Arizona weekly citizen., 1886-06-12
The Indian Raid at Harshaw.
HARsHAw, A. T. June 7tb rsse


 EDITOR CITIZEN: The accursel In dian flends have paid Us visit at last Thomas Hunt was killed about two miles from our town yesterday morning about half past nine o'clock. by A nsrty Of eighteen or twenty well mounted In. dlans. He and his partner J. N. Scearce were camped on the Tra,cb gulch, near the intersection with Alnm gulch, and about 400 yards distant from, their camp and behind e hill WAS tbe camp of Ed. Galispie. one of the owners or the Humboldt mine. According to the testimony at the coroner's inouest MT, J. N, Scearce left his partner in camp, lying on his cot reading. about nIne o'clock in the morning and went to visit Galispie. shortly afterwards they heard shot fired ID the direction of fine camp, but supposed that 1t wa, Hunt shooting his pistol, but to their surprise about ten minutes afterward the In dlans came Tn sight, on the hill be tween the two camps. ScCGrce having no gun he ran behind the tent and Gt.Iis- pie ran into the tent and grfbbiny hold or hls Winchester rifle, broke out through the back of the tent and the two ran up the creek and into the bush the Ted deTIls shooting four times at them at not more than fifty yards dis. tance. Thy got up on the eide hin about three hundred yards distant. and watched them robbiDg Galispie's camp. then they (the IndiRus) started up on the west side of Alum gulch, where tbev counted them and say there were from eighteen to twenty, all well mounted and equipped. When the Indians went out of sight over the mountain the two miners wen down 10 Hunts tent and found him dead, lying on his fsce on the floor of his tent, shot through the head, and ever! thing of any vaiue taken. They then came t0 town and gave the algrm and in a very short time We were on our way to bring in the remains, after first gathering all the women Rnd children into the Palace hotel, and leaving R guard with them. We could not muster guns or horses enough to equip them, but sent couriers out in all to notify the sett,eis and also to the telegraph at Crittenden. We buried tbe deceased today and the ex- cItement has somewhat cooled down. 4 courier was sent from Crittenden after Captain Adams of Troop K. 2nd cavalry | at SalerO, He with his command ar- rived here at two o'clock this morning. | and at nine o'clock started on the trail.
 The deceased came from Tombstone | about two months ago and for the short | time that he was here made many warm friends, he being Rn industrious and hon. orable man, At near as can be learned. he was native of San Bernardino c1un- ty, California, and has relatives living m the town ot Howe, Idaho.
 Mention has been made in former communications about the scouts while .n the service of the government taking ln the situations of all ranches md | mining huts, one instance Tn particular Is worthy of note:
 Mir. A, B. Sorrells, whose ranch is about two miles from here near the old trail from Red Rock district, was visited by one of those scouts about a week before they were dismissed from the service. Mir. Sor3e!ls being from home at the tune Mir. Scout walked into his house, where Mrs. Sorrells and children were, and scruunizing every part Of 1t. Mrs. S., taking the children with her, fled to this town, leaving the noble red skin monarch of all he surveyed. That same day there was one ir here showing a pass from Captain Reyes, then sta- toned near Rice's ranch. but now being tried by court martial at Fort Grant. Several witnesses were taken from here 10 testify before the court martial We'll. yesterday morning, probably thls same band who murdered Hunt, robbed Hr 5oEreIls house, carrying away every hing Of any,,value tolthem, and destroy ng that which they considered of no -alUe to them. Fortunately Ar. Sor- els had taken the hint and moved hls amIly into town thereby saving their ives. Since yesterdays murder all the hloriders have moved into town for .wmle. We are now anXiOusly awaiting O hear who the nex: victim will be.
 A. B.