Daily Tombstone epitaph., 1886-02-04
eIrY AND cOuTy OFFICIAL PAPER
oUn omAaGs AGAINST CROOK

QUA CHARGE AGsaNSr C""''
 In our telegraphic column Will De found the news of the surrender of Ger onimo to Lieutenant Maus, who assumed command upon the death ot CaPta'n Crawford. This news will surprise mo- body who read the account published Tn the EpITAPH at the time the news of Crawfords death arrived, in which It was stated that Geronimo was anxious to come and talk with General Crook
 This most miserable campaign may now. we suppose, be considered at an end, but no thanks for the result are que to General Crook On the contrary, had it not been for his incredible and crlm- inal obstnacy in continuing to employ the Chiricahua scouts, there is no doubt that the outbreak would have been sup pressed months ago. On our local page will be found special dispatch which gives the Mexican view ot this infamous scout business, and explains the reasons for the attack by the Mexican militia on Crawford,s commani The Mexicans complain that these Indian hlrelings of Crooks have seized every opportunity, when not under the eyes of their officers, to rob, ravish and kill peaceful inhabi- tants of Sonora. Judging from what we know of the actions of the scouts on this side of the line, we have no doubt the Mexicans are correct in ther assertions. Such being the case, the wonder IS not that they attacked the scouts, but that they have refrained from doing so hlther- to. Had Captain Crawford been spared there is hardly man in Arizona who would not have rejolced to learn that the Mexicans had slain every one of Crooks traitorous, murderlng scouts.
 For years past, the fact has been we'll known and has been repeatedly pub lished in this and other territorial papers, that the ;e Apache scouts were in the habit of standing in with their hostile re- lations, dividing their ammunition with them, informing them of the move ments of troops and aiding them in every possible manner Whenever the troops have been on the point of attacking body of renegades, the latter have by some mysterious means, become informed of the impend- ing attack and have scattered There is little doubt but that very many of the outrages in Arizona and New Mexico, which have been attributed to the hos tiles, have been the work of the scouts.
 All these facts are-must be--paten. to General Crook, yet he has continued to employ these williams, in spite of the loud and frequent protests of outraged settlers. What his reason for such action has been, God only knows. But whether it is innate obstinacy, disincllnation to admit that he is wrong, or whatever other reason, his course in this respect has been most criminal and damnable.
 This matter should not be allowed to rest here. The innocent blood that has been shed cries aloud to Heaven, The people of Arizona and New Mexico have a right to demand of the government thorough and searching investigation into Crooks method of conducting this cam paign, with especial reference to his em 'ployment of Chircahul Indian scouts. When Geronimo is arraigned as mur- derer at the bar of justice, General George Crook should stand by hs side, for upon his head lies the responsibility for the long continuance of this cam paign, for the death of scores of worthy men and women, for the killing of brave Captain Crawford and for the damage done to this territory by the long series of ofoutrages which his infamous system of employing these notoriously treacherous Chircahua scouts has made possible