The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-11-03
SLAIN By APACHES.
Arizona Officers Prepare a Trap
for Themselves.
PRISONERS KILL THEIR GUARDS.
Soldiers Chasing Eand Of Red Mur-
aerers who Have Again Tasted
Blood-A Long Start.

FIoxESCE. A. T.. Nov. 2--Sherif R"y-
nolds, W. A. Holmes and Eugene Middle
ton. OF Globe, while taking eight Apache
Indians and one Mexican 20 Yuma pena-
tertiary. we're killed by their prisoners
four miles from Riverside about O'CLOCK
this morning.
The prisoners were being walked mp q
heavy sand WASH II the time. when one OF
them grabbed pistol from Holmes and
opened ire The Indians then robbed the
victims, took their arms and ammunition
and started south. The Mexican convict
was captured later.
Middleton, owner Of the stage line, was
driving al the time, and was shot in she
right side of the face, the ball coming out
near the top OF his head. He walked back
to Riverside and gave the alarm, but at
last accounts was nearly dead. A posse
has gone from Florence in pursuit of the
fugitives-
The sheriff had removed the shackles
from the legs of six OF the indians before
they started to walk up the grade. but they
were handcuffed together by the wrists in
sets of two, their outer hands being free
Sheriff Reynolds was in front of fhe coli
umn, Deputy Holmes and the Mexican
prisoner were in the rear of the column.
At a signal from one of the Indian the
sheriff was seized by the two Immediately
back of him, while the two Indians in front
OF the deputy wheeled abont and secured
his gun, with which, after killing him, they
shot the sheriff. who was being held by
their companions.
During the melee the Mexican prisoner
ran forward 10 the stage, which was about
forty yards in front, and warned Driver
Middleton. The latter drew his pistol,
but was shot twice by the Indians, the
first bullet ranging toward the top of the
head, the o:her passing through part of his
face.
After securing the keys TO the shackles
and removing them the Indians multi
ated the body OF Reynolds, crushing in
the skull in horrible manner.
They then disappeared Middleton,
after recovering sufficiently walked
back TO Riverside and gave the alarm. The
Mexican prisoner, after he had warned
Middleton. ran toward the hills. He was
fired at several times. but no. HIT After
the Indians had left he secured horse ard
rode into Florence and gave himself up.
1t is thought that as the sheriff of Penal
county and his posse are nine hours behind
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the latter being captured.
The Indians were sentenced, one for the
shooting of Al Sieber, chief of the scouts at
the San Carlos reservation, in June, 1887,
one for the murder of freighter, and the
others for the killing of other Indians.
4 dispatch from Tucson says: Troops
have been ordered out from Apache, San
Carlos, Fort Mcdowell and Lowell, to in
tercept the murderer if possible.
RED MEN SHOT IN THE NECK.
PREscoTT, A. T., Nov. 2.-Audreas Lopez,
Papago Indian, murderer of Peter
Verder at Walnut Grove. this comfy was
lodged in jail today. He resisted arrest
and was shot through the neck, though
the wound is not serious. He has con-
lessed to the murder He has also been
identified as the man who two months ago
robbed the sta &c near Weaver.