Arizona silver belt., 1888-11-17
CLEvELAxD's OUTRAGEOUS ACTreN.

June 2d, 1887. the BELT was notified by Captain F. E. Pierce that or Wednesda9 evening Chief of Scouts Al Sleber and himself were fired upon by Indians, and that five Indian scouts were the principal offenders and in. stigated the revolt. The shooting oc- cured at the San Carlos Agency, al the tent of the Chief of Scouts. Sieber's leg was shattered and Agent Pierce miraeuleusly escaped death The scouts immediately fled the reser- vation. They were next heard of in Bunker Hill, Arivaipa District, where their bloody work was renewed, and the Tombstone Democrat, on June 9th, thus relates the story of William Diehl's death:
 About o'clock p. m. last Friday, Wm. Diehl and John Scanland were eating dinner in their cabin, Tn Bun- ker Hill District. and after they had finished, Disbl said te' his partner, I am going to chop down a tree out here, about 125 yards from the cabin. He went to work, and a few minutes afterwards Scanlandj went out of hls cabln, safNdown under a shed near by, and pulled eff, his boots te pare his nails. All at once he heard a volley fired from deep ravine, about fifteen yards from where Diehl was working Scanland looked up and saw Dlshl fall, and heard him say, My God Scanland. Scanland rushed into his houss and grabbed his rife. He came out immediately and saw four Indians gong towards Diehl's body. MT. s fired upon the foremost Indian who reeled and jumped behind tree. The Indians then commenced firing on Scanland, who re-entered the cabln and returned the fire through a can vas door. While portion of the h. dians thus engaged the attention el Mr. Scanland, 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 were called off by ether Indians, who made their ap- pearance upon knoll about 200 yards distant. Diehl received two bullets through the stomach and one through the heart"
 These are the same Indians who, on the same raid, murdered Michael Grace, and were so harrassed by the close pursuit of Lieut.. Johnson that they went into hiding on the reserva- tion, and subsequently surrendered and were tried for the offense by court martial and adjudged to terms of im- prIsonment extending, it is said, from four to twenty years.
 Strange as 1t may seem, these same red-handed murderers are back from Alcatraz, on the San Carlos reserva- tien, and stranger still, if we may credit the report, they were welcomed back frem their less than years con fnement, by thoughtless persons with martial music. Their re-appearance upon the scene of their murderous at- tack upon Captain Pierce, their Agent, and his Chief of Scouts, Capt. Sieber, is due to thelr having friend in Pres ident Cleveland, who granted them, without a why or wherefore, a full and unconditional pardon.
 The only consolation the West has in regard to Cleveland is that he can not officially live to plague us after the 4th of March next, and yet we have suffered from his waywardness ever since his refusal to listen to our representatives, Hon. G. E. Oury and Judge Dlbble, specially delegated ts represent the afflicted condition of bleeding Arizona. resulting from Chir- ieahua ralds.