde Of N
Indians. He dismounted and hid N = pod
Of water among the weeds torrsasly -
hour until they bad passed. Thsa ~ cyl
mounted and rode in.
A miner named Clark vas voskine
nssday on q mine not far Hom IL
Springs lie had Just set % blast
rushed up the bill TO avoid the fAllingr
On reaching the TOP be saw the Indilns
tween him and his camp. He rart3
Little Walnut Creek and warned ~
ranchmen, wso moved theis families,
Stewards ranch. Ifit had not bean fo
man every man, womon and child
vicinity wcald have been murdered. =