Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-11-24
Cleveland's Outrageous Action.
lSilver Belt.N


 21, 1887, the BELT vas notified ! by Captisn E. E. Pierce that on We'd nesday evening Chief of Scouts Al Sieb-
 CT and himself were fired upon by Indi- 1 ans. and that five Indians scouts were
 the principal offenders and instigsted
 the revolt. The shooting cccured at the
 San Carlos Agency, ct the tent of the Chl sf of Scouts. Siebers leg wss shat
 tered and Agent Pierce mirsculously escaped death. The scouts immedistly
 fled the reservation. They were next
 heard of n Bunker Hill, Arivaips Dis trIct, where their bloody work was re- newed aud the Tombstone Democrat, on
 June 9th thus relates the story of Will liam Diehps death:
 About o'clock last Friday, William
 Diehl and John Scanlsnd were eat ing dinner in their cabin, ID Bunker Hill
 District, and after they had finished, Di- hl said to his psrdner, '-I am going to cut down a tree out here about l25 yards from the cabin. He went to work, and few minus afterwards Scsnland went ont of his cabin, sat under 8 shed near by, and pulled of his boots to pare his nails. All st once be heard volley fired from a deep ravine, about fifteen yards from where Diehl was working. Scan land look up and saw Diehl fall. and heard him say, My God Scanlsnd.' Scan- land rushed into his hause and grabbed rifle. He came out immedIstly and saw four Indians going towards Diehfs body. Mr. s. fired upon the foremost Indian who reeled and jumped behind tree. The Indians then commenced tir- ing on Soanlspd. who re-entered the cab Tn and returned the fire through 6 can Vas Soor. While portion of the lndI- ans thus engaged the attention Of Mir. Scsnlsnd, two of them attempted to set fire to the cabin, but were kept at bay by two dogs The siege was continued for about two hours, when the attacking party WAS called of by other Indians, who made their appearance upon a knoll about POO yards distance. Dlehl received two bullets through the stom- sch and one through the heart"
 These are the same Indians who, on the same raid, murdered Michael Grace, and were so hsnaussed by the close Persuit of Lieut.. Johnson that they went into hid ing on the reservation, and consequent ly surrended and were tried for the of- fense by court martial and adjudged to tcrins Ot lmpflsOumenb cAtenulnRt ll ls said, from four to twenty years.
 Strange as It may seem. these same red-handed murderers are back from AL catraz. on the San Carlos reservation, end stranger still if We credit the report, they were welcomed back from their less than year confinement. by thOughtless persons with martial music. Thier re- Rppearencs upon the scene of their mur- derous sttsct upon Captain Pierce, their Agent, and his Chief of Scouts. Capt. Sieber. is due to their having friend ID President Cleveland. who granted them. wIthou. a why or wherefore, fall and unconditional pardon.
 The only consolation the West has in regard to Cleveland is that be cannot officially live to plague us after the 4th of March next, and yet we have suffered from bis wsywardness ever since his re- iussl t1 listen tO our representatives, Hon. G. H. Oury and Judge Dibble, sb aoially delegated to represent the af- hcted condition of bleeding Arlzona. resulting from Chiricshua ralds.