Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-11-24
cIeveland's Outrageous Action.

June 2d, 1887, the Belt was notified by Captain F. E. Pierce that on We'd nesday evening Chief of Scouts AL Sieber and himself were fired upon by Indians, and that five SIndian scouts were the principal offenders and in stigated the revolt. The shooting oc- cured at the San Carlos Agency, at the tent of the Chief of Scouts. Sic ber's leg was shattered and Agent Fierce miraculously escaped death. The scouts immediately fled the reser vation. They were next heard of at Bunker Hill, Aravaipa District, where their bloody work was renewed, and the Tombstone Democrat, on June 9th, thus relates the story of William DiehPs death:
 About 3 o'clock p. m last Friday, Vim. Diehl and John Scanland were eating dinner in their cabin, in Bunk CT Hill District, and after they had finished, Diehl said to his partner, I am going to chop down tree out here about 125 yards from the cabin He went to work, and few minutes af- rewards Scanland went out of his cab in, sat down under a shed near by, and pulled off his boots to pare his nails. All at once he heard volley fired from deep ravine, about fifteen yards from where Diehl was working. Scanland looked up and saw Diehl fall, and heard him say, My God, Scanland.' Scanland rushed into his house and grabbed his rifle. He came out immediately and saw four Indians coming towards DiehPs body. Mr. S. fired upon the foremost Indian who reeled and jumped behind tree. The Indians then commenced firing on Scanland, who re-entered the cabin and returned the fire through canvas door. While a portion of the Indians thus engaged the attention of Mr. Scanland, two of them attempted to set fire to the cabin, but were kept at bay by two dogs The siege was con tinued for about two hours, when the attacking party were called off by other Indians, who made their appear ance on knoll about 200 yards dist ant. 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 harrased by the close pursuit of Lieut.. Johnson that they went into hiding on the reserva- ton, and subsequently, surrendered and were tried for the offense by court martial and adjudged to terms of inn 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- ton, and stranger still, if we may cred it the report, they were welcomed back from their less than years confn- ment, 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 their hayinga friend in Pres ident Cleveland, who granted them, without @ why or wherefore, 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 oul representatives, Hon. G. H. Oury and Judge Dbbie, specially delegated t. represent the afflicted condition ot bleeding Arizona, resulting from Chir- icahua raids.-Silver Belt.